Comixense

COMIXENSE

Comixense is a comics quarterly aimed primarily at teenagers between 12 and 17 years old, launched in April 2021. The magazine touches upon all aspects of life that young people in India encounter today – presented in a manner that credits their intelligence, imagination, and empathy.

Each issue of the magazine will contain a bunch of stories related to a broad theme. The current issue digs into aspects of history and memory, through the stories listed below.

CURRENT ISSUE

Volume 5 Issue 4

The stories in the issue explore some aspects of how things are remembered. It kicks off with Savage Beast, a heart-wrenching story in which a young Native American is brought face to face with the extinction of his way of life. In The Artefact, a children’s toy from a long-gone era becomes the focal point of political machinations in the modern day. Two compelling but competing scents spark nostalgia and fear in a young man’s mind in A Whiff of Rice and Gunpowder. Flying off the Shelves has a narrative of cruelty and greed, set across continents. The Story of Mahabali tells the tale of Maveli mentioned in the previous paragraph. Nana’s House winds up the issue on a positive note, despite its tale of loss engendered by the Partition of India.