Industry | Comics |
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Founded | 2010 |
Headquarters | , |
Website | Official website |
Level 10 Entertainment is a comic publishing company based out of Mumbai, India. Founded in late 2009 [1] by Shreyas Srinivas and Suhas Sundar, the company started publishing comic books for the teen audience in April 2010. Its flagship monthly publication JUMP [2] is India's first full-fledged comic magazine targeted at the 18–30 male audience. [3] The company is currently in the process of creating a digital comic publishing platform.
In late 2009, Shreyas Srinivas – a former Unilever Manager and Suhas Sundar – a former software professional decided to form Level 10 Studios. The Indian comic scene mainly comprised public domain mythological characters inspired from Ramayana and Mahabharata. Level 10 Studios focused on creating original intellectual properties. [4] The company also ran a full-fledged Studio division offering visual graphic and design services to external clients.
In December 2010, the company managed to raise angel funding from Seedfund [5] and Mumbai Angels, two of India's prominent early-stage venture capital firms. The company was renamed as 'Level 10 Entertainment' and eventually shut down its studio division to focus on the creation of new intellectual properties. It also re-launched its flagship publication 'Comic JUMP' and decided to shift focus to the 18–30 Urban Male demographic. [6]
Level 10 Entertainment experiments with a variety of genres. Some of their titles include the zombie thriller The Rabhas Incident, superhero epic Shaurya, fantasy series Batu-Gaiden, dark-hero titles Daksh and Odayan. Other titles include Northern Song and Sando. They also published a variety of creator-owned titles during 2010–11.
Each of the above-mentioned series' have unique design and art styles and are popular among both adults and children. [13]
Level 10 has made graphic novels of Odayan and Daksh.
Industry | Comics |
---|---|
Founded | 2010 |
Headquarters | , |
Website | Official website |
Level 10 Entertainment is a comic publishing company based out of Mumbai, India. Founded in late 2009 [1] by Shreyas Srinivas and Suhas Sundar, the company started publishing comic books for the teen audience in April 2010. Its flagship monthly publication JUMP [2] is India's first full-fledged comic magazine targeted at the 18–30 male audience. [3] The company is currently in the process of creating a digital comic publishing platform.
In late 2009, Shreyas Srinivas – a former Unilever Manager and Suhas Sundar – a former software professional decided to form Level 10 Studios. The Indian comic scene mainly comprised public domain mythological characters inspired from Ramayana and Mahabharata. Level 10 Studios focused on creating original intellectual properties. [4] The company also ran a full-fledged Studio division offering visual graphic and design services to external clients.
In December 2010, the company managed to raise angel funding from Seedfund [5] and Mumbai Angels, two of India's prominent early-stage venture capital firms. The company was renamed as 'Level 10 Entertainment' and eventually shut down its studio division to focus on the creation of new intellectual properties. It also re-launched its flagship publication 'Comic JUMP' and decided to shift focus to the 18–30 Urban Male demographic. [6]
Level 10 Entertainment experiments with a variety of genres. Some of their titles include the zombie thriller The Rabhas Incident, superhero epic Shaurya, fantasy series Batu-Gaiden, dark-hero titles Daksh and Odayan. Other titles include Northern Song and Sando. They also published a variety of creator-owned titles during 2010–11.
Each of the above-mentioned series' have unique design and art styles and are popular among both adults and children. [13]
Level 10 has made graphic novels of Odayan and Daksh.