Events

 

April 3, 2023
‘Drawing Vulnerability’ talk by Orijit Sen
Comixense Chief Editor Orijit Sen was invited by the University of Hyderabad’s UNESCO Chair on Vulnerability Studies to present an online talk on ‘Drawing Vulnerability’.

 

March 25-26, 2023
Comixense @ Indie Comix Fest, Mumbai
We had a table at the Indie Comix Fest (ICF) in Mumbai in March 2023. It was energising – and quite a revelation – to be at an event with so many others doing comics independently of the big publishers. Shannon Vaz, who was interning with Comixense at the time, Lucano Alvares, and comics creator and Cx contributor Rohit Karandadi helped in managing the table.

 

February 13, 2023
Comixense @ Goa Book Fair 2023
The Goa Book Fair ran from February 9 to 13, 2023 in Margao, Goa. On the last day of the event, Comixense Consulting Editor (and quizmaster-at-large) Annie Sen Gupta conducted a Comix Quiz at the event. A handful of college students, and a few adults, who had come for the book fair had a good time cracking the relatively easy set of questions. The top teams won sets of copies of Comixense magazine.

 

April 19, 2022
Presence at the Pustakamchem Fest
The ‘Pustakamchem Fest’ book festival was held on April 19, 2022 in the Goan village of Saligao. The event witnessed the participation of well-known local and international authors, bookstores, and other institutions. We put up a table there with issues of Comixense magazine for browsing and sale.

 

June 20, 2021
Interaction with students from the department of English, Chowgule College
Comixense editors Orijit Sen and Francesca Cotta, along with Rai and Mohd Salman, the artist and writer duo whose comic City of Astronomers is published in Issue 1 of the magazine, joined students from the Department of English at Chowgule College in Margao, Goa, for a lively interactive session. The students asked such thoughtful and interesting questions, that two hours sailed by, with us feeling that there was still more to chat about with them!

They made this lovely gratitude post for us after the event: https://www.instagram.com/p/CQV5_jijZWp/

 

May 30, 2021
Nabanna Earth Weekend 2021
Online session on “Street Smart: Popular Culture Today”
As part of the Nabanna Earth Weekend 2021, a festival of arts and ideas organised annually at Santiniketan (though this year’s edition was held online), our chief editor, Orijit Sen, was invited to attend a panel discussion on popular culture in India. He spoke about his journey as a comics maker and about Comixense magazine. He was joined by filmmaker Supriyo Sen and Nabarun Bose, who spoke about their film Tangra Blues, which is on Bangla street rap. The discussion was moderated by Sudev Pratim Basu.
To watch the entire session, click on the link below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W4NsBNNM1M

 

Posts

Video promo for Issue 2.2
Our Associate Editor Cordelia Francis put her Canva skills to use in creating this video promo for Volume 2 Issue 2 of the magazine, which was then posted across our social media channels.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HcwSt9u0xuM
Issue 1 trailer videos
Pratya (@pratya_kas) and Joby (@thejobay) are students at Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology (Bangalore). They spent May and June 2021 doing an apprenticeship with our chief editor, Orijit Sen (@orijitzen). During their time working with him, they each made a trailer for Comixense’s inaugural issue, featuring animations of the art in the stories.

Pratya’s video:

Joby’s video: