Liquid Comics is a digital entertainment company focused on creating cinematic and mythic graphic novel stories with filmmakers, creators and storytellers. The company was founded by entrepreneurs Sharad Devarajan, Gotham Chopra and Suresh Seetharaman and uses the medium of digital graphic novel publishing to develop properties for theatrical live-action films, animation and video games. Liquid Comics has created and is creating original graphic novels with acclaimed filmmakers and talents including John Woo, Guy Ritchie, Grant Morrison, Dave Stewart, Marc Guggenheim, Jonathan Mostow, Edward Burns, Nicolas Cage, John Moore, Wes Craven, Barry Sonnenfeld and many others. The company currently has a number of film and television projects in development based on their properties.
FOUNDERS
SHARAD DEVARAJAN
SHARAD_PHOTO[1]Co-Founder & Executive Chairman, Liquid Comics
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Devarajan is the Co-Founder & Executive Chairman of Liquid Comics, an entertainment company that uses the medium of graphic novel storytelling to develop original content for various media platforms. Devarajan was previously the Co-Founder, CEO & Publisher of Virgin Comics LLC a company he co-founded, with Sir Richard Branson, authors Deepak Chopra, Gotham Chopra & filmmaker Shekhar Kapur.
Devarajan is the Co-Founder & CEO of the recently formed, Graphic India Pte. Ltd. a company formed by Liquid Comics and CA Media LP, the Asian investment arm of The Chernin Group, LLC (TCG). For Devarajan, Graphic India is the culmination of
lifelong dream to launch characters, heroes and stories that tap into the unique creativity and culture of India but appeal to audiences worldwide. In the same way the West has created superheroes or Japan launched anime, Graphic India is transforming the perception of India in animation from being an ‘outsourcer" to being ‘the source.’
Devarajan is a Producer / Executive Producer on a number of theatrical live-action film and television projects in development including The Leaves with Summit Entertainment; Ramayan 3392AD with Mandalay Entertainment; The Sadhu with producer Mark Canton (‘300’ ‘Immortals’); Dominion: Dinosaurs Versus Aliens with filmmaker Barry Sonnenfeld (‘Men in Black’ trilogy); Coming of Rage, with filmmaker Wes Craven (‘Scream’); Gamekeeper, with filmmaker Guy Ritchie (‘Sherlock Holmes’); Devarajan also worked with filmmaker John Woo (Mission Impossible 2; Face Off) as Executive Producer on the animated web series, "John Woo Presents: 7 Brothers."
In 2010, Mr. Devarajan led a project with the Open Hands Initiative, to bring together a group of American and Middle Eastern students with disabilities to work together and create a new superhero that reflected their shared challenges & values. The superhero, "Silver Scorpion," received worldwide acclaim for promoting advocacy for the rights of people with disabilities in the Middle East. President Clinton honored the students at the Clinton Global Initiative, stating that the comic book "will help to establish trust and understanding between cultures, to empower young people with disabilities." In 2004, Mr. Devarajan worked with Marvel as the creator of a new reinvention of Spider-Man as an Indian boy growing up in Mumbai, transforming "Peter Parker" into "Pavitr Prabhakar". Unlike traditional translations of western characters into foreign markets, the new series, "Spider-Man: India" was heralded as one of the industry’s first "trans-creations."
For his activities, Mr. Devarajan was featured as CNNfn’s ‘Maverick in The Morning’ and covered in numerous media including WSJ, Time, Newsweek, New York Times, Fox News, CNN, and NPR’s Fresh Air. He has been a speaker at various events including, TEDX Gateway, Fortune Magazine’s Global Forum, FICCI, and Harvard Business School. He holds a BFA from Syracuse University and an MBA from Columbia University where he is an Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School teaching, Media Marketing and Entrepreneurship; Transmedia & Transcreation; and Just Capital.
GOTHAM CHOPRA
GOTHAM_PHOTO[1]Co-Founder, Producer & Creator, Liquid Comics
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Gotham Chopra is a co-founder of Liquid Comics LLC and Graphic India Pte. Ltd. as well as ann acclaimed filmmaker, journalist, author and entrepreneur. He works on packaging and producing the Company’s Hollywood media projects as well as mentoring the Company’s young creative talent and writing various transmedia stories for mobile and comic book formats. As a journalist, he has reported from dozens of countries and interviewed a range of leaders from former President Clinton to the Dalai Lama. He is the author of five books, most recently “The Seven Spiritual Laws of Superheroes.” His latest film “Decoding Deepak” (about his father, Deepak Chopra) has earned multiple awards and is available in over a dozen countries. He has collaborated with creators like John Woo, Guy Ritchie, Shekhar Kapur, Nicholas Cage, Michael Jackson and many others. He is currently working with Participant Television on a scripted series called “Headliners” that chronicles young journalists covering the world through social media. His latest collaboration with ESPN on the award-winning “30 for 30” film series combines two of his greatest loves – sports and India. Gotham’s varied experience in journalism, publishing, and entertainment had him identified by Newsweek Magazine as one of the "most powerful and influential" South Asians worth watching.
SURESH SEETHARAMAN
SURESH_PHOTO[1]Co-Founder, President, Liquid Comics
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A pioneer in the Indian advertising industry, Mr. Seetharaman was previously Co-Founder of Virgin Comics and Virgin Animation. Prior to Liquid, Mr. Seetharaman was Co-Founder & COO of Gotham Entertainment Group, which was a leading South Asian youth magazine publisher that launched the Indian publishing activities for DC Comics, Marvel Comics and Cartoon Network. Previous experience included positions as SR Vice President & Executive Director of Clarion McCann; National Creative Director of J Walter Thompson India; Mr. Seetharaman was also the founder of Creative Works (P) LTD.
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Graphic India is a character entertainment company focused on creating leading characters, comics and stories through mobile and digital platforms. Founded by media entrepreneurs Sharad Devarajan, Gotham Chopra and Suresh Seetharaman, Graphic India is owned by U.S. comic book Company, Liquid Comics and CA Media LP, the Asian investment arm of The Chernin Group, LLC (TCG). The company’s partners and investors bring together decades of experience in building businesses in character entertainment, media and India.
Graphic believes that India is home to some of the most creative talent in the world, with more than 500 million people under the age of 25 and more than 850 million mobile phone users in the country. The Company’s mission is to create enduring stories and heroes that foster the imaginations and fuel the inspirations of a new globalized generation of youth in both India and around the world.
Graphic’s stories include, Ramayan 3392A.D., The Leaves and The Sadhu, in development as Hollywood films; 18 Days, a reimagining of the great eastern epic, the Mahabharata, by acclaimed graphic novel creator, Grant Morrison which was launched as an animated digital series in partnership with YouTube India; Devi, a female superhero from acclaimed filmmaker, Shekhar Kapur; Chakra The Invincible, the first superhero for India from legendary creator Stan Lee; and numerous other heroes and stories.