Special Post: Krishna (1st version of ACK # 011)

1st and 2nd print covers provided by Arun Prasad

Update (8th March 2009): This is very 1st version of  ACK #11.
Missing cover and some pages of 2nd version were used in it.
 Due to initial failure, #11 (1969) "The story of Krishna" (editor: Anant Pai; Art: "Ram Wayeekar" (pen name "Manohar Chitre") and re-released as #11 (1971?) "Krishna" (now in new series as #501).

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A sensational post

Please don't confuse with earlier posted (#11). It's something different.
Just read what Ajnaabi says himself.
-PBC

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About this scanlation Project.
A Preface by Ajnaabi.

It all started the day when I saw the Amar Chitra Katha No.11 (Krishna) that's currently in print. As I turned those internal pages, there seems to be something different...unfamiliar for me. My childhood’s memory-blocks & my youthhood's-visualization were in conflict. ..... The Current Issue which I was holding in my hands was NOT the one my dad used to tell stories of Krishna from.... it was not the one we use to hide inside our textbook from our teachers, it was Not the one that is related with lots of my kindergarten memories. In a sense, it was NOT the Originally published Amar Chitra Katha No.11. It was an issue later Re-designed by the Artist Ram Waeerkar & was marketed as Amar Chitra Katha No.11.

Hmm.... But why ? What could be the possible cause of doing so? Isn't the artworks displayed in the Old Issue much better than this new one? At that time it occurred to me that there might be some errors in the storyline of the past issue, and hence it was redesigned. But nope, it was the same. So that checked-off my great errors-related idea.

Now the only possible cause that remained is - the cause of Redesigning was that - the pages of this Old print were lost to the world, even to India Book House themselves.

So, I checked up hither & thither in my bookshelves & lo-behold I found what I searched, “A part-damaged copy of the Real Original One”. But it was the Bengali version. The cover was almost the same as the current new one, the first two pages were part damaged, and the last two pages were missing.

That very day I decided this scanlation project from Bengali to English. I used the Inside-Front-cover as well as the last three pages from the new version to complete the storyline for New readers.

But whatever, I am happy to bring out these UNIQUE pages that's related with the History of Indian Comics....for them- whoever loves Comics like Amar Chitra Katha. Hope you ENJOYED it.

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About Amar Chitra Katha No.11 (Krishna) 1967
The original printings of Amar Chitra Katha No.11 (Krishna) were not in full colour—because of budgetary constraints, the panels were printed using yellow, blue and green. Subsequent Re-Designed issue, changed to full colour. Anant Pai was the editor cum script-writer. I failed in locating The Artist's name of this past version. (The Artist of the new version was Ram Waeerkar).

I would love in calling these pages and this issue of Amar Chitra Katha as ----> THE FATHER OF ALL CENT-PERCENT DESI INDIAN COMICS.

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FAQ.
Q: Why is Amar Chitra Katha No.11 called as the First Amar Chitra Katha ?
A: Amar Chitra Katha No.01 to No.10 was only reprinting done of Disney’s comic books like Cinderella, Showwhite etc. It was only from Ack No.11 that they started designing Original Indian comic. Krishna was the First Amar Chitra Katha.

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