Amar Chitra Katha is an Indian publisher of Indian comics and graphic novels. The first comic from Amar Chitra Katha (ACK) was Krishna , written by Anant Pai himself in 1969 and illustrated by Ram Waeerkar. The company was founded in 1967 by Anant Pai and is headquartered in Mumbai. Most of its comics are based on religious legends and epics, historical figures and biographies, folktales, and cultural stories. It is said that 10,000 copies of the first edition of Krishna were printed, and it took about two years to sell them. The title went on to sell half a million copies.