Illustrated Orchids is a subsidiary of Singapore based Arbiter Technologies Pte Ltd which focuses on publishing comic books

Indian comics

Indian comics are comic books and graphic novels associated with the culture of India. India has a long tradition of comic readership, characters from centuries-old myths and folktales have adorned the covers of children's comic books in India for decades...

 in India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

, Singapore

Singapore

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, Malaysia and Europe

Europe

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. Its stated goal is to create an animation style unique to India, and at least one series is influenced by the manga

Manga

Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...

, manhwa

Manhwa

Manhwa is the general Korean term for comics and print cartoons . Outside of Korea, the term usually refers specifically to South Korean comics. The term, along with manga, is a cognate of the Chinese manhua...

 and manhua

Manhua

Manhua are Chinese comics originally produced in China. Possibly due to their greater degree of artistic freedom of expression and closer international ties with Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan have been the places of publication of most manhua thus far, often including Chinese translations of...

 of Japan

Japan

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, Korea

Korea

Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...

 and China

China

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. The company has two creative development studios located in India. The first series was published in 2005.

Series

• Mythology
  Mythology (Indian comic)
  Mythology is a comic book created by Illustrated Orchids, based upon the legends of India. It will be available in Singapore, India, Malaysia and Europe.-See also:*Fluid Friction Comics*Santa Banta & Trendy*Bollywood*Hawk*Diamond Comics*Raj Comics...
  
  
• Santa Banta & Trendy
• Bollywood
  Bollywood (Indian comic)
  Bollywood is a comic book created by Illustrated Orchids, based upon the Bollywood film industry and its stars. It will be available in Singapore, India, Malaysia and Europe.-See also:*Mythology*Santa Banta & Trendy*Hawk*Diamond Comics*Raj Comics...
  
  
• Hawk

See also

• Diamond Comics
  Diamond Comics
  Diamond Comics Pvt. Ltd. is the largest comic book distributor and publisher in India.-Overview:Diamond Comics is responsible for popular Indian comics characters such as Chacha Chaudhary. Diamond Comics has been publishing many foreign characters comics such as Phantom, Superman, Batman,...
  
  
• Gotham Comics
  Gotham Entertainment Group
  Gotham Entertainment Group LLC is a US based company established in 1997 to establish a leadership position in the Indian comic magazine and children's book market...
  
  
• Indrajal Comics
  Indrajal Comics
  Indrajal Comics was a series launched by the publisher of The Times of India, Bennet, Coleman & Co in March 1964. The first 32 issues contained Lee Falk's The Phantom stories, but thereafter, the title alternated between various King Features characters, including Lee Falk's Mandrake, Alex...
  
  
• India Book House
  India Book House
  India Book House Pvt. Limited is an importer, distributor and publisher of books and magazines in India.Formed in 1952, India Book House published paperback editions of children's authors such as Enid Blyton and Frederick Forsyth, as well as magazines such as Tintin and Asterix, often in Indian...
  
  
• Level10 Comics
  Level10 Comics
  Level 10 Entertainment is a comic publishing company based out of Mumbai, India. Founded in late 2009 by Shreyas Srinivas and Suhas Sundar, the company started publishing comic books for the teen audience in April 2010. Its flagship monthly publication JUMP is India's first full-fledged comic...
  
  
• Phantomville
  Phantomville
  Phantomville is a graphic novel company set up by writer/artist Sarnath Banerjee and Anindya Roy. Its aim is to provide a platform for Indian writers and artists to produce mature graphic novels.-Related works:* Corridor...
  
  
• Raj Comics
  Raj Comics
  Raj Comics is an Indian comic book line published by a division of Raja Pocket Books.Raj Comics' best-known characters include Nagraj, Super Commando Dhruva, Doga, Parmanu, Shakti, Bhokal and Super Indian.-History:...
  
  
• Virgin Comics

External links

• Illustrated Orchids to launch comics on Bollywood, Santa Banta..., IndianTelevision.com