Defective Detectives
The Fishy
Story
Based on story sent by
Sandeep Kap
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Illustrator and Colourist:
Abhijeet Kini
AGENT WOLf BANE,HAVE YOU NOTICEO... THEQE HAVE BEEN NO
CQIMES fOQ A WEEK! THE CQIMINALSAQE LYING LOW, AGENT NIGHT SHAOE ! THEY fEAQ THE
fEAQSOME OUO!
fEAQSOME OUO ! WHO'QE THEY! THE
TICK-TICK!
TICK-TICK!
WHAT-OO-WE-OO? WHAT-OO-WE-OO? WHAT-OO-WE-OO?
WOl2SE ! WITH ALL THE fiSH OESTl20YEO, fISH-LOVEl2S WILL GO ON A l2AMPAGE!
WE NEEO TO STOP THIS, AGENT WOLf BANE!
MEANWHIL.E AT THE POUCE STATION, NOTOr;IOUS ,JEWEL. THIEF, HEEr;A, IS 8EING INTEr;r;OGA TEO 8Y INSPECTOr; L.AATPAATHE
-YOU CHECKEOINTO THE SAME HOTEL WHEl2E A fAMOUS OIAMONO WAS BEING EXHIBITEO ANO IT GOES MISSING! BELIEVE ME, INSPECTOl2, IOION'T STEAL THE OIAMONO! I WAS WAITING fOl2 A fl2IENO IN
THE LOBBY ANO THE NEXT THING I
KNOW I'M Al2l2ESTEO fOl2 THE THEfT ! BUT INSPECTOl2, If I HAOTHE OIAMONO ON ME, YOUl2 MEN WOULO
HAVE fOUNO IT WHEN THEY SEAl2CHEO ME!
HE MEANS THEQE IS A BOMB IN THE
FISH! LISTEN!
I'LL OeAL.WITH THe FISH
!
I'M THe SON OFA FISHeQMAN - FISH QUN IN MY BL.OOO !
AHA ! SO, THEY THINK THEY CAN ESCAPE BY TAKING A
SlOE ROAO ! BUT WE ARE MAOE Of STERNER STUff!
Butterfinsers
in Ooty
Story: Khyrunnisa A. Script: Anomita Guha Illustrations: Abhijeet Kini
AMA" WAS VE"Y EXCITEO
-HEY, MA! OUR CLASS IS GOING ON A SCHOOL TRIP TO OOTY NEXT WEEI(ENO! HOW EXCITING fOR YOU, OEAR! 16
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568 December-09WHAT ABOUT YOUQ PQINCI ? I QEMEMBEQ HIM
TELLING ME HE HAD TO MEET A SCHOOL TQUSTEE IN OOTY
THIS MONTH.
THE SCHOOL NEEDS fUNDS BUT PQINCIPAL JAGMOHAN
HAS TO CONVINCE COL. DESHMUI(H, THE TQUSTEE,
TO SIGN SOME DOCUMENTS fIQST.
PRINCI...SIR...IOION'T SAY ANYTHING! I OION'T EVEN THINI(
ANYTHING!
RELAX, AMAR ! YOU'RE NOT
IN ANY TROUBLE!
ANO YOU OON'T NEEO TO WORRY
ABOUT ME ...ER...WATCHING
YOU L1I(EA HAWI( IN OOTY EITHER!
NO! I'LL BE STAYING AT A HOTEL,NOT AT THE SAME LOOGE AS THE STUOENTS.BESIOES, I'LL
BE FAR TOO BUSY WITH THE TRUSTEE!
1...1 MEAN, WE'LL MISS YOUR COMPANY, SIR!
THE LAST THING I WANT HIM TO HEAR ABOUT IS A GROUP OF OUR STUOENTS BEHAVING L1I(E
MONI(EYS!
GOT'IT, SIR ! I'LL BE ON MY BEST
SOON, P{;/NC/ HAD HeA{;D THe BAD News
-WHAT ?! NO PLACE FOQ THE BOYS TO
STAY? THAT'S ABSUQO!
WELL, YOU MUST SOQT IT OUT
YOUQSELVES! IHAVE TO GO SEE COL. OESHMUKH AT ONCE!
HE:'S BETTEQ NOW BUT HE STILL WON'T GET UP
fQOM HIS WHEELCHAIQ THOUGH THE OOCTOQS SA Y HE SHOULO BE
ABLE TO.
