Gotham Entertainment Group
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Gotham Entertainment Group LLC is a US based company established in 1997 to establish a leadership position in the Indian comic magazine and children's book market. The Company was established by a number of media luminaries, including the former CEO of Time-Life, the former President of Warner Music Media and former President of Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG) Direct and the former Regional Creative Director of J. Walter Thompson-Asia Pacific. Gotham's CEO, Mr. Sharad Devarajan, is an entrepreneur with prior media experience at MTV Networks, Ford Modeling Agency, Elektra Entertainment, and DC Comics.
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[edit] History
Over the last five years Gotham has established itself as one of the leading providers of international comic magazines in India, securing publishing relationships with DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics, MAD Magazine, Panini, S.p.A. and Warner Bros. Worldwide Publishing. Through these arrangements, Gotham has access to a large library of publishing content, featuring over 10,000 character properties and more than 700 monthly comic magazine titles including Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, The Hulk, X-Men, Tarzan, Scooby-Doo, The Powerpuff Girls, The Flintstones, and Wonder Woman. The Company currently publishes numerous monthly magazines and a number of quarterly children's books based on these heroes/characters. Gotham's products are available in English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Tamil, Malayalam, and other regional languages, reaching readers in South Asia.
Perhaps their most significant partnership was with Marvel Comics to create an Indian version of Spider-Man, which incorporated India's ancient, mystical heritage[1] and coincided with the launch of the second Spider Man film in India.[2]
In July 2008, Gotham announced a partnership with Richard Branson's Virgin[3] empire to launch Virgin Comics in India. The first three titles that were made available in India were: Devi, Snake Woman and The Sadhu followed by Ramayan 3392 AD, a futuristic sci-fi story inspired by the original Ramayana mythology.[4]
[edit] Staff
- Sharad Devarajan - President, CEO, Director
- Suresh Seetharaman - Chief Operating Officer, Director
- Christopher Linen - Chairman
- Raju Puthukarai - Vice-Chairman
- Peter Feldman - Vice Chairman
[edit] Format
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There are 3 Types of Comic formats in the Gotham Editions: 01.Single Issue-About 21 Pages 02.Double Issue-About 40 Pages(Usually for 2 Or More Part stories or for two separate stories) 03.Giant Super Special-Varies
[edit] See also
- Indian comics
- Spider-Man: India
- Virgin Comics
- Raj Comics
- Indrajal Comics
- Amar Chitra Katha
- India Book House
[edit] References
- ^ Srinivasan, S. (2005-01-03). "Spider-Man Spins a Magical Web in India". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43491-2005Jan2.html. Retrieved on 2009-03-15.
- ^ Van Gelder, Lawrence (2004-07-05). "Arts Briefing". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A06E2D71F38F936A35754C0A9629C8B63. Retrieved on 2009-03-15.
- ^ "After Flying, India will now get to Read Virgin". Indian Express (Reuters). 2006-01-09. http://www.indianexpress.com/oldstory.php?storyid=85574. Retrieved on 2009-03-15.
- ^ "Gotham Entertainment Group to launch Virgin Comics in India". International Federation of the Periodical Press. 2008-07-22. http://www.fipp.com/Default.aspx?PageIndex=2002&ItemId=14079. Retrieved on 2009-03-15.
