Arun Prasad

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Arun Prasad is an historian specialised in the history of karnataka, a comics archivist and a pannapictagraphist (comics collector).{{cite web|url=http://www.bangaloremirror.com/index.aspx?page=article§id=10&contentid=2012090820120908051545707cafc67e4 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130121004133/http://www.bangaloremirror.com/index.aspx?page=article§id=10&contentid=2012090820120908051545707cafc67e4 |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 January 2013 |title=A pannapictagraphist since 2001|work=Bangalore Mirror|date=8 September 2012 |accessdate=20 September 2012}}{{cite web|last=News Network|first=Times|title=Comics & cosplay make their day|url=http://mobilepaper.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?article=yes&pageid=4§id=edid=&edlabel=TOIBG&mydateHid=10-09-2012&pubname=Times+of+India+-+Bangalore&edname=&articleid=Ar00405&publabel=TOI|work=The Times of India|accessdate=20 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813223939/http://mobilepaper.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?article=yes&pageid=4§id=edid=&edlabel=TOIBG&mydateHid=10-09-2012&pubname=Times+of+India+-+Bangalore&edname=&articleid=Ar00405&publabel=TOI|archive-date=13 August 2014|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Comic-Con-Express-finds-many-admirers-in-the-IT-city/articleshow/16328144.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121101105916/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-10/bangalore/33736352_1_amar-chitra-katha-comic-con-express-comic-book|url-status=live|archive-date=1 November 2012|title=Comic Con Express finds many admirers in the IT city|date=10 September 2012|work=The Times of India|access-date=8 September 2013}}{{cite news|author=Amit S Upadhye |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/From-ballroom-to-top-cops-office/articleshow/2783765.cms |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103064808/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-02-15/bangalore/27779407_1_dance-bars-ballroom-bangalore |url-status=live |archive-date=3 January 2013 |title=From ballroom to top cop's office|date=15 February 2008 |work=The Times of India |access-date=20 September 2012}}[https://archive.today/20130121110643/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/bengaluru/bowring-history-club-988 Bowring, the history club | Deccan Chronicle]{{cite news|author=SRAVASTI DATTA|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/from-the-good-old-days/article3942279.ece|title=From the good old days |location=Bangalore|work=The Hindu|date=27 September 2012|accessdate=8 September 2013}}{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/are-you-a-fan-of-tinkle-amar-chitra-katha-this-43-year-old-archives-the-journey-of-indian-comics/articleshow/64349725.cms|title = Are you a fan of Tinkle, Amar Chitra Katha? This 43-year-old archives the journey of Indian comics|newspaper = The Economic Times|last1 = Shekhar|first1 = Divya}} He is also a researcher, freelance writer{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/article3874865.ece|title=When Phantom said hi to the Joker |location=Chennai, India|work=The Hindu|date=10 September 2012|accessdate=8 September 2013}} and columnist on the heritage of Bangalore{{cite web|url=http://www.karnataka.com/bangalore/lakes/ |title=Lakes in Bangalore | Ulsoor Lake | Sankey Tank |publisher=Karnataka.com |accessdate=20 September 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/mar262006/sundayherald11252006325.asp |title=Vanishing Blues |work=Deccan Herald|date=26 March 2006 |accessdate=20 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813183447/http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/mar262006/sundayherald11252006325.asp |archive-date=13 August 2014 |url-status=dead }}

{{cite web |url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/jan32006/spectrum161350200612.asp |title=All the way back to Bengaluru |work=Deccan Herald|date=3 January 2006 |accessdate=20 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203175832/http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/jan32006/spectrum161350200612.asp |archive-date=3 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://guylife.com/news-lifemore/the-biggest-comic-fan-found/17107 |title=The Biggest Comic Fan Found {{!}} guylife.com |access-date=1 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130223113809/http://guylife.com/news-lifemore/the-biggest-comic-fan-found/17107 |archive-date=23 February 2013 |url-status=dead }} and presently the Project & Research Head of Discover Bengaluru, an organisation documenting the Bangalore city's heritage and history.{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/bengaluru/perfect-ode-city%E2%80%99s-founder-309 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407083232/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/bengaluru/perfect-ode-city%E2%80%99s-founder-309 |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 April 2012 |title=Perfect ode to city's founder |work=Deccan Chronicle|date=7 April 2012 |accessdate=20 September 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/bengaluru/%E2%80%98restore-past-glory%E2%80%99-772 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606232026/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/bengaluru/%E2%80%98restore-past-glory%E2%80%99-772 |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 June 2012 |title=Restore past glory |work=Deccan Chronicle|date=26 February 2012 |accessdate=20 September 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/printer.asp?nid=28505 |title=Daijiworld |publisher=Daijiworld |accessdate=20 September 2012}}

{{cite news|author=Prajwala Hegde – BANGALORE|url=http://newindianexpress.com/cities/bangalore/article1386364.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140815021259/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bangalore/article1386364.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 August 2014|title=Alas! Those landmarks of Bangalore|publisher=The New Indian Express|date=20 December 2012|accessdate=8 September 2013}}[http://mumbaimag.com/time-travel-to-comics-land-vintage-comics-show-2/ Time Travel To Comics Land]{{Cite web|url=http://modestynwillie.blogspot.com/2013/06/indrajaal-arun-prasad.html|title=Comics: Indrajaal == Arun Prasad|first=Modesty|last=Blaise|date=6 June 2013|accessdate=13 October 2023}}{{cite web |url=http://www.migrantmallu.com/entertainment/--Vintage-Comic-Show-by-Arun-Prasad/319 |title=entertainment |access-date=9 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130802032417/http://www.migrantmallu.com/entertainment/--Vintage-Comic-Show-by-Arun-Prasad/319 |archive-date=2 August 2013 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news| url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130825/jsp/graphiti/17266091.jsp | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130828065439/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130825/jsp/graphiti/17266091.jsp | url-status=dead | archive-date=28 August 2013 | location=Calcutta, India | work=The Telegraph | title=Comic capers}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130907/lifestyle-booksart/article/love-comics|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111132044/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130907/lifestyle-booksart/article/love-comics|url-status=dead|title=For the love of comics|archivedate=11 November 2013}}{{cite news| url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-11-09/news/43855480_1_60-paise-graphic-novels-indian-comic-con | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111103105/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-11-09/news/43855480_1_60-paise-graphic-novels-indian-comic-con | url-status=dead | archive-date=11 November 2013 | work=The Times of India | title=Comic books like Indrajal, Amar Chitra Katha fetching high prices as they become collectors' item | date=9 November 2013}}{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/just-like-that/what-do-you-call-someone-who-collects-comics/|title=What do you call someone who collects comics?|website=The Times of India|date=24 November 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/having-a-comic-collection-is-like-owning-a-piece-of-history/245061|title="Having a comic collection is like owning a piece of history"|date=18 December 2013}}

His comics collection includes more than 17,000 rare and old Indian/Western comics including rarest of Amar Chitra Katha, Indrajal Comics, Tinkle, Mandrake the Magician and The Phantom.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/magazine/2013/nov/10/the-saviour-of-superheroes-535623.html|title=The saviour of superheroes|website=The New Indian Express|access-date=13 October 2023}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mid-day.com/lifestyle/2013/dec/181213-having-a-comic-collection-is-like-owning-a-piece-of-history.htm |title=After success of digital service, BEST to start Tap-In, Tap-Out on 12 more buses |publisher=Mid-day.com |date= |accessdate=2022-05-02}}

He also possesses the complete collection of Indrajal Comics (published by Bennett, Coleman).