tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18147827.post3102324215859474565..comments2009-08-27T23:58:53.030+05:30Rafiq Rajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04589402571072945860noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18147827.post-71137091103187014642009-08-27T23:58:53.030+05:302009-08-27T23:58:53.030+05:30<b>@ Nachi &amp; Arun:</b> Thanks for the info, buddies. Infact, I have it updated in my Twitter Updates down below, just a couple of days before. <br /><br />The Iznogoud set was available a week back itself on other major cities (like Bangalore, Mumbai), but for Chennai it seems to have taken all the more time.<br /><br />By the way Arun, you can always update any news about our beloved comics over here at our blog. As long as its helpful for all our comics friends, please feel free to do so, buddy.<br /><br />The reason I haven&#39;t published a dedicated post yet on this Iznogoud new set, is because I am waiting to pick up my set, which is held up with one of my friends. So, would have to wait for some more time.<br /><br />Till then happy reading guys :)Rafiq Rajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04589402571072945860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18147827.post-5189377363863647472009-08-27T19:51:11.359+05:302009-08-27T19:51:11.359+05:30Nachi just over took me my some min in conveying the info .Yes the much expected Iznogoud can be get from our spencer Landamark .All the 12 titles are available there .Rafiq - really sorry for using ur blog as bulletin board .But this is fastest way to reach other comic friends .Hope u willn&#39;t mind it :) <br /><br />adios amicosArun Prasadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11485282170825452771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18147827.post-55205476492357875232009-08-27T09:46:46.493+05:302009-08-27T09:46:46.493+05:30Guys,<br /> Eurobooks Iznogoud is out! Order today. 4 3-1 compilations or 12 individual issues.Nachinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18147827.post-29140728312193667062009-08-09T16:15:42.890+05:302009-08-09T16:15:42.890+05:30<b>@ Vimalharan: </b> Welcome and Thanks for your wishes. Rest assured, reviews like this will always be featured at our blog regularly. :)<br /><br /><b>@ Anand:</b> What matter is that you finally managed to make and mark your presence at our blog. <br /><br />As far the Modesty Blaise comics is concerned, Titan Books have released a wonderful set of 15+ titles so far, collecting the classic strips from the Golden genre. <br /><br />They are available for a conversion price of 1000 INR each, and could be obtained from the Odyssey store in your city, or you could probably refer to their Online bookstore @ http://www.odyssey.in/<br /><br />I have no idea of Rip Kirby collection at the moment. If you come to know of it, kindly pass on the info.Rafiq Rajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04589402571072945860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18147827.post-11095326440283535962009-08-09T16:02:19.006+05:302009-08-09T16:02:19.006+05:30<b>@ Sandeep: </b> With the current facilities available in the Internet era like Wikipedia, Google Search, and so many Comics blog information sites, the information on Comics and Graphic Novels is readily available, which only needs a little effort to search and dissect them. I am neither the creator or writer in this wonderful field of art form. So, what I am doing is just collating the info about our favorite comics into one single page, and make it look interesting with my own take on them. <br /><br />The biggest challenge has always been in managing your time between your work and your passion, which I have been able to do so with some effort all these years, and hope to continue it for years to come, with the support of visitors and friends like you.Rafiq Rajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04589402571072945860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18147827.post-67234224429476332812009-08-09T16:00:42.587+05:302009-08-09T16:00:42.587+05:30<b>@ Siv:</b> More than the occasional presence of Vijayan and mentions in the Ananda Vikatan, I rate comments from friends like you in a higher stead. Because, you are the one of the continuous supporters of our passion, which helps to blog and keep this website active for so many months. Thanks much for your wishes buddy.<br /><br />P.S.: I hope you didn&#39;t mean the other way, when you mentioned &quot;Incidents&quot; in your comment :)Rafiq Rajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04589402571072945860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18147827.post-67561078579838491842009-08-09T15:48:49.681+05:302009-08-09T15:48:49.681+05:30<b>@ BN:</b> Indeed time is running out pretty fast. I only come to know that we are getting old, when kids at home start taking their share on our computers. Well, we have a big competition ahead of us in years to come against the Next-Gen :)<br /><br />One thing which is sure going to make us stand out from them, would be our passion towards Comics, which somehow seems to have subsidized in the Next Gen, except a select few. I hope they give Comics also its due credit among its other ART counterparts, which I am confident they will realize pretty soon :)Rafiq Rajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04589402571072945860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18147827.post-26748222494620338842009-08-09T15:45:52.725+05:302009-08-09T15:45:52.725+05:30<b>@ Mahesh: </b> Thanks for your wishes my friend. Well, Blueberry post is long pending, and I would definitely do it once we clear down the ones which are currently on the plate. :)<br /><br />P.S.: By the way Brother, I am still single only :) No rumors spreads please ;)<br /><br /><br /><b>@ Arkin: </b> Dear Rohan, Thanks for your wishes and those warm words about our comics passion. I always believed that Internet could be used to put our comics into a global reckoning, and so good to see that every new publisher, including you have taken that concept and built on it.