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“Ravan, the Demon of Lanka” by Abishek Singh. Appeared in Ramayan 3392 AD, issue 5 in 2006. It’s a pencil, ink and watercolor on paper from India.

A number of art exhibits are opening this weekend. There’s “On the Road to Trona,” featuring paintings and drawings by Kelly McLane, and “Backyards and Kitchens,” new woodcuts and linocuts by Carleton Christy at the Huntington Beach Art Center.

In San Dimas, “Living Wild,” the 13th annual Wildlife Art Show and Sale, runs Saturday and Sunday. Five Orange County artists are in the show, and it’s free.

At the L.A. County Museum of Art, “Heroes and Villains: The Battle for Good in India’s Comics” opens Saturday. It’s an exhibit of 53 paintings, works on paper and vintage comic books. The show examines the legacy of India’s divine heroes and heroines in contemporary South Asian culture through the comic book genre.

The exhibit was curated by Julie Romain, curatorial assistant for South and Southeast Asian art at LACMA, and Tushara Bindu Gude. “Heroes and Villains” looks at Indian comic books from the 1960s to the presesnt.

LACMA was running a “Create Your Own Superhero or Villain” promotion on its blog, Unframed. Submissions were accepted through Sept. 19, and the results are supposed to be posted for a week starting Monday, Oct. 19.

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