Tinkle

 

There would be very few people in India, who would not have read Tinkle while growing up. Immensely loved, admired and read by children across all cities and towns, the characters in this comic became household names. Every child had a favourite character from the book, like Suppandi or Shambu. Founder and Editor Anant Pai started it as a fortnightly children’s comics in 1980.

Remember those days when we really believed that a volcano exploded on Jupiter when Sabu got angry or Chacha Chaudhary really lived somewhere in India with his mind working faster than the computer? Not to forget the other characters like Billoo, Pinki and so on that were made legendary by Pran. Tinkle’s characters such as Shikari Shambhu and Suppandi are still remembered for invoking great memories in the kids of 80s and 90s.

While most of us grew up with the likes of Archie and Jughead Jones, Tin Tin, Asterix and Obelix, the Indian comics also had its share of readership as they humorously portrayed the general issues of the middle class in India.

Here’s Indian comics which became our best buddies, giving us a great joy while reading them.