for more on phantom
seehttp://www.telegraphindia.com/1090415/jsp/entertainment/story_10821733.jsp


enjoysanjukta roy

--- On Sun, 31/5/09, ameet mehta <ameetmehtadesign@...> wrote:

From: ameet mehta <ameetmehtadesign@...>
Subject: Re: **designindia** Re: Phantom
To: designindia@...
Date: Sunday, 31 May, 2009, 11:12 PM

Amazing Link!thanks a bunch!
cheers
Ameet Mehta
www.pineappleconsulting.biz
09867948625.




On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 7:36 PM, arescani <abhishek.bhartiya@...>wrote:

>
>
> Dear Ameet,
>
> here you might find some "awesome" phantom comics online..
>
>
http://indrajalcomics.blogspot.com/search/label/वेताल%20१९८६-à\
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>
> cheers,
> Abhishek Bhartiya..
>
> --- In designindia@... <designindia%40yahoogroups.co.in>,
> ameet mehta <ameetmehtadesign@...> wrote:
> >
> > interesting indeed! Happy Birthday Mr. Phantom!can anybody help me how
> can i
> > get the series of Phantom published by indrajaal comics... (preferably
> close
> > to mumbai if not over the net...!)
> > i've had a good number of them with me but would like to start collecting
> > more again...
> > cheers
> > Ameet Mehta
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 8:14 PM, Sudhir Sharma <sudhirelephant@
> ...>wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > forwarding this very interesting note from Vijay.
> > >
> > > Sudhir Sharma
> > > ----------------------
> > >
> > > Unknown to most of us, today is the 70th birthday of Phantom.
> > >
> > > That's right, it was on May 28th 1939 that the ghost who walks appeared
> in
> > > his purple tights for the very first time. Its creator Lee Falk (who
> also
> > > penned Mandrake the Magician) conceived what remains the longest
> running
> > > comic book hero. Falk (1911 – 1999) who had read about India and later
> > > travelled to this country, was inspired by Kipling's Jungle Book and
> > > originally set up Phantom in the jungles of Bengal. The first villains
> were
> > > a group of pirates called the Singh Brotherhood. The discrete shift to
> > > Africa and several name changes happened during the 1960s. The masked
> > > crusader made his appearance in India via The Illustrated weekly of
> India in
> > > the 1940s and was later picked up by the now defunct Indrajal Comics.
> It has
> > > been available in numerous languages for generations. Phantom's
> popularity
> > > in India has had a few spin offs, the most notable being Phantom
> cigarettes
> > > – a box of mint sticks that came in a similar pack for children who
> wanted
> > > to imitate adult smokers. To avoid legal trouble over unauthorised
> usage,
> > > the candy pack later came with the same picture of the Phantom, but now
> > > wearing goggles and a pair of mustachios.
> > >
> > > From a design perspective, it is interesting to note that Lee Falk was
> > > influenced by sculptures from ancient Greece (that showed eyes without
> > > pupils, thus creating a mysterious and awe-inspiring look), to conceive
> of
> > > the Phantom without pupils. The eyes as well many other aspects of Lee
> > > Falk's creation became part of the comic book grammar for all the
> masked
> > > super heroes that followed including Superman, Batman and Spiderman.
> This
> > > includes, ahem, wearing innerwear on the outside! In that sense, Falk
> is to
> > > comic art what D W Griffith is to cinema. At a time when racism seemed
> a
> > > reasonable idea and official as well as unofficial apartheid was the de
> > > rigueur for white people dealing with non-whites, Phantom was the first
> > > popular culture icon that portrayed the exact opposite with his
> camaraderie
> > > with the pygmies and their leader, Guran being his closest human
> companion
> > > in the jungle. At its peak the comic strip was read daily by a hundred
> > > million people worldwide. Even today, it is the only cartoon character
> whose
> > > long standing popularity remains based largely on the original printed
> comic
> > > strip medium and not on cinema or television, as has become the case
> with
> > > all other globally popular cartoon characters.
> > >
> > > Vijay S. Jodha
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
> 
>


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