BTT #11 : A TRIPLE POST - James Bond, Walt Disney and Raat Gobhir(A Horror Story)

• A JAMES BOND COMICS :

Probably one of the first 007 Bond comics(if not the very first) in Bengali. This Ian Fleming's original(For your Eyes Only) was drawn by first Bond artist :  John McLusky. And the illustration was superb.
 On 2009, Titan released some volumes of JB comic-strips where the first volume was exclusively for JM's strips!
 [ Indian comic fans might remember that Diamond Comics introduced James Bond in the '90s and published several issues but majority of  those were by Yaroslav Horak - another prominent Bond artist.]

• Title of the Story : একান্ত গোপনীয়(For your Eyes Only ; 10th Daily strip)
• Publication period(in Bengali) : Anandamela Pujabarshiki 1989(১৩৯৬)

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•   A Walt Disney's COMICS :

The first Walt Disney's comic-strip appeared in the monthly Anandamela issues,although this series was already introduced in the Pujabarshiki!

• Title of the Story : ডাইনোসর-চুরি(One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing ; 87th Sunday strip)
• Publication period(in Bengali) : Anandamela Monthly issues from 1976(২য় বর্ষ ৩য় সংখ্যা - ৯ম সংখ্যা ; ১৩৮৩)

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And the 3rd part of this post, a short but intriguing Bengali ghost story by Harinarayan Chattopadhay...

• Title of the Story : রাত গভীর
• Publication period : Anandamela April 1975(১ম বর্ষ  ১ম সংখ্যা ; ১৩৮২)

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Now time for some trivia :
  Billy's boot was once again appeared in the Anandamela Pujabarshiki 1989(১৩৯৬),after his first appearance on 1983(১৩৯০),but this time he was not Bilas Roy but Billy Dane i.e. publisher retained the original name.It's quite amusing though to see a character in two different names under same publication within few years only,indicating they didn't check the archive before posting!
 But in this Anandamela, it was only a 2-pager,so not exactly a full-story but like a filler!

 And last but not the least, we all are familiar with Iznogaud and Timpa - two completely different comic-series - in English book-format,but do you know that they had their own Bengali series?? Yes,a quite lesser known publihser, Bingsha Shatabdi,published some issues of these series in Bengali in the late '80s as you can see the ads from an Anandamela issue.
 Only regret is that neither I have ever seen any of those issues in old-book shops nor the publisher is showing any response...might be they have moved in a different direction!
Anyway,it's amazing to see how rich Bengali comic-culture was in those days of  '70s and '80s till '90s...

BTT #9 : Two Teen-sensations : Kolaboti and Billy

  Remember Kolaboti(কলাবতী)? That bright teenager girl and her various fun-filled adventures(created by late Moti Nandi)?? Her first appearance was in the story titled "Kolaboti" in the '80s Anandamela.Then she re-appeared in another fun-filled tale "Kolaboti-der diet-chart" published in the Anandamela Pujabarshiki 1391(1984). The compilation of the first two stories were also released by Ananda titled "Kolaboti" on '85(see the cover). The book was quite popular among the readers and hence Moti Nandi wrote six more stories keeping her in the central character!

Now,recently Ananda decided to compile all titles under "Kolaboti Samagra" but they did a blunder - unintentionally or intentionally(either way due to lack of proper professional attitude) - and hence we got a Samagra where the above metioned two famous stories were skipped and the 1st story there was actually the 3rd of the line - কলাবতীর দেখাশোনা !!(See the list)
 I couldn't see the probable reason behind this!!Did they lost their archive or what?? So this is a mystery that people behind the compilation can answer but of course this blunder reduced the appeal of this newly released book quite a bit!!
Between,the scan of that out-of-print book(কলাবতী) is easily available on-line(through sites like Boi Collector etc). Also do check the old Pujabarshiki issues for the original print!!

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Now,Billy...er...Bilu!!

 Well, Billy,the famous kid footballer used to appear in Sukatara, was indeed appeared in Anandamela Pujabarshiki(1391) where he was re-named as Bilu or Bilas Roy...his friend's name was Jagabandhu Basu! And that footballer Dead-shot was Golandaj!!

That is,Anada completely transformed and renamed those characters in Bengali!! ha ha.....

It's a short story...just read and enjoy(the scans are from the binded Pujabarshiki,so excuse me for the lesser clarity).

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Post Script - In the request of some fans who thought Bagha(Part-2) was bit over sized,I have re-uploaded a smaller file this time!Visit the post & enjoy!