In the world of Indian comics, one of the things I’m glad about is that while the output is relatively lower in number than say the US or UK, the quality is not. The issues with which they deal are contemporary and real; be it the double-life of Kari, or the journals of The Barn Owl’s Capers. Penned by Naseer Ahmed, Kashmir Pending is yet another novel on these same lines.
Naseer takes on the decades old strife in the Kashmir Valley, one that we now take so much for granted that it no longer even makes the news. The story, however, is not from an outsider’s point of view where facts and events are laid out so that good and bad are as easy to tell apart as black and white. Instead, it takes us into the life of young Muslim boys growing up in Kashmir and being manipulated by larger forces. » Read the rest of this entry «
Indian Comics: Why Graphic Novels are a more popular format
October 18th, 2011 § 3 comments § permalink
While going through the Hindustan Times a couple of days back, I came across an article on India’s comic book industry. A statement about graphic novels being more popular than serialized comic books got me thinking about format viability in emerging markets.
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