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 wonders if utopias and dystopias are just two sides of the same coin, through the stories listed below.

CURRENT ISSUE

Volume 4 Issue 4

The stories in this issue offer insights into various concepts of utopia and dystopia. Chasing Utopia is about an architect who tries to make the best of Muhammad bin Tughlaq’s plan to shift his kingdom’s centre from Delhi to Daulatabad, but his dream is quickly dismantled by the foolishness of the idea. In Sultan’s Dream, a misogynistic boy enters an imaginary utopia for women and has his worldview turned inside out. We Build What We Imagine explores the pros and cons of the Solarpunk movement. In Half Picture Postcard, we witness Kashmir’s beauty through the eyes of a tourist couple and its underlying ugly truths through the words of their Kashmiri guides. The story Paradise Lost? is about how Goa, once a pristine Eden, is seeing transformative changes for the worse.