[Reader-list] [Announcements] Why Not Comcs..?? A Panel Discussion on the Art, Economics and the Future of the Comic Book Culture of India

[Amitabh Kumar]

Why Not Comics?
A Panel Discussion on the Art, Economics and the Future of the Comic
Book Culture of India


Comics in India has a history that extends a little more than 40
years, but it is only now that we are witnessing a rise in public
interest towards them, with publishing houses taking the form in its
modern renditions more seriously, and more readers turning into
creators. In this scenario, it is imperative for a platform to exist
through which a new understanding about comics might emerge.

               Sarai-CSDS, The French Embassy and the FIRC (French
Information Resource Center) invite you to an evening celebrating the
comic book culture in New Delhi, as well as the culmination of a
nine-day workshop on comic books and graphic novels. Jointly produced
by the YP foundation (The Youth Parliament), the event will include a
first-of-its-kind dialogue between comic book artists and publishers.
Join us in trying to understand the economics and the art of comics in
India and be witness to a dialogue that will give you a sense of what
the future holds!

Discussants include :
Orijit Sen, Comic Book Author
Sarnath Banerjee, Comic Book Author
Vishwajyoti Ghosh, Comic Book Artist/Practitioner
Diya Kar-Hazra, Commissioning Editor, Penguin India
V.K. Karthika, Publisher & Chief Editor, Harper Collins India
 Sanjay Gupta/ Kshitsh Padhy , Raj Comics
Amitabh Kumar, Comic Book Researcher & Practitioner, Sarai
Marielle Morin, Director FIRC & Books Attachée French Embassy
Suddhabrata Sengupta, Co-Founder Sarai & Member of Raqs Media Collective


5 February, 2008  at 5.30 pm.


18th New Delhi World Book Fair
Hall No. 6, Conference Room No.1 Mezzanine Floor
Pragati Maidan, New Delhi

The Sarai-FIRC comic book workshop has been conceived as one of the
new projects undertaken by the Sarai – FIRC collaboration that brings
together a fresh crop of practitioners and readers, thus playing a
critical role in the emergence of a new sensibility regarding forms of
print production in India. This is part of a larger collaboration of
Sarai-CSDS and FIRC to promote comic books. The first series of events
under this collaboration were the comic book readings where
readers/practitioners are invited to talk about comic books (both old
and recently published).
 Both Sarai and the FIRC had conducted comic book workshops
independently in the years 2006-2007 and had felt the need to draw out
a programme that could provide a space where newer practitioners could
enter the fold as well as existing practitioners find ways to extend
and deepen their engagement with the form. This understanding yielded
to a common ground that gave birth to a collaboration dedicated to the
production of a thriving comic book culture in India.
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