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Samit Basu

Novelist. Best known for fantasy and science fiction work. Most recently, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport (Tordotcom)
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Untouchable

Coming up soon, a comicbook written by Mike Carey and Samit Basu. For reals! When my editor at Virgin, MacKenzie Cadenhead, asked me if I’d like to co-script with Mike, my initial reaction was disbelief; I’m a huge fan of everything he’s written, and he’s one of the first writers whose work I sought out … Continue reading

Minding the gap

Just back from a long-needed and wonderful holiday – London, Paris and Cambridge revisited, much happiness happinessed. Also feeling several degrees cooler because I got to hang out with the supremely gifted and astonishingly nice Mike Carey at the Angel (John Constantine’s bar) and talk about comics, life and other such things. How I got … Continue reading

Writing Exercise

Hup. Hoo. Urk.

I aten’t dead

Just working/travelling/living. And meeting truly exciting people. Two films and a book and a comics series to write, all due yesterday, and another book and art project to work on, so the idea of MORE typing is killing. But yet again, I resolve to try. A comic I’ve been hugely excited about working on (because … Continue reading

Eye on Eagle

Saurav Mohapatra, the resident mad scientist of Massachusets, writes in to direct my attention and yours to the Eagle Awards nominations.Β  India Authentic, which he’s written, is already up for best new comic. So go there, vote for him, or nominate your own – it’s a fun award, where you add to the list of … Continue reading

Sara aur Tara

ComicBookResources brings you the news of the Virgin/Top Cow crossover event in which Witchblade and Devi get together to kick some demonic posterior. I’m writing the Virgin issue, the second one that concludes the story. Really looking forward to the books; not only will it be great fun working with Mukesh Singh again, but Ron … Continue reading

Kidney Kitab

Zig has the juice on the seamy underbelly of the Kitab Litfest. Enjoy. Kala Ghoda was wonderful, by the way.

Linkdump

Another lifelong ambition realised, muhahaha – a mention in Rich Johnston’s Lying in the Gutters column, the greatest column in the comics universe. Many thanks to the Mystery Man who told me about this – his identity will be revealed when confidentiality clauses permit πŸ™‚ Will put these up in the appropriate sections at some … Continue reading

Unwaba launch, Bombay

Again, thanks everyone who came to the Cal launch, much fun was had. So, Bombay: Date: Tuesday, February 5, 2008 Time: 8:30pm – 9:00pm Location: David Sassoon Library garden Street: opp. Jehangir Art Gallery, Kala Ghoda City/Town: Mumbai, India Β In which you come and sample the wonders of the Kala Ghoda Literary Festival, watch hastily-home-made … Continue reading

The sound of inevitability

Do you hear it, Mr. Anderson?

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