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Boban and Molly




Boban and Molly (Malayalam: ബോബനും മോളിയും) are the characters of the Indian comic series created by VT Thomas (known by the pen name Toms). Boban and Molly, twin brother and sister from the rural environs of central Travancore became popular in Kerala through the Malayala Manorama weekly, which published the strip for almost four decades. After a controversial legal battle between Malayala Manorama and Thomas, Boban and Molly began to appear as a comic magazine called "Tom's Magazine".

Toms achieved enormous success and fame through Boban and Molly, and became one of the most influential comic artists in Kerala.] According to Toms, the prototypes of Boban and Molly were two naughty kids who stayed next door to his ancestral home in Kuttanad. The themes appear in the comics varies from childish adventures and pranks to contemporary social and political satires. The political and social issues are predominantly discussed in the series produced in the later period.

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