Friday, April 10, 2015

Amar Chitra Katha: Ultimate Collection

With great excitement... and after years of wanting to do it... I finally ordered myself an Amar Chitra Katha Ultimate Collection. Yes!!! That means 315 titles plus 10 special issues. You can see the list of titles below. As I type this post, the comic books — all 33 pounds of them — are on their way from Mumbai, India, to Timberlake, NC USA.

Even better... thanks to the great support of Stacy Zemke in the University of Oklahoma Libraries, there will also be a collection on reserve in Bizzell Library so that students in my classes will be able to read ACK comics for my Indian Epics class!

And that is the reason for this blog: I need an online space where I can prepare the Reading Guides to go with the books. I want to collect links to Wikipedia articles and other online resources, images, videos, anything I can find to supplement the book and help connect one story to another. Slowly but surely I will make my way through the comic books, starting with the ones most relevant to my classes. I am so pleased to be able to offer this reading option to my students, along with all the other online resources we will be using. For the other Reading Guides and class resources, see this blog: Indian Epics Resources.


Update: The package arrived! Here they are on my bookshelf, minus the 3-volume Mahabharata (gorgeous) and the hardcover Bhagavatam:



TITLE LIST:

Krishna
Hanuman
The Sons of Rama
Rama
The Gita
Shiva Parvati
Nala Damayanti
Chanakya
Ganesha
Buddha
Savitri
Tales of Vishnu
Hanuman to the Rescue
Tales of Durga
Ganga
Krishna and Rukmini
Vivekananda
Krishna and Jarasandha
Elephanta
Tales of Narada
Angulimala
Krishna and Narakasura
Raman of Tenali
Indra and Shibi
Tales of Arjuna
Mahiravana
Bheema and Hanuman
Kumbhakarna
Karttikeya
Shakuntala
Karna
Sudama
Abhimanyu
Bheeshma
Mirabai
Ashoka
Prahlad
The Churning of the Ocean
Rani of Jhansi
The Jackal and the Wardrum
The Lord of Lanka
Draupadi
Monkey Stories
Subhas Chandra Bose
Birbal the Wise
Vali
Garuda
Rabindranath Tagore
Tales of Shiva
Sati and Shiva
Tulsidas
Tansen
Jackal Stories
Elephant Stories
Deer Stories
Choice of Friends
Birbal the Witty
Birbal the Clever
Birbal the Just
How the Jackal Ate the Elephant
Crows and Owls
The Brahmin and the Goat
Rana Pratap
Shivaji
Drona
Surya
Indra and Shachi
Vikramaditya
Malavika
Dasharatha
Dhruva and Ashtavakra
Ancestors of Rama
Jataka Tales - Bird Stories
Jataka Tales-the Magic Chant
Jataka Tales-the Giant and the Dwarf
Jataka Tales-the Mouse Merchant
Harischandra
Kesari the Flying Thief
Madhvacharya
Birbal the Inimitable
Raman the Matchless Wit
Mahabharata
Panchatantra-the Greedy Mother-in - Law
Gopal and Jester
Panchatantra-the Dullard and Other Stories
Jataka Tales - Stories of Wisdom
Birbal the Genius
Guru Gobind Singh
Krishna and Shishupala
Guru Nanak
The Symantaka Gem
Ghatotkacha
The Pandavas in Hiding
Mahavira
Sri. Ramakrishna
Raja Bhoja
Tales of Shivaji
Vikramadityas Throne
Vishwamitra
Kalidasa
Tales of Saibaba
Akbar
Prithviraj Chauhan
Padmini
Rani Durgavati
A Bag Of Gold Coins
Bhagat Singh
Friends and Foes - Animal Tales from the Mahabharata
Ravana Humbled
Babasaheb Ambedkar
Urvashi
Soordas
Jataka Tales - True Friends
Jataka Tales - Stories of Courage
Jataka Tales - Tales of Misers
Jataka Tales - The Hidden Treasure
Birbal to the Rescue
Jataka Tales - Nandi Vishala
