Mumbai's comic stars
India may have got its Comic Con 40 years after it was first held in the US in 1970, but the gathering of comic book lovers, to put it simply, has grown exponentially ever since. At the Comic Con India Awards held in Delhi on Friday, comic book creators, graphic novelists and illustrators from across the country converged to see the best in their fields walk away with awards in various categories. And Mumbai, with its significant number of comic lovers, had much to boast of. The Best Web Comic of the Year award went to the city's Sailesh Gopalan for his hugely popular Brown Paperbag series, which captures what it's like growing up in an Indian family. Holy Hell by Meta Desi Comics, another Mumbai-based collective, won in the Best Continuing Graphic Series category, while also being a runner-up in another category. So, a pat on their back, please.