A Quick Teaser 👆

“Technology is the knack of so arranging the world that we don’t have to experience it."

—Max Frisch, Homo Faber, 1957

Haven’t read ShopTalk?
The first edition is part of a
print-only tech satire publication called IN FORMATION.

Get it online here.

Or pick up a copy at your
local Barnes & Noble!

“In Formation Will Make You Want to (Gleefully) Drown Your Phone”

—NPR

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Into the world of shoptalk

Watch this space!
for behind-the-scenes notes, sketches, ideas, and
related reading every week.

In the meantime…
Soak in a sunny soundtrack inspired by the comic ;)


Marlo Levels Up
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the prequel to ShopTalk, 2023

A webcomic instigated by
the launch of ChatGPT

*Best viewed on larger screens

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The comic was just the first of many cups of hot chai.

ShopTalk is growing into a full-length graphic novel that dives headlong into the turbulence of our times: the social fractures, strange hopes, and unfinished questions of the 2020s.

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Readers, researchers, co-creators, thinkers & nitpickers — if you are up for discussing ideas, offering critique, or helping shape what comes next, share your info here >>

  • I’m an artist, storyteller, & creative futurist.

    A systems approach drives all three: I find patterns in chaos, envision possible futures, and map new paths out of current challenges.

    An immigrant’s life - split between Calcutta and California - taught me the value of being frugal with resources and generous with imagination.

    It fuels my mission of steering tech & business innovation towards broader human value: making ordinary life more meaningful & fulfilling — not just more optimized for consumption.

  • Kingshuk Das