February 2012
8 posts
Words in action
by Aindri Chakraborty Read a high resolution version here. The Small Picture is best viewed in the newspaper edition of Mint, where it first appears every Wednesday. This piece was published on 29 February 2012.
Feb 29th
The emperor's new clothes
by Hemant Anant Jain Read a high resolution version here. The Small Picture is best viewed in the newspaper edition of Mint, where it first appears every Wednesday. This piece was published on 22 February 2012.
Feb 23rd
Literary Pursuit
written by Rahul Bhatia illustrated by Rajiv Eipe The Small Picture is best viewed in the newspaper edition of Mint, where it first appears every Wednesday. Read a high resolution version here. This piece was published on 15 Feb 2012.
Feb 15th
Feb 13th
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comics we love > WOLVES | Becky Cloonan
by Pratheek Thomas These past couple of days, I’ve been musing over how I can keep returning to a track of music again and again, while it’s not the same for a book. At least, not with the frequency of a music track. With a story, there is a finite ending to it, everything is revealed, there is nothing more to know. Comics, by nature of their length and easy readability (as compared...
Feb 12th
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Avatars
written by Pratheek Thomas illustrated by Archana Sreenivasan Read a high resolution version here. The Small Picture is best viewed in the newspaper edition of Mint, where it first appears every Wednesday. This piece was published on 08 Feb 2012.
Feb 8th
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January 2012
9 posts
Fahrenheit 451
written by Arjun Kolady illustrated by Prabha Mallya Read a high resolution version here. The Small Picture is best viewed in the newspaper edition of Mint, where it first appears every Wednesday. This piece was published on 01 Feb 2012.
Jan 31st
Mothers of Melghat
Written by Anupama Kondayya Illustrated by Dinesh Pasupathyrajan Read a high resolution version here. The Small Picture is best viewed in the newspaper edition of Mint, where it first appears every Wednesday. This piece was published on 25 January 2012.
Jan 25th
The Year of the Snake
The Year of the Snake is a short comic story which we did for Motherland magazine’s Issue No. 6 themed ‘Prisons’.  However, this wasn’t the story we set out to tell initially. That story, had it come out, would have been a rare, once in a lifetime opportunity… where we would have adapted a beloved (autobiographical) tale from Kerala’s favourite storyteller...
Jan 19th
The urban dream
by Hemant Anant Jain Read a high resolution version here. The Small Picture is best viewed in the newspaper edition of Mint, where it first appears every Wednesday. This piece was published on 18 January 2012.
Jan 18th
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“Make mistakes. Make great mistakes, make wonderful mistakes, make glorious...”
– Neil Gaiman
Jan 15th
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karnogt asked: Hey! My name is Karno Guhathakurta, and I am an illustrator currently based in New Delhi, but hailing from Calcutta. I wanted to know if you guys know any writers who want to collaborate and make another comic/graphic novel. Would appreciate a response. Cheers.
Jan 11th
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Windows 2011
written by Anupam Arunachalam illustrated by Harsho Mohan Chattoraj Read a high resolution version here. The Small Picture is best viewed in the newspaper edition of Mint, where it first appears every Wednesday. This piece was published on 11 Jan 2012.
Jan 11th
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Jan 5th
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On the other hand
written by Rahul Bhatia illustrated by Rajiv Eipe The Small Picture is best viewed in the newspaper edition of Mint, where it first appears every Wednesday. Read a high resolution version here. This piece was published on 04 Jan 2012.
Jan 5th
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December 2011
8 posts
Dec 29th
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Be Selfish. Help Wikipedia.
Adman David Ogilvy recommended pursuing knowledge like a pig pursues truffles. If he was around he would have appreciated how this pursuit has become more like a hop, skip and jump with Wikipedia around. When you Google a famous name, place or thing, in all probability Google will point you to Wikipedia. A relatively young non-profit, Wikipedia, the encyclopedia which anyone can edit, is...
Dec 28th
Boxed: Diary from the Urban Dreamland
by Aindri Chakraborty Read a high resolution version here. The Small Picture is best viewed in the newspaper edition of Mint, where it first appears every Wednesday. This piece was published on 28 Dec 2011.
Dec 28th
Drowning in numbers
written by Pratheek Thomas illustrated by Archana Sreenivasan Read a high resolution version here. The Small Picture is best viewed in the newspaper edition of Mint, where it first appears every Wednesday. This piece was published on 21 Dec 2011.
Dec 21st
Gaon-Ville
written by Arjun Kolady illustrated by Jasjyot Singh Hans Read a high resolution version here. The Small Picture is best viewed in the newspaper edition of Mint, where it first appears every Wednesday. This piece was published on 14 Dec2011.
Dec 14th
The Small Picture - Guest Pitches Invited
UPDATE:  Thank You to everyone who has sent us their pitches for The Small Picture. A few creators have asked us if they could take a little more time while they work on their pitches, so, we’ve extended the deadline to Wednesday, 21 December 2011. ‘The Small Picture’ is a single page comic on contemporary issues created by Manta Ray for the Mint newspaper. Each week it...
Dec 14th
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The ghosts of the whistleblowers
by Hemant Anant Jain Read a high resolution version here. The Small Picture is best viewed in the newspaper edition of Mint, where it first appears every Wednesday. This piece was published on 07 Dec 2011.
