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Rim Jim – The Accidental Heroes

The story of ‘Rim Jim – The Accidental Heroes’ revolves around 2 new friends, Rim the parrot & Jim the dog. Jim wants to get his lost life back & Rim decides to help him in his mission. But standing between them & their journey are – Salty (don of dogs), Bonda Bhai (ruthless lover), Laka (manipulator), Kittie (challenger) & 2 men (professional killers). What are their motives in harming Rim & Jim? Can Rim Jim succeed? This is the crux of the story, but there are few interesting sub plots like a love angle interwoven skilfully into the narrative.

Production

The story of 'Rim Jim - The Accidental Heroes' was written for a 2D animation film for TV by the author Harsha, who also intended to direct & produce the film. A team of 6 members were put together initially & the preliminary work of character designing, storyboarding etc were completed within the first 3 months. But the project could not proceed further & it was decided to make it as a 4 part comic book series using the existing designs. It took 8 months for the team to complete the 1st part of the book & it was printed as a paperback during Dec 2014.

Launch

The book was launched at the Mumbai Comic Con event in January 2015 & the response was overwhelming, especially from kids. It is available in Flipkart & Amazon as both physical book & ebook. It would be made available to all leading bookstores within a month & talks are on with the top distributors.