Ghanada Comics
At least five sets of Ghanada comic strips by Rebatibhushan, Phalguni (Dhruba Roy ?), Anil Karmakar / Goutam Karmakar, Ranjan Dutta, Shubhra Chakrabarty featured regularly in dailies, teen magazines & annuals.
- Not surprisingly, Ajit Gupta appears to have been the initial choice for the first set of Ghanada comics.
- ‘Jugantar’ announced its forthcoming comics ‘Itihashey Ghanada’ (1969).
- Rebatibhushan Ghosh’s ‘Itihashey Ghanada’ (01.01.1969 – 16.07.1969), based on ‘Das Holen Ghanada’ appeared in the ‘Jugantar’ daily.
From 1st May 1969, an uncredited artist (probably Bitapal, pseudonym of Atanu Basu) replaced Rebatibhushan, who later designed the logo for ‘Ghanada Club’.
- Phalguni (Dhruba Roy ?) adapted his ‘Kailashey Ghanada‘ from Premendra Mitra’s ‘Hnash‘.
In the early 1970s it appeared serially in ‘Jugantar’. See the ‘Blogus‘ blog for details:
https://blogus-abogusblog.blogspot.in/2017/07/Kailashey-Ghanada-Comics-1.html
Goutam Karmakar’s excellent series in ‘Kishore Jnan Bijnan’: ‘Mongolgrohey Ghanada’ (May 1985 – May 1986), ‘Mati’ (Puja Special, 1985), ‘Tel’ (June, 1986) reminds one of the Dhiren Baul prototype with an Ajit Gupta cranium shape.
- Ranjan Dutta’s hero was a cartoonish variation on the Ajit Gupta trademark.
His series in the Ujjal Sahitya Mandir annuals includes:
‘Nuri’ (‘Ujjwal Utshab’, 1996), ‘Phuto’ (‘Sonali Utshab’, 1997), ‘Hnash’ (‘Milan Utshab’, 1998), ‘Ghori’ (‘Mawjar Utshab’, 1999) & more …
- The first Ghanada comic book for the graphic novel generation (Ananda Publishers) featured Shubhra Chakrabarty’s ‘Tel Deben Ghanada’ (serialised in ‘Anandamela’, 20.04.11 – 20.09.2011), ‘Nuri’ (‘Ebela’, 01.01.2013 – 16.02.2013) & ‘Chhori’ (‘Ebela’, 17.02.2013 – 15.03.2013).
‘Mosha’, ‘Poka’, ‘Kach’ from book # 2
first appeared in ‘Anandamela’ annuals (2005, 2006, 2007).
Rebutibhushan on Ghanada Comics.
From ‘Bishoy Cartoon’, ‘Rebatibhushan Smaran Shankhya’, 2010
Trial Sketches by Rebutibhushan for Ghanada Comics.
Premendra Mitra’s Suggestions.
From ‘Bishoy Cartoon’, ‘Rebatibhushan Smaran Shankhya’, 2010
