Saksham Arora

Here’s my attempt at Hourly Comic Day!

A free-to-print collaborative calendar. Download the calendar from here

I had the idea of creating a calendar for 2021. Unfortunately, I had that idea only once the January of 2021 was well under way. I still decided to go ahead with it.

I asked a bunch of my friends and acquaintances if they would like to do this along with me, knowing there was no money in it for anyone. Thankfully, most people I contacted were happy to contribute.​​​​​​​

The 12 Collaborators:

I sent them the guidelines, along with an example of a calendar page illustrating the design of the page I had decided to go with. We also decided to cover the months of March 2021 - February 2022, and named it 'The Lazy Calendar'.

This was my page from the calendar:

A lot of people decided to download the calendar, and print it out like intended. One even made desktop wallpapers from it!

A children's book I recently illustrated (2021) for Pratham Books. Click here to read this book for free.

A comic I created based on the real-life mental health journey of Namarita Kathait.

This is one of my favourite projects I have had the pleasure to be a part of. It is also one of my more prouder works.

Illustrations I was commissioned for by The Hindu, for the fortnightly column ‘Pure Non Veg’ written by Krish Ashok. These were published as part of Sundaylite (the Sunday supplement included with The Hindu in Chennai).

Here are the links to these articles:

https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/dear-men-we-too-can-be-masterchefs/article26162956.ece

https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/the-italian-job/article26291756.ece

https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/like-water-for-mushroom/article26418945.ece

https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/bloated-fiction/article26554561.ece

https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/why-you-shouldnt-drink-water-after-biting-into-chilli/article26688286.ece

https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/why-you-must-not-buy-garam-masala-from-the-grocer/article26830785.ece

Illustrations for ‘Waukewa and the Eagle’.

These were printed in an English textbook for CBSE students.

Illustrations for ‘The Spider’ by Ann Taylor.

These were printed in an English textbook for CBSE students.

An Excerpt from ‘The Christmas Carol’ by Charles Dickens. 

These illustrations were printed in an English textbook for CBSE students.

An Excerpt from a comic based on ‘The Ikka-wallah’s Lament’, a story by Mark Tully as part of his book ‘The heart of India’.

This comic was printed in an English textbook for CBSE students.