<br /><br />By the way, eagerly looking forward for your Irith #1 release. Thanks much for the Preview Cover, which I have now updated in the blog post.Rafiq Rajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04589402571072945860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18147827.post-43428405004523794552009-08-09T15:40:15.008+05:302009-08-09T15:40:15.008+05:30<b>@ERB: </b> Publishing a Comics is a dream of every comic fan. Because, we tend to look for all the improvements in each comics getting published, and it will only be a dream to pool them and correct it with a comics of our own. Hopefully we will be able to achieve it sometime in the future, when we go into retirment, and would need something to keep us busy nevertheless :)<br /><br />By SB Comics, I guess you are referring to the <b>Santa Banta Comics</b> by a company called Illustrated Orchids. Well, it seems they never made it profitable enough to continue the series, as I haven&#39;t see any comic other than that, except a Bollywood Saif Ali Khan look alike issue which came out along with S&amp;B. There is an interesting news about the concept of Orchid Publishers, which is quite new from the other Indian publishers, which I will share soon in this comics blog post. I didn&#39;t include the news in this post, because it was released back in late 2007, but will nevertheless would be a good addition to this blog post. I will update it shortly.<br /><br />I also picked up the Diamond Donald Duck 3rd issue set. Would blog about it sometime in the coming months, including the 1st &amp; 2nd editions too. it&#39;s amazing to see the Diamond sticking with their monthly releases with every issue, goes a long way in ascertaining their strength in the distribution network.<br /><br />P.S.: I hope you didn&#39;t write this comment, when you were addressing your clients.... I am referring to the Dear Sir address :)Rafiq Rajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04589402571072945860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18147827.post-8722224638316031082009-08-09T15:29:57.620+05:302009-08-09T15:29:57.620+05:30<b>@MaNdrAke dudE: </b> Dear Sagnik, Good that you also thought about the 2007 significance, for so many comics blogs. I am so proud to have been part of that movement, and happy to for the fact that all of them are still active in cherishing our comics passion.<br /><br />I too hope that like today, we will also be celebrating the 5th, 10th and so on. Our comics passion is so pure, that there is no dearth of stuffs, or interest to die anytime soon :)Rafiq Rajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04589402571072945860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18147827.post-8169708639422364302009-08-09T15:12:10.040+05:302009-08-09T15:12:10.040+05:30<b>@ RAMG75: </b> நண்பரே, உங்கள் வாழ்த்துகளுக்கு முதலில் என் நன்றிகள். எந்தவித பிரதிபலனும் பாராத, உங்களை போன்ற நண்பர்கள் துணை இருக்கும் போது இன்றும் பல வருடங்கள் நம் பயணம் இனிதே தொடரும் என்றும் நானும் நம்புகிறேன். <br /><br />மினி லயன் மற்றும் ஜுனியர் லயன் பற்றி தொடர் பதிவிட எனக்கும் நெடுநாள் எண்ணம் இருக்கிறது. மற்றவர்கள் வெளியிட்டாலும் வெளியிடாவிட்டாலும் விரைவில் நாம் அதை நமது தளத்தில் அமர்க்களமாக தொடங்கி விடலாம் தோழா.<br /><br />To answer your other Queries:<br /><br />Icebergcomics.com is finally out of use, as I believe that they haven&#39;t renewed their domain registration. Looks they are out for longer then originally thought, which is understandable given their political situation.<br /><br />2. There is a restriction in what is available at Indiaplaza. They only have Books and Albums in their Shopping List, wherein Diamond Comics (and for that fact many Old comics publishers, including Lion &amp; Muthu) release their comics in Magazines form. So the only way to pick those titles would be reach your local newsstand, and decide to subscribe directly with Diamond.<br /><br />3. The blog which you mentioned is now restricted only to few good souls, and fortunately or unfortunately, I am not that privileged enough to be on the list. But there is no stopping for you to try your luck, who knows you might get on the elite list :)<br /><br />Regarding the Iznogoud series release, a friend alerted me about the news earlier that it has been sent to wholesale dealers, but they are yet to hit the newsstands. Seems we would have to wait for another week, before seeing them. I am not able to control my eagerness to see them finally.<br /><br />Thanks for repeated and detailed comments, friend.Rafiq Rajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04589402571072945860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18147827.post-42926831072298710102009-08-09T13:54:01.702+05:302009-08-09T13:54:01.702+05:30<b>@ Spider:<br />@ Sanjay Bhal:<br />@ Sandeep:<br /></b> <br />Welcome to Comicology, and Thanks much for your visit and wishes my friends.Rafiq Rajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04589402571072945860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18147827.post-74494546967471448822009-08-08T12:43:27.836+05:302009-08-08T12:43:27.836+05:30Hi Rafiq,<br /><br />Excellent review!! Its sad that it took me so long to find this excellent site.