[ad_1] 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 […]
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[ad_1] “Can I get a ‘chi hoooo?’,” asks little Dheva Mayuran who is cosplaying as Maui from the film Moana, holding up a painted fish hook. Not too far away, he spots Moana, a cosplayer who looks mind-bogglingly similar to the curly-haired star of the much-loved Disney movie. In the vicinity, at Chennai Trade Centre in Nandambakkam, […]
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[ad_1] Cosplayers strike a pose at Comic Con in Chennai last year | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement What brings Vecna from Stranger Things, Batman, Goku from Dragonball Z, No-Face from Studio Ghibli’s Spirited Away and several katana or sword-wielding Japanese warriors all under the same roof, in Chennai? In its first edition in Chennai last […]
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[ad_1] Meghana Prakash | Photo Credit: Special Arrangements The next time you gift a book to a bibliophile, pair it with a miniature book pendant for an extra touch of joy. Bengaluru-based software professional-turned-jewellery designer Meghana Prakash (@clayarte) began creating these pendants to diversify her offerings beyond her signature floral designs. “Book lovers were overjoyed […]
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[ad_1] As the sun sets, organisers of Comic Con India are trying to reroute cosplayers at Chennai Trade Centre to step outside for a quick group photo before they lose light. The clarion call brings at least 100 cosplayers in elaborate costumes, pink, purple and blonde wigs and armour that seem true to life, into […]
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[ad_1] An Indy Comix Commune meet-up in Kochi | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Indie comic creator Sanidh Asif Ali’s visit to the first edition Indie Comix Fest (ICF) in 2018 impressed the data analyst so much that the following year, he ended up participating in the next edition as a creator with his own […]
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