Pratap Mullick

Mullick drew the first 50 issues of Nagraj from 1986 until 1995. He designed the comic-book character Supremo (based on movie star Amitabh Bachchan), who featured in a series published for two years in the 1980s.

• Born — 1 July 1936 • Birthplace — Kolhapur, Maharashtra, British India • Died — 18 June 2007 • Place of death — Pune, Maharashtra, India • Known for — Illustration Comic book art • Children — Milind Mulick

Mullick was born on 1 July 1936. As a veteran illustrator, Mullick ran his own comics studio and training workshop in Pune. He was also the author of an art-instruction book Sketching, which according to the publisher's website is "a condensation of Pratap Mulick’s life-long devotion to figure drawing and illustration". A blurb on the book claims that 1,00,000 copies have been sold till date. Sanjay Gupta studio head and co-founder of Raj Comics shared his work experience with Pratap Mulick, during an interview with CulturePOPcorn. Karline McLain, a researcher who worked at the Amar Chitra Katha production offices, wrote a book which discusses the work of Amar Chitra Katha artists and records conversations with Pratap Mullick.

Mulick died in Pune, Maharashtra on 18 June 2007, at the age of 70. His son, Milind Mulick, is a well known watercolour artist based in Pune.