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Comic Cards for the Boxes

The comic-forward set — image-led, almost no reading. Each bhava gets the strip filling a card, the whole strip, a quote, and a comic lid.

How it works
  1. Print. One A4 per house, single-sided, on decent paper or thin card. Background graphics ON, 100% (no "fit to page").
  2. Trim. This is the print-shop file: it carries 3 mm bleed + crop marks. Trim to the marks; the artwork bleeds past the cut so there’s no white sliver.
  3. Fill. Drop the cards into the tin for that house — they sit flat on the floor, no folding.
  4. Add. Then add your own: a photo, a ticket stub, a pressed leaf, a handwritten line.
Four pieces per house
① Comicthe strip filling the card.
② Whole stripall four panels, nothing lost.
③ Quoteone line to keep, on cream.
◆ Lidcomic + numeral for the tin lid.

Cards are 86 × 52 mm — sized for the 9.5 × 6 × 2.2 cm STORE 2508 matchbox tins (interior ~88 × 54 mm). This is the print-shop version (bleed + crop marks). The plain home-cut version omits them. Prefer to fold the boxes themselves? The fold-and-glue kit is at sreebalakrishnan.in/bhavas/print/.

HOUSE 1 OF 12 · TANU — comic-forward; the bottom-right is the lidITanuI · TANU — THE WHOLE STRIPsreebalakrishnan.in/bhavas/#1I · TANU"The body has carriedme faithfully throughfrom the first matchboxsreebalakrishnan.in/bhavasLID →ITanu
HOUSE 2 OF 12 · DHANA — comic-forward; the bottom-right is the lidIIDhanaII · DHANA — THE WHOLE STRIPsreebalakrishnan.in/bhavas/#2II · DHANA"More than anyindividual, it was thefrom the second matchboxsreebalakrishnan.in/bhavasLID →IIDhana
HOUSE 3 OF 12 · SAHAJA — comic-forward; the bottom-right is the lidIIISahajaIII · SAHAJA — THE WHOLE STRIPsreebalakrishnan.in/bhavas/#3III · SAHAJA"I would not say I wasbrave. I was curious.from the third matchboxsreebalakrishnan.in/bhavasLID →IIISahaja
HOUSE 4 OF 12 · SUKHA — comic-forward; the bottom-right is the lidIVSukhaIV · SUKHA — THE WHOLE STRIPsreebalakrishnan.in/bhavas/#4IV · SUKHA"We said yes to thefeeling even before wefrom the fourth matchboxsreebalakrishnan.in/bhavasLID →IVSukha
HOUSE 5 OF 12 · PUTRA — comic-forward; the bottom-right is the lidVPutraV · PUTRA — THE WHOLE STRIPsreebalakrishnan.in/bhavas/#5V · PUTRA"The seed wasborrowed; the gardenfrom the fifth matchboxsreebalakrishnan.in/bhavasLID →VPutra
HOUSE 6 OF 12 · ARI — comic-forward; the bottom-right is the lidVIAriVI · ARI — THE WHOLE STRIPsreebalakrishnan.in/bhavas/#6VI · ARI"If the sixth househas an enemy, I havefrom the sixth matchboxsreebalakrishnan.in/bhavasLID →VIAri
HOUSE 7 OF 12 · YUVATI — comic-forward; the bottom-right is the lidVIIYuvatiVII · YUVATI — THE WHOLE STRIPsreebalakrishnan.in/bhavas/#7VII · YUVATI"I feared commitmentso completely that Ifrom the seventh matchboxsreebalakrishnan.in/bhavasLID →VIIYuvati
HOUSE 8 OF 12 · RANDHRA — comic-forward; the bottom-right is the lidVIIIRandhraVIII · RANDHRA — THE WHOLE STRIPsreebalakrishnan.in/bhavas/#8VIII · RANDHRA"Occult is just theWest’s word for afrom the eighth matchboxsreebalakrishnan.in/bhavasLID →VIIIRandhra
HOUSE 9 OF 12 · DHARMA — comic-forward; the bottom-right is the lidIXDharmaIX · DHARMA — THE WHOLE STRIPsreebalakrishnan.in/bhavas/#9IX · DHARMA"I am a foreigner inan Indian body, in awefrom the ninth matchboxsreebalakrishnan.in/bhavasLID →IXDharma
HOUSE 10 OF 12 · KARMA — comic-forward; the bottom-right is the lidXKarmaX · KARMA — THE WHOLE STRIPsreebalakrishnan.in/bhavas/#10X · KARMA"Do the work so thequestion doesn’t havefrom the tenth matchboxsreebalakrishnan.in/bhavasLID →XKarma
HOUSE 11 OF 12 · LABHA — comic-forward; the bottom-right is the lidXILabhaXI · LABHA — THE WHOLE STRIPsreebalakrishnan.in/bhavas/#11XI · LABHA"The people who changethe shape of your lifefrom the eleventh matchboxsreebalakrishnan.in/bhavasLID →XILabha
HOUSE 12 OF 12 · VYAYA — comic-forward; the bottom-right is the lidXIIVyayaXII · VYAYA — THE WHOLE STRIPsreebalakrishnan.in/bhavas/#12XII · VYAYA"I have been quietlyleaving home my wholefrom the twelfth matchboxsreebalakrishnan.in/bhavasLID →XIIVyaya