Just like Tinkle, ACK was also taken over by the newly formed ACK Media Ltd. (Thanks to Prabhat, for referring to his site) For someone who is not Indian, his passion towards cataloguing his personal collection, is unseen even among Desi comics fans.
Most notable additions out of them were for Tatas, Kalpana Chawla, and Ram Charit Manas.Ī complete list of all the ACK titles, published in their entire run along with special issues, could be found on John Thompson’s personal webpage. Some 5 issues from this set consisted brand new titles. So from 1991 to 2008, saw the second run of ACK titles which were numbered from #501 (which was incidentally the same title as, Issue #11 Krishna), to #744, this time issued in better paper quality and thick cover. Prompted by this change of ACK authorities, decided to concentrate on reprinting their legendary series, and avoid adding any more fresh titles to their list.
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This was the time when the TV industry was booming, and magazines and children classics, saw a erosion of sales. The original run of ACK lasted until 1991, eventually wrapping up with the Issue #436, which featured a story about India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. There is an interesting news about this very issue’s multiple versions printed by ACK, to read more about it, refer to this post on HMI blog. For many ACK fans, they consider this title as the real number 1 issue of ACK, as that was the trendsetter, which saw it spanning over decades of dominance over Comics industry in India, eventually crossing the 90 million copies sales for the first-time ever. The title was Krishna, a godly figure from the Hindu Mythology. Issue #11, was the landmark title, where ACK produced a comic album on its own, under the supervision of Anant Pai, who also wrote the script. The cover-arts seem to have been drawn locally, which could have been done using the originals as samples. From then on, he went from strength to strength, by starting the county’s first-ever comics and cartoon syndicate, in the form of Rang Rekha Features in 1969 and then the legendary Tinkle, the children's magazines in 1980, which is still issued monthly, with Mr.Pai serving as the honorary editor.ĪCK’s current image of Indian Authentic stories, was not to be seen in the initial 10 editions (which were printed in multiple languages), when it exclusively printed comic albums licensed from Disney, just like many other comic companies in India (For others like LM Comics, Chandamama Classics & Cartoons, who followed the same trend, refer to the page here ). Pai eventually co-founded ACK, along with India Book House (IBH), in 1967. Even though his major in college was Chemical Engineering, he always dreamt to publish comics for kids, which he incidentally started pursuing right after his studies.Īfter a short stint with Times of India, where he was instrumental in the launch of erstwhile Indrajal Comics, before leaving them to explore options of starting his own venture. Pai was born on, in Karkala, Karnataka, the Southern Indian state. Most of the mythological stories and decorated Leaders of India, as I still remember from my childhood, were inspired by what I envisioned through ACK’s picture based stories.Īs mentioned during our Tinkle debut post, ACK was the first venture started by the great Anant Pai, known fondly as Uncle Pai. The name ACK derives from Hindi, one of the primary languages of India, which means Immortal ( Amar) Picture Stories ( Chitra Katha).ĪCK is known for inspiring a generation of readers through their retelling of mythological stories in picture format, and doing it professionally.
To celebrate this occasion, let’s look into one another famous brand from our own Indian genre, which enjoys a fair amount of fanfare among our very friends, the legendary Amar Chitra Katha (ACK), and the most popular title in their ranks, Mahabharata. I hope that we keep progressing through our unique medium of art with the same enthusiasm, and support from comics friends, in the process sharing and celebrating the 9th Art. Certainly, a match to remember for all Tennis fans.Īs with Comicology, our recent post on the Comics Bloggers making News, brought the comics friends from all walks of life to commemorate the achievements of some among us. Thanks to Andy Roddick, for making this such an exciting match to watch. The company was founded in 1967 by Anant Pai.One of my favourite Tennis star Roger Federer, has just created history by winning his 15th Grand Slam title. Most of them are based on religious legends and epics, historical figures and biographies, folktales and cultural stories. Amar Chitra Katha (ACK, “Immortal Picture Stories”), is an Indian publisher of graphic novels and comics.
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