[Reader-list] [Announcements] 4th Comic Book Reading.

[Amitabh Kumar]

Sarai-CSDS and the FIRC ( French Information Resource Center) are  
pleased to announce the 4th Comic Book Reading, ' Modern Heresies' by  
Sarnath Banerjee.

The roots  of the Comic Book form can be traced back to the 16th  
century 'execution' posters in England. Subsequently , it went on to  
grow into other such forms of reportage and advertising. These  
include the event reportage and illustrations used in the dailies  
(much before the half penny revolution) such as the police eyewitness  
accounts and the war diaries. This was how comics were born. Humour  
and Adventure / Fantasia later became styles/genres that defined the  
form. Blinding all other genres. Outside of the well-worn path of  
biography and autobiography,non-fiction has traditionally been one of  
the most frustratingly under-developed areas of the comics medium.In  
our times too Graphical Reportage and Documentary Comics to some is  
an oxymoron, as if comics and  documentation in Graphical Reportage  
cancel each other out.

We intend to question that.

Sarnath Banerjee will be talking about reportage comics and comics  
that have been used as a tool for socio-political commentary and  
ethnography.

Time: 5:30 p.m.

Venue:
Seminar Hall,
29, Rajpur Road,
Civil Lines, Delhi.


Sarai, unlike the urban legend floating around, is not between Pluto  
and Jupiter. There are very simple ways to reach Sarai. We are  
located in the Civil Lines area in North Delhi, close to Delhi  
University. You have to cross the ridge from Delhi University to get  
to Rajpur Road, where Sarai is located. Any bus that takes you to  
‘Exchange Stores/ I.P. College/ Mall Road’ will also take you places  
from where Rajpur Road is a short distance. If you take an auto  
rickshaw or taxi from South Delhi or any other part of the city, the  
best thing to say is ‘Near Transport Authority, Underhill Road, Civil  
Lines, I.P. College’; most auto and taxi drivers know the Civil Lines  
‘Authority’ well. We are two minutes away from this landmark.


The quickest and easiest way to get to Sarai is to take the Delhi  
Metro, from Connaught Place (Rajiv Chowk) to Civil Lines, or to  
change at Kashmiri Gate and take the metro to Civil Lines. Get off at  
Civil Lines cross Shamnath Marg, get on to Underhill Road, walk (10  
minutes) to the end of Underhill Road, where it meets Rajpur Road.  
Turn left, you will see Number 29, Rajpur Road soon (on your left).  
This is CSDS. Walk in, we are in the basement of the big white  
building behind the sunken lawn.

(for details check:  http://www.sarai.net/about-us/contact )


All are welcome!!!
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