On  14th November, 2014, Tinkle comic turned 34. There are characters such as Shikari Shambu, Supandi and Tantri the Mantri. Tinkle covers a wide range of subjects. In the early days, the content consisted mainly of folktales, original stories around the characters and GK. Readers too contributed stories. Tinkle was launched in 1980, by a 12 year old girl ElaineD’Lima. There was no issue for December that year. It started having monthly editions from January 1981. It turned a fortnightly from 1982. In 1990, they came out with special holiday editions. The Tinkle Digest was launched in 1996.Savio Mascarenhas was the creative hand behind Shikari Shambu. Mascarenhas took over the illustrations from Shri V. B. Halbe in 1997. Tinkle today reaches through print, online and mobile. The two things that remain the same are the Indian essence and appeal to all age groups. Luis Fernandes is the editor of Amar Chitra Katha. Pradeep Sathe is the co-creator of Kalia the Crow and has beenworking with Fernandes for the lasr 20 years.