EILEEN KAUR ALDEN ON SUPER SIKH, THE TALIBAN-FIGHTING, GIRLS-SCHOOL-DEFENDING, ELVIS-LOVING SUPER SPY FROM THE PUNJAB NOW STARRING IN HIS OWN COMIC BOOK (MF GALAXY 132)
HOW SIKH KIDS HAVE REACTED TO THE COMIC; SUPER SIKH - HOW HISTORICAL OR POLITICAL? WHY SUPER SIKH ISN’T AN ELVIS IMPERSONATOR; HOW REAL-LIFE ATROCITIES IN PAKISTAN MIRRORED THE COMIC; SUPER SIKH THE MOVIE? LISTEN/DOWNLOAD Super Sikh! That's right. He's a Sikh. And he's a secret agent. He's a Punjabi 007 who fights for girls' education and loves the music of Elvis Presley, while holding down a fake I.T. job to convince his parents that he's not risking his life for truth, justice, and the five K s of the Sikh religion. Super Sikh is the co-creation of Supreet Singh Manchanda, artist Amit Tayal, and writer Eileen Kaur Alden. While Alden was working on a career in screenwriting, her friend Manchanda approached her about creating a family-friendly Sikh action hero for comic books. They went to Kickstarter looking for $5000 to create their first issue. They got more than $22,000 in pledges, and in 2015 began publishing. Now they're up to issue number fo...