Media Release -- Mumbai Confidential is a gritty, crime noir story written by Saurav Mohapatra and illustrated by Vivek Shinde (both veterans of the now-defunct Virgin Comics). This is a story set in their homeland of India, taking place during the time of Mumbai's infamous Encounter Squad—a group of policemen who set out to "clean up" the city's underworld and eventually wound being accused themselves of some criminal practices. (There is a good article here that profiles some of the most well-known Encounter Cops: http://tinyurl.com/y9vo6wv.)
Mumbai Confidential was first released digitally through comiXology ( http://www.comixology.com/Mumbai-Confidential/comics-series/8621 )and is now collected in a beautiful Archaia hardcover.
MUMBAI CONFIDENTIAL BOOK 1: GOOD COP, BAD COP
Original Graphic Novel Hardcover
Retail Price: $24.95 U.S.
Page Count: 152 pages
Format: hardcover, 6.625" x 10.25"
Genre: Crime
Ship Date: May 8 in comic shops, May 21 wherever books are sold
Written by Saurav Mohapatra
Illustrated by Vivek Laxman Shinde, with shorts by Vinay Brahmania, Shounak Jog, Sid Kotian, Devaki Neogi and Saumin Patel
Cover by: Vivek Laxman Shinde
Rating: M – MATURE (18 and up, may contain nudity, profanity, excessive violence and other content not suitable for minors)
Synopsis: Five years ago, Arjun Kadam was a rising star in the ranks of the Mumbai Encounter Squad—an elite unit tasked by the powers that be to carry out extrajudicial executions of notorious gangsters. However, the death of his pregnant wife at childbirth derailed his life and set him off on a spiral of depression and drug addiction. When Kadam is the victim of a hit-and-run, he falls into a coma for a month. Upon waking up, he finds a new sense of purpose and pursues the investigation into the identity of the driver after the cops close the case due to a lack of leads. His investigation takes him on a journey through the deep, dark heart of Mumbai, where the line between the police and the criminals has been blurred by his ex-colleagues on the Encounter Squad. Obsessed with his mission, Kadam sets off a desperate game of intrigue and deception that pits him against the very machine of violence and corruption he once helped create. This hardcover collection features a Foreword by Ron Marz (Witchblade, Green Lantern) and includes a set of illustrated short stories.
