Comics: The things young Orin does to send his peaceful, introverted parents into a tizzy

A few ‘Tales of Orin the Parent Tamer’, by Vivekananda Roy Ghatak aka Whackanondo.

Vivekananda Roy Ghatak

· Apr 19, 2023 · 03:30 pm

‘The Archies’: Re-reading the comics from everyone’s adolescence before the Bollywood version

Archie comics is mixture of nostalgia for capers of the past and relief for maturity of the present.

Swati Singh

· Jun 12, 2022 · 08:30 am

Four youth-oriented comics with LGBTQ+ positive characters that are breaking binaries

These comics foreground the representation of queer youth experiences.

J Andrew Deman, The Conversation

· May 21, 2022 · 05:30 pm

‘People misunderstood the basic purpose of my humour’: An encounter with Tintin creator Hergé

In 1976, media group owner Aveek Sarkar met Hergé during a trip to Brussels, and interviewed him.

Aveek Sarkar

· Feb 27, 2022 · 11:30 am

How imagination and technology are combining to bring comics to people with visual disabilities

Despite its reliance on visual impact, the comic book is being presented in modified forms for accessibility and inclusion.

Sathyaraj Venkatesan

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S Yuvan

· Feb 19, 2022 · 05:30 pm

What teachers in comics show us: They have real-life identity crises

Teachers are often relegated to the background of stories about students, like a piece of furniture or a potted plant.

David Lewkowich, The Conversation

· Feb 10, 2022 · 05:30 pm

The other Dennis the Menace: The influence of this 70-year-old on everything from darts to raves

‘Beano’ magazine’s Dennis was not the Dennis the Menace of Hank Ketcham’s newspaper comic strip.

Julian Lawrence, The Conversation

· Dec 07, 2021 · 05:30 pm

Kapow! Zap! Splat! How comics make sound on the page

This form of storytelling has a unique grammar for aural effects.

Victor Araneda Jure, The Conversation

· Jun 13, 2021 · 05:30 pm

Marvel’s planned Kamala Khan series is cause for celebration – and opportunity for course correction

The alter ego of Ms Marvel has an ability to destabilise stereotypes of Muslims while reinforcing ideas about American exceptionalism.

Safiyya Hosein, The Conversation

· Dec 02, 2020 · 06:52 pm

‘Krishna’: Remembering Anant Pai’s iconic Amar Chitra Katha comic book published 50 years ago

Written personally by Pai, ‘Krishna’ set a template for the mythological works from ACK.

Gayathri Prabhu

· Jul 12, 2020 · 08:30 am

Covid-19 pandemic: The US comic industry has shut down for the first time in 80 years

Not even the Second World War or 9/11 had this impact.

Bart Beaty, The Conversation

· Apr 09, 2020 · 05:30 pm

How post-World World War II America fell in love with romance comics

The years 1950 and 1951 saw a boom in the genre and have been dubbed the ‘love glut’.

Michael C Weisenburg, The Conversation

· Feb 18, 2020 · 05:30 pm