“Virulents” is the latest in the series of comic books to hit the markets that are being produced in a year-old partnership between the British billionaire Richard Branson, spiritual guru Deepak Chopra and the bang on Indian filmmaker Shekhar Kapur. The comic will first be released in the United States on Wednesday, followed by Britain and India. Graphic novels are part of Virgin’s stratagem of tapping and making a mark in India’s ever-growing entertainment market. The firm visualizes India as both as a producer and as a customer.
The comic basically has Indian and American soldiers fighting a deal with nuclear weapons with the terrorist groups in a barren Afghanistan desert. The troops swear, curse and even refer to George Bush and the Bollywood beauty Aishwarya Rai. Thus, they are as lively as us. The myths of India are also transcribed best in the book as later on, the terrorists change into demonic vampires. This novel hacks inspiration from an ancient Indian legend of a blood demon that produced clones every time a warrior slashed and spilled his blood. Ummm...terrorists, soldiers, nuclear war, demons! Are we missing the angels?
Source: USAtoday