<br />I am looking for Modesty Blaise and Rip Kirby comics...complete set.<br /><br />Any help and guidance is appreciated from all our comics friends.<br /><br />Thanks<br /><br />AnandAnand Vaitheeswaranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02938334288844593707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18147827.post-36044641760842130332009-08-08T06:54:30.821+05:302009-08-08T06:54:30.821+05:30Hi Rafiq,<br /><br />Nice interesting review.. <br />Congratulations on the 2nd year anniversary.. <br />We want to see more of this..<br /><br /><br />Thanks<br /><br />regards,<br />vimalVimalaharanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01146214812944709868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18147827.post-68603436368782889182009-08-06T00:34:45.322+05:302009-08-06T00:34:45.322+05:30its amazing how you find out so much info on comics and then put in so much effort to put it up on your blog. hats off to you ...sandeephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02390921762125501553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18147827.post-15767331613396572822009-08-05T08:19:15.861+05:302009-08-05T08:19:15.861+05:30Rafiq, congtrats. In this time I can remember the incidents where your blog was mentioned in Anadha Vikatan &amp; Editor Vijayan have commented in Comicology couple of times. Keep going.....sivhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09882798065351056114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18147827.post-16394451135147838752009-08-04T13:01:10.806+05:302009-08-04T13:01:10.806+05:30Hey Rafiq,<br /><br />I believe you are the driving force that has kept interest of the readers in the indian comic book industry alive. Hats off to you and all the best for the future because this is just the beginning. You have all our support. Go On... Be the Heroarkincomicshttp://arkincomics.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18147827.post-13281602562861845682009-08-04T12:51:41.275+05:302009-08-04T12:51:41.275+05:30Congratulations Rafiq!<br /><br />regards<br />Sanjay Bahl<br />DelhiSanjay Bahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02248394225631618382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18147827.post-10325212846693625402009-08-04T05:02:07.410+05:302009-08-04T05:02:07.410+05:30Wow, it has been 2 years already? Time sure does run fast when you are having fun. Congratulations on your successful 2nd anniversary. Hope for many more anniversaries to come!BN USAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18147827.post-81411244261454512282009-08-04T00:52:11.021+05:302009-08-04T00:52:11.021+05:30Hi Rafiq,<br />Wish you happy 2nd year anniversary! <br /><br />I thought you are single :)<br /><br />Well, good post...<br />Sometime back you said, you are going to write about the great Blueberry....<br /><br />Ramg75,<br />Good to know Izongoud got released. Thanks for the update dude...<br /><br />With warm regards,<br />MaheshMahesh kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05285819904930467918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18147827.post-86044089730978560092009-08-03T23:22:27.378+05:302009-08-03T23:22:27.378+05:30Good News. Checked with Euro Books Publishers. They released 12 books of Iznogoud series today. Hope we could get them soon in shops.RAMG75http://www.blogger.com/profile/12645938745575188062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18147827.post-74108341757573080242009-08-03T13:52:55.261+05:302009-08-03T13:52:55.261+05:30There was another comics published - SB comics. I never saw the second issue. <br /><br />Diamond Donald and micky III issue is released.ERBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16781990893984507758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18147827.post-46774700510437432512009-08-03T13:35:27.149+05:302009-08-03T13:35:27.149+05:30Dear Sir<br /><br />My hearty congrats for the 2nd anniversary. You can be proud of of the great work you have done to the comic fans. Keep it up , and why not a day will come when you will be publishing a great new exciting comics !@@##!!!!ERBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16781990893984507758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18147827.post-2978366622628588042009-08-03T12:30:54.880+05:302009-08-03T12:30:54.880+05:30Hey Rafiq,congrats man!! :-)<br /><br />I&#39;ll be practical and hopefully we will celebrate our 5th year/10th year(at least) with the same enthusiasm!! :))<br /><br /><i>Isn&#39;t it surprising to see that almost all of our sect have started their blog in 2007, close to each other.</i><br />Hey...Just before click ur blog-url, THIS WAS my thought too,and surprisingly 2007 indeed was quite a milestone-yaer to many blogger/visitors etc!!<br /><br />Like you said.... Like minded people, Like minded thoughts :)<br /><br />CHEERS!!MaNdrAke dudEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07025339354921022988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18147827.post-74849821686285859452009-08-03T12:01:27.767+05:302009-08-03T12:01:27.767+05:30I was reading your old posts.<br /><br />1. Is www.icebergcomics.com website still available ?<br /><br />2. Is Diamond Comics (Donald Duck) series available in www.indiaplza.in ?RAMG75http://www.blogger.com/profile/12645938745575188062noreply@blogger.com