[Reader-list] [Announcements] Documentary and Reportage in Comics: Fourth Comic Book Reading by Sarnath Banerjee

[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.
Date: 15th December
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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