Wednesday, 28 December 2016

New Year Resolutions by Some Indian Animals


Here are the new year resolutions of some Indian wild animals. What are yours?

I'm debuting with this comic on 'Nature in Focus' today, a fantastic new portal for wildlife stories and articles. Read the comic on their website here.

Thanks to the NIF team and my favourite editor Sejal Mehta for associating with me! A very happy 2017 to all Green Humour readers.

(Prints available on my webstore).

Sunday, 25 December 2016

Caribou Facts for Christmas








Here's some quick trivia on Caribou or Reindeer to wish all Green Humour readers a merry Christmas! The comic appears in my column with Mid-Day today.

Prints available on my webstore here.


Saturday, 24 December 2016

The Different Plumages of the Adult Male Ruff


It's Wader Month on Green Humour, and the Ruff is one special wader! Renowned for displaying marked sexual dimorphism, the male ruff engages in a variety of techniques of bagging a mate in a lek. While the non-breeding plumage of a male ruff is like that of a reeve's (a female ruff), three different breeding plumages exist among breeding males- the typical breeding adult, the 'faeder' and the 'satellite' male.

The comic appears in my column with The Hindu BLink today. Merry Christmas and happy birding!

Prints available on my webstore.

Friday, 16 December 2016

You Takin to Me


The Takin is a goat-antelope found in the Himalayas, and the national animal of Bhutan!

Here's a tribute to one of my all-time favourite classics, Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver, starring Robert De Niro. T-shirts, posters and merchandise available on my webstore here. For orders within India, mail me on rohanchakcartoonist@gmail.com. 

Tuesday, 13 December 2016

Kamasutra for Biologists















Are you a biologist? Here are some new positions to spice up your bedtime. Posters and t-shirts available on my webstore here.

It is a difficult life for biologists, because they're always having sex with specs on! 


Sunday, 11 December 2016

Polard Prump

Polard Prump- our only hope for the Arctic!

The comic appears in my column with Mid-Day today. This is also my tribute to Alec Baldwin, whose contribution to satire, particularly recently, has been tremendous!

Thursday, 1 December 2016

Raptors of the Indian Subcontinent



Big, bad and mean- here's a brand new compilation of all the 73 species of raptors found in the Indian subcontinent! Having such incredible diversity in landscape and habitat, it is of little wonder that the subcontinent hosts such a high diversity of raptors! Right from the 4 feet long Cinereous Vulture to the sparrow-sized Pied Falconet, raptors come in every shape and size, and inhabit all kinds of terrain, be it rainforests, scrubs, deserts, hills, coasts, islands or snow-capped mountains. Being the apex predators in the bird world, raptors truly are the tigers of the skies!

The poster, as well as individual illustrations are available as a wide range of prints and merchandise (and even a wall clock!) on my webstore here

For orders within India, see below-

Compilation-
A0 size Matte (841 x 1189 mm)- Rs. 3500 for the first print, 3000 for the second print onwards.
A0 size Canvas (841 x 1189 mm)- Rs. 4500 for the first print, 4000 for the second print onwards.
A1 size Matte (594 x 841 mm)- Rs. 3000 for the first print, 2500 for the second print onwards.
A1 size Canvas (594 x 841 mm)- Rs. 4000 for the first print, 3500 for the second print onwards.

Get a free A3 poster of any favourite raptor with every A0 or A1 print of the compilation!

Individual illustrations-
Loose Posters (A3- Individual species)- Rs. 500 for the first copy and Rs. 200 for the second copy onwards
Fridge Magnets (65 x 65 mm, Printed in sets of 4)- Any 4 raptors for Rs. 1200
Coasters (3.5" x 3.5", Printed in sets of 6)- Any 6 raptors caricatures for Rs. 800
Personal Diary (Hard Cover, A5, 150 pages)- Anyraptor on the cover- Rs. 800
T-shirts (White cotton, roundneck; sizes- S,M,L,XL)- Any raptor- Rs. 1300 each

E-mail me on rohanchakcartoonist@gmail.com to order your prints!

Meet each of the raptors here-

Kites, Bazas, Osprey and Honey-Buzzard

Black-shouldered Kite
Brahminy Kite

Black Kite

Red Kite

Osprey

Black Baza

Jerdon's Baza

Oriental Honey-Buzzard


Eagles-
Crested Serpent Eagle

(Crested Serpent Eagle with a treesnake kill)

Great Nicobar Serpent Eagle

Andaman Serpent Eagle

(Andaman Serpent Eagle with a treesnake kill)

Black Eagle


Short-toed Snake Eagle

(Short-toed Snake Eagle with a snake)

White-bellied Sea Eagle 

(White-bellied Sea Eagle with a seasnake)

Pallas' Fish Eagle


Grey-headed Fish Eagle


Lesser Fish Eagle


White-tailed Eagle


Indian Spotted Eagle


Greater Spotted Eagle


Tawny Eagle


Steppe Eagle


Eastern Imperial Eagle


Golden Eagle

(Golden Eagle with a Himalayan Marmot)

Rufous-bellied Eagle


Bonelli's Eagle


Booted Eagle


Changeable Hawk-Eagle

(Changeable or Crested Hawk-Eagle with a Grey Junglefowl kill)

Mountain Hawk-Eagle

(Mountain Hawk-Eagle with a Khalij Pheasant kill)

Legge's Hawk-Eagle




Buzzards-

Upland Buzzard


Common Buzzard

(Common Buzzard with a field mouse kill)

White-eyed Buzzard

(White-eyed Buzzard with a Calotes)

Himalayan Buzzard


Long-legged Buzzard




Sparrowhawks-

Northern Goshawk
(Northern Goshawk eating a Hill Partridge)

Besra

(Besra with a leaf warbler kill)

Crested Goshawk


Shikra

(Shikra with a Blue Rock Pigeon kill)

Eurasian Sparrowhawk

(Eurasian Sparrowhawk with a Common Wood Pigeon kill)

Japanese Sparrowhawk

(Japanese Sparrowhawk with a Mangrove Whistler kill)

Chinese Sparrowhawk

Nicobar Sparrowhawk



Harriers-

Hen Harrier

Western Marsh Harrier


Pallid Harrier


Montagu's Harrier


Pied Harrier


Eastern Marsh Harrier



Falcons-
Amur Falcon


Eurasian Hobby


Oriental Hobby


Collared Falconet


Pied Falconet


Laggar Falcon
(Laggar Falcon with a Spiny-tailed Lizard kill)

Common Kestrel


Lesser Kestrel


Peregrine Falcon


Shaheen Falcon


Saker Falcon

(Saker with Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse)

Red-naped Shaheen
(Red-naped Shaheen with Northern Shoveler)

Red-necked Falcon

(Red-necked Falcon with a sparrow kill)

Sooty Falcon



See the Vultures of India (individual illustrations and compilation) here.

A preview of the raptor wall clock available here on my webstore-