What started out as a fun tongue-in-cheek take on everyday people, the Rhyme Fighters comics became a sort of a character study project for me. Whenever one talks about Mumbai, one would talk about the film industry, the riches, the high rises and so on. But what about the people who make sure the city runs the way it does? What about the traffic cops, the Irani cafes, the fisherfolk, the security guys in buildings? My aim was to bring them to the forefront, albeit in a tongue-in-cheek way (because why not?) and thus was born this series. Rhyme Fighters went on to win awards such as the Comic Con India awards 2018 and 2019, the AnimationXpress CBAM award 2020 to name a few. Not just the comics, Diksha and I proudly launched our Rhyme Fighters terracotta figurines too, which turned out to be quite a hit for collectors.

So, we thank you for picking up this Collected Edition we call “Bombay Rhymes”. This collects issues 1-3, and for the first time in full colour (The first issue was black and white earlier).

Abhijeet Kini, founder of Abhijeet Kini Studios, is a Mumbai based illustrator, animator and independent comics publisher, known for his comic series and IPs such as "Angry Maushi", "Bombay Rhymes" and "Fanboys". Winner of the Best Illustrator Awards Bronze (2018 and 2019) at the Comic Con India awards and Animationxpress CBAM awards (2021), Abhijeet has been a regular participant in all the Indian comic cons and has also participated in international editions. Having illustrated for magazines and newspapers for over 2 decades, he has been a regular illustrator with Tinkle comics since 2004. His notable works in Tinkle include Defective Detectives, Superweirdos among others. Abhijeet illustrates the Butterfingers book series for Penguin India. Abhijeet Kini Studios provide creative services such as comic design/production, merchandising, social media content, etc for various brands. Abhijeet has been conducting workshops across all age groups on ideation, creative writing and drawing and comic making and is also a visiting faculty at leading colleges. He has conducted comic-making and art and ideation based workshops and courses for schools all over the country.

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