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

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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Cosplay at Comic Con Chennai: Who wore what?

Cosplay at Comic Con Chennai: Who wore what?

“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, there […]

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Comic Con is back in Chennai with creators, cosplay, comedy and more

Comic Con is back in Chennai with creators, cosplay, comedy and more

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 year, […]

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Meghana Prakash makes polymer clay jewellery

Meghana Prakash makes polymer clay jewellery

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 seeing […]

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Chennai’s first Comic Con sees 32,000 visitors interested in cosplay and comic books

Chennai’s first Comic Con sees 32,000 visitors interested in cosplay and comic books

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 one […]

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The fourth edition of Indie Comix Fest kicks off in Kochi

The fourth edition of Indie Comix Fest kicks off in Kochi

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 comic […]

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