Fried Cheese Balls

The Indian Experience in America

A loosely arranged marriage, v2

January 15, 2018 by Arp Laszlo 3 Comments

A loosely arranged marriage... v2

Here we go again 🙂 Originally launched 2 years ago, the strip format was challenging but ultimately limiting. I was also writing in a descriptive, expository style. Which is cool, except it’s not terribly exciting for me. So I changed the writing style to be more personal. This time completing the page took a couple […]

Tagged With: 1960, American Born Chinese, arranged marriage, Calcutta, Gene Yang, India, Kolkata, Persepolis, race, Scott McCloud, Understanding Comics

Never forget: #Pornban 2015

July 31, 2016 by Arp Laszlo Leave a Comment

One year ago today, the Indian government decided to block 857 pornographic websites, to prevent the creation of crazed “sex maniacs”. This lasted all of … two days. Such stupidity should never be forgotten – here’s John Oliver to take us down memory lane… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bepS_JMBcck

Filed Under: About Tagged With: 2015, BJP, DOT order, government, idiocracy, India, Information Technology Act, John Oliver, law, pornban, pornography, section 79(3)(b), video

“India in a Day” – a crowdsourced film by Google

February 9, 2016 by Arp Laszlo 2 Comments

I came across this recently and it’s a really cool idea. A crowdsourced, user-generated film all on one day – October 15, 2015: India in a Day is a user-generated film all about India, shot in a single day, by you. On Saturday 10th October 2015, you will have 24 hours to capture your story […]

Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: Anurag Kashyap, crowdsourcing, first look, Google, India, India in a Day, mobile video, Richie Mehta, Ridley Scott, rural internet

Clyde Waddell’s amazing photos: A Yank’s Memories of Calcutta

January 28, 2016 by Arp Laszlo Leave a Comment

I’ve devoted a lot of time in the strip so far to research, trying to figure out how people dressed back in the 1940s, taking a look at streets & vehicles, etc. Whilst Googling, I came across these fantastic pictures by Clyde Waddell, an American military photographer who was in Calcutta around 1945-1946. He took […]

Filed Under: About Tagged With: A Yank's Memories of Calcutta, American Red Cross, Binota Bose, brahmins, Burra Bazar, Calcutta, Chinatown, Chowringhee Square, Chowringhee Street, Clyde Waddell, coolies, Cornwallis Street, dhobi, Firpo's, Gurkha knives, Harrison Street, Hindusthan Building, Hooghly River, Howrah Bridge, India, Indian, Juma Masjid, Kalighat, Karnani Estates, Kolkata, kolkata calcutta, Lenin Sarani, Marble Palace, New Market, Nimtolla, Nimtolla Mosque, Old Court House Street, paan, Parashnath Mandir, Professor Sher Mohammed, public domain, Rekha Mullick, Shiva, Siva, snake charmer, US military, wallah

Review: I watched the Outsourced tv series – and loved it

December 1, 2015 by Arp Laszlo 2 Comments

We got a trial of Hulu a month ago and while seeing what they offered, I noticed Outsourced. It rang a bell; I have a faint memory of seeing the 2006 movie that inspired it but had no idea there was a tv show (we haven’t had cable for at least 10 years). It was […]

Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: arranged marriage, call center, comedy, entitlement, Geetika Tandon Lizardi, globalization, head wobble, India, Indian, Indian-American, Mumbai, Outsourced, Outsourced (tv series), outsourcing, racism, The Office, tv, white privilege

Amitabh Bachchan – the comic book superhero?!

October 13, 2015 by Arp Laszlo Leave a Comment

Apparently, my childhood is incomplete because I completely missed a comic book starring Amitabh Bachchan. This man was my idol back when I watched Indian movies – and I only watched his movies, for the most part. I figure that I missed it because it sold out and TV was very limited there in the […]

Filed Under: Culture, News Tagged With: Amar Akbar Anthony, Amar Chitra Katha, Amitabh Bachchan, Bollywood, Deewar, Don, Gabbar Singh, India, Lalo Schifrin, movies, Seinfeld, Sholay

Predicting the future…

September 14, 2015 by Arp Laszlo Leave a Comment

I’m a member of the Webcomic Underdogs group on Facebook and the last Sunday of every month is Self Promo Sunday. We get to link to our webcomic and answer a few questions – this is my prediction for the near future 🙂 Read the rest of the response and find some cool webcomics at Making […]

Filed Under: About Tagged With: gameshows, Hollywood Squares, India, making comics, MakingComics.com, Self Promo Sunday, Webcomic Underdogs, webcomics

Fried Cheese Balls has MOVED

Hey there!

I'm consolidating all of my comic projects into one website. Fried Cheese Balls joins my other comic, Ice Cube's Foot, at Quackatoa.com. I have a few more projects in the works too - please head over to my main site :)

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