Abhijeet Kini Artist Abhijeet Kini, founder of Abhijeet Kini Studios, is a Mumbai-based illustrator, animator and independent comics publisher, known for his comic series Angry Maushi, Rhyme Fighters, and Fanboys. Winner of the Best Illustrator Awards Bronze (2018 and 2019) at the Comic Con India awards and Animationxpress CBAM awards (2021), Abhijeet has been a […]
Aastha Tiku
Aastha Tiku Writer Aastha Tiku is the writer of the environmental thriller film, ‘Sherni’ starring Vidya Balan. She merges her background in philosophy, psychology, and research seamlessly into her craft. Currently, she is developing the script of her directorial debut and is co-producing a series. Insta: aastha_tiku In Comixense: Whose Crime is it Anyway? (Vol […]
Vol 5 Issue 1 Apr-Jun 2025
Volume 5 Issue 1 The stories in this issue revolve around various meanings of the theme ‘Space’. Soul Searching is a humourous point of view of a ghost searching for a hideaway in a hospital crowded with other souls. The Escape Plan delves into the thoughts of a foetus growing within the constraints of its […]
Soul Searching
Vol 5 No 1 | Apr-Jun 2025 Soul Searching Story by Sheela Jaywant | Art by Harsho Mohan Chattoraj The Writer Sheela Jaywant’s Thoughts on Death A person might ‘expire’, ‘pass away’ or ‘off ho gaya’, maybe after years of illness, gradually timing out or go poof instantly, as in an aircraft crash. The […]
Tina Thomas
Tina Thomas Writer Tina Thomas is the co-founder of Kokaachi, a visual storytelling house that creates graphic novels and animated films. Her graphic narratives have been published in Mint newspaper and Forbes Life magazine. She has scripted Will you play with me?, an interactive children’s book supported by National Geographic Society. Tina has conceptualised and […]
The Escape Plan
Vol 5 No 1 | Apr-Jun 2025 The Escape Plan Story and art by Samidha Gunjal This piece by Samidha Gunjal is a primer on the process of growth of a human foetus within its mother’s womb, related not in a boring textbook manner, but through a whimsical imagination of what might be going […]
Give Me Some Space!
Vol 5 No 1 | Apr-Jun 2025 Give Me Some Space! Story and art by Sanjoyana B. Choudhury In this comic, writer-artist Sanjoyana B. Choudhury delves into how Indian parenting is very different from that of parents in the West, and how that might come across as intrusive and repressive for a child used […]
Vishwajyoti Ghosh
Vishwajyoti Ghosh Artist Vishwajyoti Ghosh engages in visual arts, graphic novels, documentaries and storytelling. He uses the medium of comics and graphic storytelling as an advocacy tool to communicate on social and development issues across South Asia. His graphic novel ‘Delhi Calm’ (2010) recalls the particularly incisive and controversial period of 1975 to 1977, referred […]
Slightly Taller Than That
Vol 5 No 1 | Apr-Jun 2025 Slightly Taller Than That Story and art by Rohit Karandadi At 6 foot 2 inches, Rohit Karandadi is significantly taller than the average Indian. This provides him with a few advantages, but also leads to many difficulties and challenges. In this comic, he illustrates the long and […]
A Room with a View
Vol 5 No 1 | Apr-Jun 2025 A Room with a View Story by Cordelia B. Francis | Art by Mohith O Women in our society have to struggle to carve out space for themselves – physically, psychologically, in professional contexts and personal ones. Writer Cordelia B. Francis teams up with artist Mohith O […]