What Was Alternative Manga?
Bengal’s Drighangchoo: An Interview with Deeptanil Ray
I had been under the impression that Comix India, inaugurated in 2010, was the first amateur comics magazine in India. It might have been the first with significant heft and geographical reach. Chronologically, however, there is at least one precedent. Continue reading
Poor Little Rich Boys: The Art of the Mumbai Circulating Library
Upon publishing the interview with Leaping Windows Comics Café, I was informed by an elder Indian that rental bookstores – locally called “circulating libraries” – are not uncommon in Mumbai. There used to be more, I was told, but there … Continue reading
Inverted Calm: An Interview with Vishwajyoti Ghosh
Vishwajyoti Ghosh is the real deal: an original and talented cartoonist with serious social commitments, and a smooth organizer of human resources as an editor and activist. Continue reading
The Name Garo: Shirato Sanpei and the Indo-Manga Connection
Uncovering the meaning of the name Garo Continue reading
Indie India: An Interview with Kailash Iyer
A sketch of the landscape of independent comics in India today. Continue reading
Leaping Windows Comics Cafe: The Indo-Manga Connection II
A comics destination in Mumbai. Continue reading
Comix India and the Indo-Manga Connection: An Interview with Bharath Murthy
A look at Comix India, India’s first and most prominent amateur comics magazine, Continue reading
Filipino Komiks and Japanese Sex Tourism: Joe Gatchalian’s Clone Woman
A curious cultural synergy. Continue reading
