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How independent festivals, new voices, and specialised websites are helping India’s comic scene

How independent festivals, new voices, and specialised websites are helping India’s comic scene

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When Sanid Asif Ali was invited to a library in Kochi a few years ago to give a talk on comics, he was introduced as an artist who would take the audience into a ‘world of laughter’. Ali gets it. “One of the first comics that most people in Kerala enjoyed is the classic Boban […]

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Why did Butterfingers character created by Khyrunissa A go to Texas in a new comic book

Why did Butterfingers character created by Khyrunissa A go to Texas in a new comic book

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Khyrunnisa A and P Vijaya Kumar  | Photo Credit: Christropher Francis Life has come full circle for Butterfingers, aka Amar Kishen, who began life as a character in a comic strip in Tinkle. Created by Thiruvananthapuram-based author Khyrunnisa A, Butterfingers went on to star in three novels and three collections of short stories before returning […]

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