Drighangchoo
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Drighangchoo is an independent magazine published from Kolkata
(earlier Calcutta), India
and it is the first print magazine in India to deal exclusively with "mature" comics
and sequential graphic art. The magazine devotes most of its contents to comics for "mature readers", and its name draws inspiration from a fable of the same name by Sukumar Ray
, which is about a troubled king's search for a mystery crow. The magazine started off in 2009 when six comics enthusiasts from Jadavpur University
and an alumnus got together and decided to start a not-for-profit print magazine on comics for Indian readers. The first issue of Drighangchoo was published in July, 2009.
Unlike the focus of "mainstream" Indian comics which heavily borrows from the syndicated superhero comics of the North, the issues of Drighangchoo encourage local artists and the use of serious story-telling through black-and-white sequential art in the traditional comics format, and the use of experimental and indigenous Indian artistic styles. The narratives in Drighangchoo mostly use Bengali or English as interface languages, and also the wordless form. The magazine is published bi-annually from "under the (crow-infested) trees" of one of the student canteens of Jadavpur University, and has a small number of devoted and enthusiastic readers from the city of Kolkata, and outside.
Kolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
(earlier Calcutta), India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and it is the first print magazine in India to deal exclusively with "mature" comics
Comics
Comics denotes a hybrid medium having verbal side of its vocabulary tightly tied to its visual side in order to convey narrative or information only, the latter in case of non-fiction comics, seeking synergy by using both visual and verbal side in...
and sequential graphic art. The magazine devotes most of its contents to comics for "mature readers", and its name draws inspiration from a fable of the same name by Sukumar Ray
Sukumar Ray
Sukumar Ray , , was a Bengali humorous poet, story writer and playwright who mainly wrote for children. As perhaps the most famous Indian practitioner of literary nonsense, he is often compared to Lewis Carroll...
, which is about a troubled king's search for a mystery crow. The magazine started off in 2009 when six comics enthusiasts from Jadavpur University
Jadavpur University
Jadavpur University , is a premier educational and research institution in India.It is located in Kolkata, West Bengal and comprises two campuses - the main campus at Jadavpur and the new campus at Salt Lake...
and an alumnus got together and decided to start a not-for-profit print magazine on comics for Indian readers. The first issue of Drighangchoo was published in July, 2009.
Unlike the focus of "mainstream" Indian comics which heavily borrows from the syndicated superhero comics of the North, the issues of Drighangchoo encourage local artists and the use of serious story-telling through black-and-white sequential art in the traditional comics format, and the use of experimental and indigenous Indian artistic styles. The narratives in Drighangchoo mostly use Bengali or English as interface languages, and also the wordless form. The magazine is published bi-annually from "under the (crow-infested) trees" of one of the student canteens of Jadavpur University, and has a small number of devoted and enthusiastic readers from the city of Kolkata, and outside.