THEY SAY ONLY A SHOCI( WILL BQING HIM OUT Of THIS
AS 8UTTE~FINGE~SEAGE~lY CLlM8EO ONTO HIS HO~SE
-HAVE YOU EVEQ QIOOEN A HOQSE BEfOQE,
EEP! PQINCIPAL 0AGMOHAN!
POOQ OLO NEL ! HE NEVEQ MEANT TO HUQT ME! THANk:: YOU fOQ BQINGING NELSON HEQE, MY BOY! IS THEQE ANY WAY WE CAN QEPAYYOU?
YOU CAN STAY WITH US ! TONS Of QOOM
HEQE...ANO QAVI WOULO ENvOY YOUQ
COMPANY!
HALF KNOWLEDqE
A tale from Bhutan
Script: L
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Prabhu
Illustrator
:
Ajit Vasaikar
Colourist
:
Umesh Sarode
TWO BOYS, ONE THE SON OF A KING ANO THE OTHE" THE SON OF THE KING'S MINISTE", STUOIEO AT THE SAME MONASTE"Y, IN BHUfAN.
AS foQ YOU, LoOEN, YOU'LL
HAVE TO STAY ANoTHEQ
WaL, I CAN'T HAVE ANYONE MOQE KNOWL.EOGEABL.E THAN ME AT THE PAL.ACE !
I'LL. HAVE TO 00
SOMETHING ABOUT IT!
I fEEL I'VE SLEPT A THOUSANO YEARS! AREN'T THESE THE SAME eERRIES HE GAVE ME?
YES. MY HOQSE THQEW ME ANO
BOLTEO.
YOU GO ON, WINCE, I'M GOING
BACK TO THE MONASTEQY. I'VE
MUCH TO LEAQN YET ...NOT ONLY ABOUT THE LANGUAGE OF BIQOS BUT
ALSO HOW TO BECOME A BETTEQ
HUMAN BEING.
...ANO THE-OTHE-{;' TO THE MONASTE-{;'Y TO COMPl- E-TE-HIS E-OUCATION.
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SO RAVI. ..ER...
AGENT TALL CHIEF... WHAT NEWS DO YOU
BRING?
Writer:
Rajani Thindiath
Illustrations and Colouring:
OH! 15 THAT WHAT YOU ARE CALLING YOURSELVES NOWADAYS? REALLY BHA/WA, THE TWO STOOGES WOULD BE MORE APT... OR EVEN LAUREL AND
HARDY, DUMB AND DUMBER ... THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS!
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HERE'S THE PLAN! WE HAVE TO STAKE OUT
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, DOING IN YOUR,' \, I KNOW! " " HOUSE?,,' ~ ---, , __ -,' ,
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INVESTIGATION, MAY
Story: Khyrunnisa A.
Script: Anomita Guha
Illustrations and Colouring: Abh
ije
et Kini
IT WASA RAINY SATURDAY AND AMAR WAS BORED.
I HATE BEING STUCK AT HOME ALL DAY WITH NOTHING TO DO BECAUSE OF THIS STUPID RAIN!
NOTHING TO DO?! WHY DON'T YOU
CLEAN UP THE APPALLING MESS
NO,IT IS NOT! MY
POCKET HAS JUST BEEN
PICKED! " ...ITWASONLY WHEN I REACHED YOUR HOUSE, THAT I REALISEDMY WALLET WAS MISSING!"
THEREHAVE BEEN ALOT OF THEFTS
NEARTHE STATION RECENTLY. THE
POLICEBELIEVE THEM TO BE THE HANDIWORK OF AN EXPERT
PHEW! IT'S HEAVIER THAN IT
LOOKS! THANK YOUFOR
.SHOWING ITTO ME,SIR!
f WISH MY FRIENDS
COULD SEE IT!
ER ... IT'S KIND OF YOU,
RATAN, BUTYOUR
UMBRELLA MAY NOT
MAKE IT BACK IN ONE
ACHOO! COLONEL BOGLE! I'M 50
SORRY ...' HAD TO LEAVE YOUR
UMBRELLA BEHIND! IT...IT FLEW
OFF INTO A TREE! ,
DON'T WORRY,AMAR.
YOU CAN GET ITBACK
WHEN THE WEATHER
IFHEONLY KNEW! IT'S SO EASY
FOR BUTTERFINGERS!
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