Arun Prasad

Arun Prasad at Comic Con Exhibition at Mumbai in 2012

Arun Prasad is an historian specialised in the History of Bangalore and a pannapictagraphist (comics collector).^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]} He is also a researcher, freelance writer^[7] and columnist on the heritage of Bangalore^{[8][9] [10][11]} and presently the Project & Research Head of Discover Bengaluru, an organisation documenting the Bangalore city's heritage and history.^{[3][6][11][12][12][13][14] [15][16][17][18][19][20][21]}

His comics collection includes more than 15,000 rare and old Indian/Western comics including rarest of Amar Chitra Katha, Indrajal Comics, Tinkle, Mandrake the Magician and The Phantom.^{[1][6][11][19][22][23]} He also possesses the complete collection of Indrajal Comics (published by Bennett, Coleman).^[19][20]

Awards and Recognition

• He was described and called as "one of India's most serious comic collectors" and "India's comic king" by the Mid Day Magazine in December 2013.^[24]
• In August 2014 he was one of the featured collectors on The Great India Collectors Ride (History Channel).^{[25] [26]}
• He won Indian Comics Fandom Award 2014 for Best Comics Collector in November 2014. ^[27][28]
• One of the featured Pannapictagraphists (December 2014 - February 2015) in daily e-paper World Comics & Graphic Novels News(WCGNN) published by Freelance Talents.

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