Hi all,

This is Shubham Choudhury.. the 3rd person to get involved with “MastishK”.. have been around since the very beginning.. but never been an active part of it.. my role has been that of a “Creative Consultant”.. generating, refining and transforming ideas.... staying in the room next to Nikhil’s, I have been privy to the evolution of “MastishK” from the outset.. and have tried to provide whatever little creative inputs that I could from time to time....

My full time involvement began about a month back.. when Hemant came to me with the idea of launching the 1st ever B-school comic strip during “MastishK”.. I was hooked immediately.. I am rather infamous in the batch for being a pungent punster.. this was a chance for me to channelize my talent towards more productive pursuits.. the 1st and foremost task was to conceptualize the lead character for the comic.. as we are targeting the B-school community, I decided that the lead character will be a B-school student.. and the strip will deal with daily goings-on in a typical B-school.. this done, I embarked on the toughest part.. i.e. generating ideas.. it took me almost a month to cook up ideas good enough to be incorporated in the comic.. for days, I did nothing but think, think, and think.. at times, waking up in the middle of the night to discuss my latest brainwave with Hemant and Nikhil.. finally, a host of ideas for the various editions of the strip were ready....

The next task.. locating a cartoonist to draw the sketches.. we approached batchmates, juniors, professional.. but to no avail.. could not find anyone who could deliver the desired quality within the given time limit and under the resource constraints we were under.. then one day, I said to Hemant, “Let me do it.” It was a big decision.. I have done a bit of cartooning in my school days.. but nothing remotely of this scale.. I had to deliver.. I could not take a chance of delivering a sub-standard result, coz my own neck was at stake.. but then, when you’ve fallen into the sea, you have no option but to try and swim..

For the last 5 days, my room has been transformed into an artist’s studio.. with me cartooning away all day.. the drafts have come out better than I expected.. all those who have seen them have appreciated my work.. but the final verdict will only be out after 5th September.. when the 1st ever B-school comic strip hits the world.. in the Informalzz section of “MastishK".....
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