Samit Basu
samitbasu.com
Work update/Cover galleries
Local Monsters is finished! Barring the cover and a few art edits, that is. But essential art and lettering are thankfully over, and I’ll update again as soon as I know when it’s out. Turbulence US proofs are here! It’s out in the US in July. Here are links to mostly complete cover galleries on … Continue reading
LitforLife video
This is a video of the panel I did recently with Amruta Patil and Appupen at the Hindu LitforLife festival in Chennai.
Local Monsters update
So, about 20 pages of art left to do on Local Monsters. Was just looking at all the lettered pages done so far, and I’m most excited about how it’s looking. The book should be out this year. Here’s a random sample page (uncoloured, this is inks and letters) featuring two of the cast you … Continue reading
Books of the year 2012 mentions
Just thought I’d do a little roundup of the ‘Best Books of 2012′ lists Turbulence has been on: Wired (Geekdad Goldenbot Award: do I get to call myself award winning now?) Forbidden Planet Reader Dad
December 2003-2012
Books I’ve been in
Next Big Thing: Resistance
Danie Ware very kindly tagged me for the Nov 14 round of the Next Big Thing meme, so here goes. 1) What is the working title of your next book? Resistance. Though I find naming a file Resistance somehow makes it more difficult to type in it, so after consulting experts I’m naming the work-in-progress … Continue reading
Pandal food
(The Pujas are here, and this is a very short story I wrote a few years ago for a Puja special issue of I forget which newspaper. I think you might have to be from Calcutta to get this, but give it a shot anyway) Three in the morning. We’re sitting around, four of us, … Continue reading
Local Monsters progress report
It’s still a good way away, but the mighty Shyam has been tracked by our spy network, and chained to a pillar until he delivers the rest of Local Monsters. He’s almost halfway through the art now. Here’s a page he sent in a few days ago:
Turbulence review on Wired!
There’s something slightly unreal about seeing reviews of your book up on sites you’ve been reading and admiring for years. The IGN review day was a particularly surreal one… and today, there’s a Turbulence review out on Wired. “Turbulence has it all… Solid writing, great character development, humor, personal loss, and excellent points to ponder … Continue reading
