An ode to adventure

This is an excerpt from a bite Kavita Krishnan had given a news crew during the Delhi protests in front of Sheila Dikshit's house demanding justice to rape victims. I feel like I've barely done justice to her message, so I'd encourage everyone to watch the full clip below:

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How to get an oscar nomination

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Ode to Apple

My one wish for the upcoming iPhone 5 launch... though on second thought, it would be pretty cool if it could wash my car.

In the great tradition of Comic sonnets as heralded by XKCD, this should be read to the tune of the element song. 

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What I think EVERY time I see a typographic poster

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The Bystander

I hate the idea of arm-chair activism but I have to get this off my chest: If we reach a point where an underage girl can be molested on a busy open highway, by some 30 odd men who feel no fear or shame at the sight of an accompanying camera, nor does the cameraman feel he can take any action to stop them... then the fault can't possibly lie with one man or even thirty. Somewhere, in some capacity, the fault lies with all of us. 
As a society, we have failed.

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Minimalist Movie Posters

So, this month's post (or fortnight's, or year's... reliability isn't exactly this blog's forte) is a bit of a departure from tradition. I stumbled across this pretty awesome minimalist Bollywood posters facebook page and ever since, I've had the idea in my head to try out a few myself. I tried to stick to Indian movies, but realised pretty quickly I haven't seen one since 'The Dirty Picture'. 


So here they are, in no particular order of relevance except that they're the ones I thought of first. Obviously my design skills need a bit of work (and how!) but overall I'm pretty pleased with how these bad boys turned out. I am already researching ways I can legally MARRY Adobe Illustrator.

One of my all time favourite oldies (Also one of the very few oldies I've even watched)

(I was heavily into Model UN's when I watched this the first time, perhaps that's why it always stuck)

Yes, I know the book perspective is totally wrong in this but in my defence, it was my first try and the
 'How to draw a book from scratch' Illustrator tutorial only had ONE perspective!

Well that's all folks! Again, let me know what you think, I'm always looking out for public validation.Oh and if you're hungry for more (and better) minimalist magic, check out the minimalist poster fan page here

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Career Planning

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The Smart(er) Phone

I'd just like to add, if there's one thing more hemorrhage inducing than a Smartphone with crappy battery life, it's a Smartphone with a crappy 3G connection. And can I just say, Airtel, the number of times you have driven me to borderline mass-murdering rage with your crappy service wins you the title of 'douchebag teleservice of the year'. Seriously, Vodafone for the win!!!

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Photo Book

Wingdings.... Bill Gates had it right all along!

Also, while we're on the subject of Facebook, allow me to plug the new souped up In-Retort Facebook page! 

http://www.facebook.com/InRetort  

Now you can complain about how I never update on a whole new platform! Sigh, Progress.

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Mind it!

The other day I was in physical agony trying to recall a LOTR reference. Rick Perry would understand.

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The Generation Gap

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Monalisa's Smile

Embarrassingly, I think I must have been all of these people at some point except for the last one.
 Damn my instinct for politeness.

Enjoyed the comic? good!

"Now let's get serious" as my high school civics teacher used to say (She also said "Don't scratch the chairs" but I digress)... Click the 'Read More' to continue. 

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Schrodinger's Cat(ch)

DISCLAIMER: No cats were harmed during the production of this comic.

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Gratitude

For my mom who has the annoying habit of always being right (though she'll never hear me admit it). 

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How to win EVERY Argument

This is perhaps a summation of every internet argument I have ever witness.

EDIT: This comic has been updated with a new graphic style for a profile I'm working on. So old patrons of the site wondering what's going on, it's just a case of  old wine in a new bottle. 

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The Anti-Social Experiment: Day 1

So I've de-activated my facebook account for real. And it's going to remain that way for one week. So if anybody missed me there, no worries, I'm alive and well!

I plan to spend one week without my facebook account. More on the why's later. But in a nutshell, for one week, until Saturday the 4th of June, I pledge to stay away from the temptations of facebook. I promise to turn away from posts, to reject invites, ignore comments and refrain from status updates so help me god. I will be blogging about my progress everyday for this week, sometimes in comics, sometimes writing.

Why am I doing this?

It's a bit of a long story and I'll fill you in later. Let's just say for now that I've become a bit of an addict and a detox is in order.

Also, I have a LOT of time on my hands.

EDIT: As you can see, that updating everyday of the week plan worked out REAL well. 

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5 signs it's spam

Remember, Think before you click!

Edit: I know there's a slight typo on the 5th strip but it's just way too much effort to correct it. So grammar nazi's, pliss to excuse!

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Parent Trap

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I'm Lovin' it!

Blah, I've been trying to resize this image for over an hour but blogger refuses to co-operate.

Anyway, This post is dedicated to 'group foxtrot', with whom I had gone and ordered my first happy meal a few days ago. When I insisted on the toy, the server gave me a look that clearly said 'grow up'. But hey, in my  defence, I received an orange phallic shaped toy, whose shaft when rubbed up and down begins to vibrate vigorously, so yea, that seemed pretty adult to me.

From now on, I think I'll stick to my Mc Chicken

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Research

Of course, the REAL reason was that I was sitting on facebook. 

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