Did anyone else pick this up? It's a free introduction to a new comic company's upcoming work. I haven't read it yet, but flipping through it, it seems like they might have some interesting things to add to the Indy market.

I'll read through it and add my thoughts as I go along.

Well here's some things:

Viring Comics was created by Deepak Chopra (writer), Shekhar Kapur (filmmaker), and Sir Richard B.ranson (world renown millionaire). looks like filmmakers and writers will work together.

They are focusing their characters and stories on mythology and the culture of India.

Their upcoming projects include:

• Devi (7/12/06)- A reinvention of the Devi goddess myths of Asia.
• Ramayan Reborn (9/06)- Is a relaunch of India's greatest mythology, The Ramayan (otherwise described as the Odyessy of the East).
• Snake Woman (7/19/06)
• Sadhu (7/26/06)
• Seven Brothers (Fall '06)- A collaboration between Director John Woo and comic writer Garth Ennis

Devi and Ramayan Reborn are the only two books previewed in the Virgin Comics #0 issue. Seven Bothers sounds a bit exciting.

Looks interesting. I went to the Virgin Comics website, and they have some good previews. Nice art on Free Issue #0. I'll check this out some more, thanks for the tip.

No problem. The Devi story held my interest quite a bit more than the Ramayan Reborn.

She's a Goddess that is tethered to a human form, so that she never jumps sides in the fight between Gods.

The Ramayan story was a bit to busy for me, and seemed like your typical post-apocalyptic barbarian story with mythical creatures and such.

Certianly sounds interesting!

I've got a video game put out by Deepak Chopra where you hook up a PulseOx type of device to your fingers and control the different adventures by slowing your heartrate, increasing your mind's activity, becoming calm, etc. Very cool!

I'll have to pick it up.

Here's the game:

Wild Divine

Man, thats crazy...will this lead to a new generation of gamers that sit at their computer with their legs crossed, saying 'OMMMMMM'? Cool stuff.

On the Virgin Comics website, they talked about the potential comic book market in India alone: 550 million kids under the age of 20, in the next 10 years!