Bal Thackeray and Shiv Sena's launch pad, Marmik, is on a new strip

Khincho na kaman ko,

na talwar nikalo,

Jab toph mukabil ho,

to akhbar nikalo

(Don’t pull the bowstring, or draw a sword

A newspaper works, where a cannon fails)

Marmik, the first cartoon weekly in Marathi started by Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray, has been relaunched in a new avatar. The magazine, which is in its diamond jubilee year, unveiled a collector’s issue on November 17, ending its hiatus from the stands during the lockdown. Regular printing is expected to resume next month.

Apart from being among the few cartoon magazines in India, Marmik is the only such publication to catalyse the formation of