Occasionally my sister share's stuff with me on Google Reader. Often these things are from Sepiamunity- a blog that covers things related to India / South Asia. Today, she introduced me to ACK! and it totally made my day. Now I would like to share my enthusiasm for it with you.
ACK! is webcomic about two side characters from the epic Mahabharata - set in Jersey. The art is a dead ringer for the classic Amar Chitra Katha books that I grew up with - but don't get it twisted, the the story is more Bill & Ted than Ram & Laksman. As noted on SM, the comic is only a couple weeks in, but the strip offers infinite possibility. It definitely has Axe Cop potential.
I've bagged on ACK Media and others (the publisher of the original ACK comics) in the past - for not finding a way to modernize their catalog or appeal to the current crop of diasporized Indians. Obviously, ACK! is not the family friendly panacea- but it is a great example of adapting nostalgia to modern tastes and pop culture refs like Jersey Shore. It is similar to what Adult Swim / Cartoon Network did with the Hannah-Barbera library. So make sure you tune in next week, I know I will.
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