Dec 7th
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Whoa
written by Rahul Bhatia illustrated by Rajiv Eipe Read a high resolution version here. The Small Picture is best viewed in the newspaper edition of Mint, where it first appears every Wednesday. This piece was published on 30 Nov 2011.
Dec 1st
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November 2011
7 posts
Boxed: Diary from the Urban Dreamland
by Aindri Chakraborty Read a high resolution version here. The Small Picture is best viewed in the newspaper edition of Mint, where it first appears every Wednesday. This piece was published on 23 Nov 2011.
Nov 23rd
The Action Hero
written by Leela Alvares illustrated by Prabha Mallya Read a high resolution version here. The Small Picture is best viewed in the newspaper edition of Mint, where it first appears every Wednesday. This piece was published on 16 Nov 2011.
Nov 16th
Toasted
written by Arjun Kolady illustrated by Prabha Mallya Read a high resolution version here. The Small Picture is best viewed in the newspaper edition of Mint, where it first appears every Wednesday. This piece was published on 09 Nov 2011.
Nov 9th
The making of 'deep blue sea'
2 weeks ago, the Manta Ray team was standing around a large, cardboard box that had just come from Delhi. Inside the box were colourful pieces of thick paper, all part of a 16ft x 9ft jigsaw puzzle-like canvas that we were to assemble at the following day (October 22nd), at our stall no. 5 at the Comic Con Express in Mumbai.       For the past week or so, we had been seeing work-in-progress...
Nov 4th
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Nov 4th
Life on a metro
by Sunando C Read a high resolution version here. The Small Picture is best viewed in the newspaper edition of Mint, where it first appears every Wednesday. This piece was published on 02 Nov 2011.
Nov 2nd
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October 2011
6 posts
Oct 28th
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Boxed: Diary from the Urban Dreamland
by Aindri Chakraborty Read a high resolution version here. The Small Picture is best viewed in the newspaper edition of Mint, where it first appears every Wednesday. This piece was published on 26 Oct 2011.
Oct 26th
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Incredible India
written by Leela Alvares illustrated by Jasjyot Singh Hans Read a high resolution version here. The Small Picture is best viewed in the newspaper edition of Mint, where it first appears every Wednesday. This piece was published on 19 Oct 2011.
Oct 19th
The Line
by Hemant Anant Jain   Read a high resolution version here. The Small Picture is best viewed in the newspaper edition of Mint, where it first appears every Wednesday. This piece was published on 12 Oct 2011.
Oct 12th
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Oct 5th
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Resident Indian
written by Rahul Bhatia illustrated by Rajiv Eipe Read a high resolution version here. The Small Picture is best viewed in the newspaper edition of Mint, where it first appears every Wednesday. This piece was published on 05 Oct 2011.
Oct 5th
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September 2011
9 posts
“…comics is my passion. It’s my medium, its my canvas. I believe that...”
– Paul Pope
Sep 29th
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Secret Origin
by Sunando C Read a high resolution version here. The Small Picture is best viewed in the newspaper edition of Mint, where it first appears every Wednesday. This piece was published on 28 Sep 2011.
Sep 28th
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to infinity and beyond!
Bring out the champagne!!  A few weeks back, Aravind Asokan, curator of our web comics column Komikaze took leave from his writing duties to take to the skies… and, we are thrilled to tell you all that yesterday morning, Aravind did his first solo flight, and made a big first step towards Kamikaze-dom! So, this is a big cheer from all of us at Manta Ray to our friend, collaborator,...
Sep 28th
Sep 26th
disillusionist2011 asked: is 'the small picture' open to public submissions?
Sep 22nd
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The Tigerwallahs
by Hemant Anant Jain   Read a high resolution version here. The Small Picture is best viewed in the newspaper edition of Mint, where it first appears every Wednesday. This piece was published on 21 Sep 2011.
Sep 21st
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God of War
written by Arjun Kolady illustrated by Prabha Mallya Read a high resolution version here. The Small Picture is best viewed in the newspaper edition of Mint, where it first appears every Wednesday. This piece was published on 14 Sep 2011.
Sep 14th
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Boxed: Diary from the Urban Dreamland
by Aindri Chakraborty Read a high resolution version here. The Small Picture is best viewed in the newspaper edition of Mint, where it first appears every Wednesday. This piece was published on 07 Sep 2011.
Sep 7th
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The revolution will be televised
written by Arjun Kolady art by Prabha Mallya Read a high resolution version here. The Small Picture is best viewed in the newspaper edition of Mint, where it first appears, every Wednesday. This piece was published on 31st Aug 2011. 
Sep 1st
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August 2011
13 posts
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A big leap of faith.
by Dileep Cherian I was in Mumbai in 2007 when the Mint newspaper was launched. I used to wait for Mint Lounge on Saturdays which was a delightful read, unlike anything available at the newspaper stands at that time. It had everything I wanted to read about - books, movies, travel; produced well and presented in a neat and contemporary layout.  Later on, while we were dreaming up Manta Ray, we...
Aug 30th
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“Be careful of books. Be careful with books. Be careful or one can become a...”
– Cai Guo-Qiang via James Jean’s blog
Aug 26th
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it's WICKED cool. →
it is a comic. we’re not going to tell u anything more. just follow the link and scroll down. 
Aug 24th