The fun and amusement is justified by a vista of Indian comics that have proliferated over the years. It underwent evolution from the adoptions of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata of 1960s, to informative comics for children, caricatures in print media, and adaptions of American superheroes.

On an experimental basis, Pran first created comical characters like Pinki, Billoo, Chacha Chaudhary in the 1970s. Comic magazine of earlier days, Chandmama is a very popular one. Since 1947 it is being published in more than 5 languages. The Vikram aur Betaal Stories brought fame and reputation to this magazine.

The middle phase of its development is significant. In 1967, the editor Anant Pai of the India Book House, founded the series Amar Chitra Katha. They aimed to aware the children about their rich heritage. Axioms of religious texts, the stories of martyrs and several legendary and historical personas thrive in several books on Indian comics. The life of Krishna was the first in the series, followed by the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. The compilation today enumerates to 426 volumes. This success inspired other publishing houses like Dreamland Publications and Diamond Comics at New Delhi, and Jaico Publishing House at Mumbai to lauch new themes.

In early 1980s, the first Indian comic magazine for children was launched. It was named as Tinkle, and became quite famous within a short span of time. Like Amar Chitra Katha, Tinkle branched out to various educational themes including science, contemporary culture, etc. The magazine brought in several heroes like funny Suppandi, Mooshik the adorable mouse, Kalia the crow and the minister Tantri. Most of the characters of the magazine are depicted in the shades Marathi or Maharashtrian influences . Another renowned publishing house of Indian comics is Raj Comics, producing famous characters such as Nagraj, a Hindu hero ; Doga, Super Commando Dhruva, Parmanu and various others.

Cartoon strips for print media and comic books flourished, especially in West Bengal. Pratulchandra Lahiri produced two strips for the Jugantar newspaper in Bengali and for the Amrit Bazar Patrika in English. Narayan Debnath had gifted the country with his unique creations, Nonte Phonte and Handa Bhonda is still in circulation, and has spawned animated films. Another one of his creations, Batul The Great is one of India`s earliest superheroes as it was conceived during the sixties.

Indian comics got an upheaval with the launching of Virgin comics by Gotham Comics of India in collaboration with a foreign company. They are specialized in producing special series of Indian comics in Indian mythology and Indian history. The first series of comics were published in 2006, and still carries on to bring out new series. The main idol of Virgin Comics is the superhero Devi. Other series have incorporated a science-fiction adaptation of the ancient Ramayana epic, a series based on the life of a superman, Sadhu, as well as many comics set outside India.

In this era of computers and internet , it is obvious that Indian comics will adept to the new technology. Thus webcomic was in vogue. Badmash is in particular created by and aimed at the Indian Diaspora. This format is expected to expand due to ICT literacy, large numbers of white-collar workers, and Internet penetration in India. Web comics afford an outlet for artists who do not wish to distribute via published media.

Recently in the year 2002 the comic industry tried their hands to bring out comic series, depicting the trends of contemporary Indian culture. Slave Labor Graphics of San Jose California published Bombaby the Screen Goddess. The comic introduced a character by the name of Sangeeta, who doubled as a dutiful daughter by day, and as a reincarnated Hindu goddess by night.

In addition to the recent development of more mature comics, in 2004, India`s first graphic novel, Sarnath Banerjee, thus ennobling the future of Indian comics of the near future, published Corridor.

Indian comics are distinguished by its multi-dynamism and embellishment, creating its scope and future to a wide extent.