Savita Bhabhi creator comes out with new graphic novel, The Itch You Can’t Scratch

Declaring that he was a writer for Savita Bhabhi , an animated porn site banned last year, can get him into trouble with both the law and the moral brigade. Instead, 23- year- old computer science engineer Sumit Kumar has decided “ to come out” and use the association with the sex- obsessed housewife to his advantage.

But his act of bravado comes with a note of caution. He makes it a point to insist that he’s a ‘former’ Savita Bhabhi writer.

If he doesn’t make this clear, he says, he could get arrested, even though writing for Savita Bhabhi was one of the best things that happened to him when he was struggling to progress from being “ an ordinary middle- class child trained to be an engineer” to becoming a graphic artist and humour writer. And now he’s one of the organisers of the first- ever Comic Convention, the world’s premier event for comic book creators and graphic novelists, to be held in India. The two- day event will be held this weekend at Dilli Haat.

The title of Kumar’s new graphic novel, The Itch You Can’t Scratch , fittingly illustrated with a boy covering his nether parts, seems like a tribute to the insatiable Savita Bhabhi . “ There’s even a reference to her in my autobiographical novel as she played such a crucial role in my life. When the book is out (on February 19 at the Comic Convention), I am sure I will have a lot of answering to do to my mother,” says Kumar, also a standup comedian when it suits him.

In the spirit of his contribution to Savita Bhabhi , Kumar’s graphic novel has a chapter dedicated to women. Savita Bhabhi, in fact, also has a role to play in Kumar becoming “ good with women”. In the first story he wrote for Savita Bhabhi — in which Bhabhi serves the country by ‘ tiring’ a wanted terrorist — his “ porn part was horrible”. So much so, that he was asked to submit the story without the sex, which was added by the creators later. Judging from the detailed graphic illustrations in his book, Bhabhi obviously taught Kumar well.

Kumar had started out aspiring to be a political cartoonist, but now he has permanently converted to the world of porn — and humour. “ I don’t know why these self- righteous people never saw the humour and the greater good that Savita Bhabhi is still associated with,” he says.

“ I am grateful for what Bhabhi has done for me and I don’t care whether I get into trouble for coming out and openly saying that I have anything to do with her.” Here’s one young man who’s not prepared to forget Savita Bhabhi in a hurry.