Hitopadesha - How Friends are Parted
Udayana
Tiger and the Woodpecker
Kabir
Dayananda
Battle of Wits
The Pandava Princes
Harsha
Ramana Maharshi
Uloopi
Rana Sanga
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Vidyasagar
Tales Of Maryada Rama
Chandragupta Maurya
Amrapali
Krishnadeva Raya
Yayati
King Shalivahana
Krishna And The False Vaasudeva
Paurava And Alexandar
Gopal And The Cowherd
Shah Jahan
Ratnavali
Gandhari
Lokamanya Tilak
Pandit and the Milkmaid and Other Tales Told by Ramakrishna
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Samudra Gupta
Tales from the Upanishads
Adventures of Baddu and Chhotu
Aruni and Uttanka
Jayadratha
Tales of Balarama
Ananda Math
Adi Shankara
Vasantasena
Jahangir
Devi Choudhurani
Ajatshatru
Kacha and Devayani
The Learned Pandit
Aniruddha
King Kusha
The Deadly Feast
Kannagi
Bikal the Terrible
The Acrobat
Ashwini Kumars
The Golden Mongoose
The Cowherd of Alawi
The Priceless Gem
Ayyappan
Vasavadatta
Mangal Pande
Rana Kumbha
Magic Grove
Veer Savarkar
Fa Hien
Amar Singh Rathor
Tanaji
Bahubali
Lachit Barphukan
Chand Bibi
Chandra Shekhar Azad
Panna and Hadirani
Bimbisara
Tripura
The Legend of Lalitaditya
Hiuen Tsang
Veer Hammir
Jayaprakash Narayan
Guru Tegh Bahadur
Nahusha
The Historic City of Delhi
Chandrahasa
Ram Shastri
Jagadis Chandra Bose
Jawaharlal Nehru
Noor Jahan
Nachiketa
Tales of Yudhisthira
Jallianwala Bagh
Bappa Rawal
Sakshi Gopal
The Tiger Eater
Subramania Bharati
Jagannatha of Puri
The Fearless Boy
The Celestial Necklace
Andhaka
The Fools Disciples
The Queens Necklace
Ramanuja
The Adventures of Agad Datta
Baladitya and Yashodharma
Basaveshwara
Chandralalat
Kapala Kundala
Rash Behari Bose
Megasthenes
Jnaneshwar
Bagha Jatin
Sultana Razia
Ranjit Singh
Raja Raja Chola
Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das
Baji Rao I
Shrenik
Ellora Caves
Swami Chinmayananda
Ghanshyamdas Birla
Banda Bahadur
J. R. D. Tata
Kalpana Chawla
Jamsetji Tata
Zarathushtra
Durgadas
Guru Arjan
Tipu Sultan
Shankar Dev
The Prince and the Magician
Chokha Mela
Tapati
Sher Shah
Sea Route to India
The Rani of Kittur
Velu Thampi
Rani Abbakka
Kunwar Singh
Beni Madho and Pir Ali
Tachholi Othenan
Vidyut Chora
Indra And Vritra
Roopmati
Babur
Subhadra
Sukanya
Pradyumna
Prabhavati
Pareekshit
Agastya
Parashurama
Hemu
Bhanumati
The Parijata Tree
Purushottam Dev and Padmavati
Sambhaji
The Pious Cat
The Pig and the Dog
Ahilyabai Holkar
Dhola and Maru
Albert Einstein
Marie and Pierre Curie
Kanwal and Kehar
Hothal
Chennamma of Keladi
Kochuni
Hakka and Bukka
The Prophecy
The Lost Prince
The Silent Teacher
Mother Teresa
Andher Nagari
Manduka - The Lucky Astrologer
The Miraculous Conch
The Golden Sand
The Clever Dancer
The Green Demon
The Mystery of the Missing Gifts
The Secret of the Talking Bird
Sundari
Sharan Kaur
Satwant Kaur
Sukhu And Dukhu
Shantala
Prince Jivaka
Kumanan
The Adventures of Pratapan
Manonmani
Raj Singh
Durgesh Nandini
Heroes of Hampi
Tirupati
Tenzing Norgay
Stories of Creations
Konark
Anant Pai
Salim Ali
Thanjavur
The Blue Umbrella
Jim Corbett
Kubera
Saraswati
M. S. Subbulakshmi
Verghese Kurien
Two Oxen
Mahatma Gandhi
Bhagawat-the Krishna Avatar
Dasha Avatar
Mahabharata (Set of 3 Books)
The Story of the Freedom Struggle
Temples of India - Vaishno Devi, Konark, Tirupati
Tulsidas' Ram Charit Manas
Poet - Saints of India - Tukaram, Tyagaraja, Narsinh Mehta
Dhyan chand
Divine beings