Story in a Strip

The strip’s not only about humour, fantasies, super-heroes, macho men or superlative women. The comic strip is unfolding a brand-new saga, one that appeals to both the eyes and intellect.

Enter the graphic, visual world of colour, fantasy and intellect

The strip’s not only about humour, fantasies, super-heroes, macho men or superlative women. The comic strip is unfolding a brand-new saga, one that appeals to both the eyes and intellect. The genre of comics or graphic novels as they describe it, is getting more creative, absorbing and stimulating. One look at Buddha, amazingly illustrated and written by Ozamu Tezuka, a series which tells the story of Buddha in comic strip form, will change your perception about comics. It’s a brand-new world, waiting to be devoured, cover to cover. “Yes, the graphic format has

undergone a metamorphosis and people are rediscovering the beauty of comics,’’ Pankaj P Singh of Browser talks about the popular section, which has a large set devoted to children as well. In the humour section, the absolutely brilliant Gary Larson can never fail to bring a smile on your face, while the humour section has some writings by women in comic format. A concept that never fails to attract people of all ages is the Beginner’s series in graphic format on famous personalities. “It’s done with both the head and heart and is high on looks and content,’’ Singh also talks about introduction to various concepts in comics strip forms and also the Agatha Christie series in graphic format.

At the Book fair in Sector 17, you can lay your hands on MAD, Batman, Superman, Tarzan, Asterixs, Tin Tin…at throwaway prices and according to the section in charge here, comics are hot-sellers, being lapped up by both children and adults. Here you scout for rare and old editions of these comics.

An interesting way to introduce children to the myths, legends and folk stories of India is through the new collection by Vaibhav Comics. Beautifully illustrated, the comics have legends, tales of love, bravery, mystery, humour from different parts of the country, from Madhya Pradesh, Kerala…There are stories of The Santhals, one of the largest tribal communities of India, the Sunderbans et al. “These are more colourful, attractive and so easy and fun to to read,’’ Vaibhav and Shaurva pore over Prithvi Raj Chauhan in comic format. Also, get ready to laugh your heads off, with the new and converted comic format of the popular Great Indian Laughter Challenge and the serial Office Office and also movie story books like Stuart Little 2 and Charolette’s Web. Get booked.