Mohammad Salman Writer is a development communications professional and speculative fiction writer from Lucknow. His work has appeared in the Gollancz Book of South Asian Science Fiction, Kitaab and other anthologies. Salman counts Terry Pratchett and Isaac Asimov among his inspirations, dreaming of creating a legendarium of his own one day. He has a Bachelor’s […]
Leila Khaled & The Struggle for Liberation
Vol 4 No 3 | Oct-Dec 2024 Leila Khaled & The Struggle for Liberation Story by Radhika Singh | Art by Samita Chatterjee One person’s terrorist is another’s freedom fighter Many freedom fighters in pre-Independence India were considered terrorists by British Imperialists – for example, Khudiram Bose, Bhagat Singh and Sri Aurobindo, the ‘revolutionary […]
Vol 4 Issue 3 Oct-Dec 2024
Volume 4 Issue 3 Leila Khaled and The Struggle for Liberation is the real-life story of a Palestinian woman freedom fighter. The Game tells the tale of two girls who enjoy playing the board game Catan only to discover that similar trade-offs apply to their workplace. U Turn is a wordless comic about a woman […]
Samita Chatterjee
Samita Chatterjee Artist Samita is a visual artist working in illustration, printmaking, urban art and design. She has worked in visual storytelling through illustrations and comics, published in ‘The Caravan’, ‘Tinkle’, PEN America, ‘Motherland’, and via Blaft Publications, Duckbill Books and others. She has collaborated with artists across disciplines over the years through installations and […]
Shannon
Shannon Writer and artist Shannon, a.k.a. intricats, is an artist, illustrator, and graphic designer based in Goa. In her spare time, she likes drawing fanart, playing videogames, watching tv series, and learning to play the guitar. Currently, she’s working on expanding her works in the field of comics and illustration, and wishes to develop her […]
The Game
Vol 4 No 3 | Oct-Dec 2024 The Game Story by Nita Bajoria | Art by Samidha G. Settlers of Catan Catan, originally named The Settlers of Catan, is a popular multiplayer board game created by German game designer Klaus Teuber, first produced in 1995. Teuber, who was a dental technician when he came […]
U-Turn
Vol 4 No 3 | Oct-Dec 2024 U-Turn Concept, storyline and art by Nayna Yadav | Story detailing by Salil Chaturvedi This is a silent comic about the ups and downs of life, and how they compel one to make certain trade-offs.
Will to Live
Vol 4 No 3 | Oct-Dec 2024 Will to Live Story and art by Mia Jose This is comic looks at the world of a non-binary person and how they tend to be forced by societal factors to ‘fit in’. In the words of the author: We used to think of gender as a binary, […]
The Indian Ice Trade
Vol 4 No 3 | Oct-Dec 2024 The Indian Ice Trade Story by CG Salamander | Art by Prabha Mallya Frederic Tudor: Sending American ice to India This comic in Comixense magazine tells the astonishing story of Frederic Tudor who came up with the madcap scheme of cooling the British in India by shipping […]
Trading Words
Vol 4 No 3 | Oct-Dec 2024 Trading Words Story by Sanjana Kapur | Art by Shefalee Jain This heart-warming story depicts the relationship, fostered during daily commutes on Mumbai’s suburban trains, of an old grandmother and a young conservationist. The former has food advice and recipes to give to the young motherless woman, while […]