Gotham Entertainment Group

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Gotham Entertainment Group LLC is a US based company established in 1997 to establish a leadership position in the Indian comic magazine and children's book market. The Company was established by a number of media luminaries, including the former CEO of Time-Life, the former President of Warner Music Media and former President of Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG) Direct and the former Regional Creative Director of J. Walter Thompson-Asia Pacific. Gotham's CEO, Mr. Sharad Devarajan, is an entrepreneur with prior media experience at MTV Networks, Ford Modeling Agency, Elektra Entertainment, and DC Comics.

The special Indian version of Spider-Man

1 History
2 Staff
3 Format
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] History

Over the last five years Gotham has established itself as one of the leading providers of international comic magazines in South Asia, securing publishing relationships with DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics, MAD Magazine, Panini, S.p.A. and Warner Bros. Worldwide Publishing. Through these arrangements, Gotham has access to a large library of publishing content, featuring over 10,000 character properties and more than 700 monthly comic magazine titles including Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, The Hulk, X-Men, Tarzan, Scooby-Doo, The Powerpuff Girls, The Flintstones, and Wonder Woman. The Company currently publishes numerous monthly magazines and a number of quarterly children's books based on these heroes/characters. Gotham's products are available in English, Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Malayalam, and other regional languages, reaching readers in South Asia.

[edit] Staff

Sharad Devarajan - President, CEO, Director
Suresh Seetharaman - Chief Operating Officer, Director
Christopher Linen - Chairman
Raju Puthukarai - Vice-Chairman
Peter Feldman - Vice Chairman

[edit] Format

There are 3 Types of Comic formats in the Gotham Editions: 01.Single Issue-About 21 Pages 02.Double Issue-About 40 Pages(Usually for 2 Or More Part stories or for two separate stories) 03.Giant Super Special-Varies