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Nationality
  
Indian


Name
  
Arun Prasad

Arun Prasad

Residence
  
Bangalore, Karnataka, India

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Arun Prasad is an historian specialised in the History of Bangalore and a pannapictagraphist (comics collector). He is also a researcher, freelance writer and columnist on the heritage of Bangalore and presently the Project & Research Head of Discover Bengaluru, an organisation documenting the Bangalore city's heritage and history.

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His comics collection includes more than 15,000 rare and old Indian/Western comics including rarest of Amar Chitra Katha, Indrajal Comics, Tinkle, Mandrake the Magician and The Phantom. He also possesses the complete collection of Indrajal Comics (published by Bennett, Coleman).

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Awards and recognition

  • He was described and called as "one of India's most serious comic collectors" and "India's comic king" by the Mid Day Magazine in December 2013.
  • In August 2014 he was one of the featured collectors on The Great India Collectors Ride (History Channel).
  • He won Indian Comics Fandom Award 2014 for Best Comics Collector in November 2014.
  • One of the featured Pannapictagraphists (December 2014 - February 2015) in daily e-paper World Comics & Graphic Novels News(WCGNN) published by Freelance Talents.

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    Arun Prasad Wikipedia
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