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'''Arun Prasad''' is an historian specialised in the history of karnataka, a comics archivist and a pannapictagraphist (comics collector).<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web|url=http://www.bangaloremirror.com/index.aspx?page=article&sectid=10&contentid=2012090820120908051545707cafc67e4 |title=A pannapictagraphist since 2001|work=Bangalore Mirror|date=8 September 2012 |accessdate=20 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=News Network|first=Times|title=Comics & cosplay make their day|url=http://mobilepaper.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?article=yes&pageid=4&sectid=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&sectid=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}}</ref><ref name=autogenerated5>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-10/bangalore/33736352_1_amar-chitra-katha-comic-con-express-comic-book|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=dead|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]]|accessdate=8 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Amit S Upadhye |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-02-15/bangalore/27779407_1_dance-bars-ballroom-bangalore |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103064808/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-02-15/bangalore/27779407_1_dance-bars-ballroom-bangalore |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 January 2013 |title=From ballroom to top cop's office|date=15 February 2008 |work=[[The Times of India]] |accessdate=20 September 2012}}</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/20130121110643/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/bengaluru/bowring-history-club-988 Bowring, the history club | Deccan Chronicle]</ref><ref name=autogenerated3>{{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}}</ref><ref name="economictimes.indiatimes.com">{{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}}</ref> He is also a researcher, freelance writer<ref>{{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}}</ref> and columnist on the [[Cultural heritage|heritage]] of [[Bangalore]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.karnataka.com/bangalore/lakes/ |title=Lakes in Bangalore | Ulsoor Lake | Sankey Tank |publisher=Karnataka.com |accessdate=20 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref>
<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref name=autogenerated4>{{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 }}</ref> and presently the Project & Research Head of ''Discover Bengaluru'', an organisation documenting the [[Bangalore]] city's heritage and history.<ref name=autogenerated5 /><ref name=autogenerated3/><ref name=autogenerated4 /><ref name=autogenerated2>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/bengaluru/perfect-ode-city%E2%80%99s-founder-309 |title=Perfect ode to city's founder |work=Deccan Chronicle|date=7 April 2012 |accessdate=20 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/bengaluru/%E2%80%98restore-past-glory%E2%80%99-772 |title=Restore past glory |work=Deccan Chronicle|date=26 February 2012 |accessdate=20 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/printer.asp?nid=28505 |title=Daijiworld |publisher=Daijiworld |accessdate=20 September 2012}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite news|author=Prajwala Hegde – BANGALORE|url=http://newindianexpress.com/cities/bangalore/article1386364.ece|title=Alas! Those landmarks of Bangalore|publisher=The New Indian Express|date=20 December 2012|accessdate=8 September 2013}}</ref><ref>[http://mumbaimag.com/time-travel-to-comics-land-vintage-comics-show-2/ Time Travel To Comics Land]</ref><ref>[http://modestynwillie.blogspot.in/2013/06/indrajaal-arun-prasad.html Comics: Indrajaal == Arun Prasad]</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref name=autogenerated6>{{cite news| url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130825/jsp/graphiti/17266091.jsp | location=Calcutta, India | work=The Telegraph | title=Comic capers}}</ref><ref name=autogenerated7>[http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130907/lifestyle-booksart/article/love-comics For the love of comics | Deccan Chronicle] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111132044/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130907/lifestyle-booksart/article/love-comics |date=11 November 2013 }}</ref><ref name=autogenerated8>{{cite news| url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-11-09/news/43855480_1_60-paise-graphic-novels-indian-comic-con | 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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TheEconomicTimes/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=ETBG%2F2018%2F05%2F28&entity=Ar00403&sk=40CE984C&mode=text# {{Bare URL inline|date=May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

His comics collection includes more than 17,000<ref name="economictimes.indiatimes.com"/> rare and old Indian/Western comics including rarest of [[Amar Chitra Katha]], [[Indrajal Comics]], [[Tinkle]], [[Mandrake the Magician]] and [[The Phantom]].<ref name=autogenerated1 /><ref name=autogenerated3 /><ref name=autogenerated4 /><ref name=autogenerated6 /><ref>[http://newindianexpress.com/magazine/The-saviour-of-superheroes/2013/11/10/article1877917.ece The saviour of superheroes – The New Indian Express]</ref><ref name="mid-day.com">{{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}}</ref>
He also possesses the complete collection of [[Indrajal Comics]] (published by Bennett, Coleman).<ref name=autogenerated6 /><ref name=autogenerated7 />

==Awards and recognition==

* He was described and called as "''one of India's most serious comic collectors''" and "''India's comic king''" by the [[Mid-Day]] Magazine in December 2013.<ref name="mid-day.com"/>
* In August 2014 he was one of the featured collectors on ''The Great India Collectors Ride'' ([[History (U.S. TV channel)|History Channel]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bangalore/Collector-Makes-History/2014/08/27/article2400062.ece|title=Collector Makes History}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/arun-prasads-collection-of-vintage-comics/article6360870.ece|title=Few of my favourite things|newspaper=The Hindu|date=28 August 2014|last1=Datta|first1=Sravasti}}</ref>
* He won Indian Comics Fandom Award 2014 for Best Comics Collector in November 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.opinionstage.com/polls/2233183 |title=Best Comics Collector - Indian Comics Fandom Awards 2014 |publisher=Opinionstage.com |date= 21 November 2014|accessdate=2022-05-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://pastebin.com/m30RcqKF|title = Best Comics Collector - Indian Comics Fandom Awards 2014}}</ref>
* One of the featured Pannapictagraphists (December 2014 - February 2015) in daily e-paper World Comics & Graphic Novels News(WCGNN) published by Freelance talents.

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