CREATED BY
iRock Media Pvt. Ltd. PRODUCED BY
Sidhartha M. Jain ART BY
Harshvardhan Kadam colorist
rahul arora WRITTEN BY
Anish Patel CREATIVE SUPERVISOR
Vaspar Dandiwala SPECIAL THANKS TO:
Naina Patel Carmen Zainabadi Neeta Shah POP CULTURE PUBLISHING TEAM
Anant Singh Amitabh Thakur Amita khosla Akshar Pathak The stories, institutions and characters in this publication are fictional any resemblance to persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
Published by Pop Culture Publishing, an imprint of Twenty Onwards Media Pvt Ltd. B-130, Naraina Vihar, New Delhi - 110028 in agreement with iRock Media Pvt. Ltd. Copyright Š 2011 iRock Media Pvt Ltd. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the publisher. The publisher is not responsible for any views, ideas, comments and opinions expressed by the creators. Further, the publisher cannot be held liable for any error or omission that might have crept in inadvertently. Publisher shall not be held responsible for any direct, consequential or incidental damages arising out of use of any information contained in the book. 2011 -2012 FIRST EDITION ISBN: 978-81-910061-9-3 PRINTED IN INDIA BY AVISHEK PRINTERS, NEW DELHI 110028 WWW.POPCULTUREPUBLISHING.COM
FOREWORD Zombies Is A Journey That Began When We Started Developing Our Script In Irock Films, Called “ROCK THE SHAADI” In 2008. My Interest Was Further Fuelled By My Trip To Comic-Con In San Diego, USA In The Same Year. I Realized How The Seemingly Western Concept Had Potential To Appeal To The Huge Youth Segment In India. It Was Violent, Gory, Yet Had Something Going For It That Made It Cool And Fun. Shekhar Kapur Read Our Film Script, Loved It And That Reaffirmed My Belief In The Potential Of Zombie Content In India. I Had To Do More Than Just A Film. I Wanted To Start Seeding The Zombie Concept. I Had To Create A Zombie Comic. I Looked For An Artist. Found Young Harshvardhan Kadam And Got Him To Start Work On A Story Penned By Anish Patel. Vaspar Dandiwala Joined The Bandwagon And Thus Started The Journey Of Creating This Graphic Novel. The Working Title Was “BOLLYWOOD OF THE DEAD”. We Had The Usual Hiccups, Mood Swings, Disagreements, Etc., But That’s Part Of The Creative Process. Before Reading The Comic, Do Keep In Mind, That We Have Purposely Kept The Plot Simple And The Artwork, A Blend Of Indian And Western Art. The Idea Is To Grow The “ZOMBIENESS” With Every Subsequent Work. Slowly And Steadily. At The End, I Want To Thank Jatin Varma To Have The Guts And The Insight To Come On Board And Get This Published, Neeta Shah For Actually Making It Happen And Naina Patel For Being The Behind The Scenes Hard Worker, That She Is. Finally My Investor, Mentor & Idol - Mr. Manmohan Shetty For Giving Me The Opportunity And Resources To Do All That I Am Doing Today. SIDHARTHA M. JAIN PRODUCER & CEO IROCK MEDIA (P) LTD.
I WILL DIE, SIRJEE!
SSSSHHH... LET`S GET TO THE SET FIRST.
PLEASE DON’T DO THAT ‘SSSSSSHHH’ SIRJEE IT MAKE ME PEE COME FAST...
WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU, KARAN KARNANI? THE WHOLE CREW IS WAITING... SHELLO, MEERA, LISSHINN... WHY ARE YOU SLURRING? ARE YOU DRUNK?
SHBUT... HOW CAN YOU BE LATE ON OUR VERY FIRST DAY’S SHOOT OF OUR VERY FIRST FILM? I TOLD YOU TO TUNE YOUR BODY CLOCK BY WAKING UP EARLY EVERYDAY, DIDN’T I?
SSSSHHH...!
JUSHT TELL ME THE ADDRESSH AGAIN!
OH NO... I TOLD HIM NOT TO DO THAT SSHHH
ASSHOLE!
JUST TAKE A RIGHT FROM THE GRAVEYARD AND COME STRAIGHT. WE SAW THE LOCATION JUST LAST WEEK. WHY DON’T YOU...
PAY ATTENTION TO...
ASK HIM FOR THE GRAVEYARD.
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