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a quarterly comics magazine for curious young Indian readers.

23/02/2024

Jan-March 2024 Issue.
`Emerald Apsara' is written and illustrated by Orijit Sen.

Orijit Sen is a graphic artist, muralist, cartoonist and designer. Along with his wife and fellow designer, Gurpreet Sidhu, he co-founded People Tree, a collaborative studio and store for artists, designers and craftspeople.
Orijit is the author of `River of Stories’, a fictionalised account of the powerful environmental movements led by the people of the Narmada Valley in central India in the 1980s and ’90s. He is also co-founder of the Pao Collective of graphic artists.
From creating comics to editing anthologies, from teaching to writing, he has been an active and influential figure in the comics scene in India.
Comixense, of which he is Chief Editor, is his newest engagement with the medium. His work has been widely published, exhibited and awarded within India as well as internationally.
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21/02/2024

Jan-March 2024 Issue
`Skin Deep' is a sensitively told story about a young girl coming to terms with the colour of her skin.
Story by Sheela Jaywant
Art by Triparna Maiti.
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15/02/2024

Sheela Jaywant and Triparna Maiti teamed up on the comic `Skin Deep'.

Sheela is a Goan, humour-columnist writer whose stories have found their way into anthologies like ‘Quilted – stories of middle-class India’, ‘Liftman and Other Stories’, ‘Indian Voices’, ‘Vanilla Desires’, ‘City of the Gods’, ‘She Writes’, ‘Shell Windows’, ‘Inside Outside’, ‘Carnival’, ‘Bomoicar’ ‘The Greatest Goan Stories Ever Told’.
She has written for the Indian Quarterly, RHiME, Papercut and The Readers’ Digest. Her ‘The First Book of Indlish Poems’ was published in 2022. She has been listed in ‘Trailblazers: Some Goan Women Achievers’. Her Marathi-English translations include ‘Ward No. 5 K.E.M.’, ‘The Story of a Marwari’, ‘Opa, Goa, to Cleveland, USA’ and ‘Sangit Bari’. Recent prizes won include DWL- 2017 and the Pallium India ‘Best in Print Media’ 2019.

Triparna Maiti is an animation artist, illustrator and writer. She is an alumna of the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI), Kolkata with specialization in Animation Cinema. Her latest short film 'Neer' ('Water') has been an official selection at various prestigious festivals like Anifilm in Třeboň, Czech Republic, Monstra in Lisbon, Filmschool Fest in Munich and the Oscar-qualifying BISFF in Bengaluru (2023). Triparna’s interests revolve around exploring complex emotions and indigenous storytelling through animation.
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05/02/2024

The cover art of our latest Jan-March 2024 issue, done by OOrijit Sen depicts the colourful characters who feature across the six riveting stories of the magazine. The issue aptly themed `Living Colour’ explores different interpretations of the visible spectrum.
The first story is titled 'Skin Deep'. It is a sensitive portrayal of a young girl coming to terms with the colour of her skin. 'Emerald Apsara' is a wordless comic about the adventures of Professor P.R Mazoomder.. The spy story `Kamma Chameleon' is about a chameleon on a secret mission. `True Colours' delves into the inter-generational concepts of hair dyeing. The last story is a diptych comic exploring two aspects of indigo in history titled `The Invisible Colour' and `Indigo Nation'. Get your copy now. www.comixense.com

30/01/2024

Issue Oct-Dec 2023

In `Goodbye GPLO', a young man's struggle with grief prompts him to sign up for a new app.
Story by Francesca Cotta
Art by Haasini Casukhela

29/01/2024

Issue Oct-Dec 2023

Writer Francesca Cotta collaborated with artist Haasini Casukhela to create the comic `Goodbye GPLO'.

Francesca is a Goan writer and editor who has worked with publications such as `Soup’, ‘Comixense’ and `Sanctuary Asia’. She is also an environmental campaigner, and has worked with several organisations and citizen movements to help bring about awareness and action on climate change, conservation and sustainability.

As an avid manga reader, Haasini couldn't help but gravitate towards art, design and comics after a brief stint in architecture. She’s worked in conservation architecture, data visualisation, as well as in the development of an art and animation curriculum for children. She loves to travel, gathering inspiration from the long, quiet moments in-between places. Her love for food and the culinary arts further fuels her passion for illustration and research work.
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24/01/2024

Issue Oct-Dec 2023
Comics artist Vishwajyoti Ghosh explores the role of AI in his day-to-day life at home in `What I Learnt About Myself on ChatGPT'.
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18/01/2024

Issue Oct-Dec 2023

`What I learnt About Myself on ChatGPT' is a funny comic written and illustrated by comics artist Vishwajyoti Ghosh.

Vishwajyoti uses the medium of comics and graphic storytelling as an advocacy tool to communicate social and development issues across South Asia.
His graphic novel ‘Delhi Calm’ (2010) is about ‘The Emergency’ and brings together realistic comic passages with political commentaries and fantastical elements. In 2013, he curated ‘This Side That Side: Restorying Partition’, an anthology of graphic narratives by 48 illustrators and authors from South Asia. “This astounding collection of talent from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh examines the human need for something other than what history and its makers dictate,” praised US illustrator Joe Sacco, pioneer of modern comic reporting.
Besides being a political cartoonist and writing editorials on current issues, Ghosh is also an avid podcaster as a medium of storytelling with his popular podcast ‘Kissa Stories’, available across all major platforms.
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08/01/2024

Issue Oct-Dec 2023

The comic `Real Art', written by Soham Dey and illustrated by Stuti Mamen, queries the future of art in the face of generative AI programmes.
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02/01/2024

Issue Oct-Dec 2023
Soham Dey and Stuti Mamen collaborated on the comic `Real Art'.

The writer of the story, Soham Dey, is a student of English, Creative Writing and Media Studies at Ashoka University. He hopes to make a career in storytelling in some form but is not sure how. He spends his time at university playing volleyball and reading manga. This is his first comic.

The artist, Stuti Mamen is a research scholar and a self-taught artist from Arunachal Pradesh. She worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of English, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, for eight years before resigning to recuperate and focus on her art practice. As an artist, she is passionate about exploring the intersections of social identity and mental health via the graphic storytelling format. The borderland – a space that is quite literally at the margins – is a recurring motif in her work.
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27/12/2023

The comic `Touching Grass' suggests ways to get back in touch with reality if you find yourself too deeply immersed in the virtual world.

Art and Text by Shannon Vaz.

06/12/2023

Comics artist Shannon Vaz gives us the lowdown on the necessity to keep in touch with reality in her comic `Touching Grass'.

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 creation to more than just 2D art.
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02/12/2023

A glimpse of the comic `Welcome to Imaginari'.
The story takes place in a parallel world where strange shenanigans are at play.

Story by Vatsala Chhibber
Art by Annada Menon
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25/11/2023

Vatsala Chhibber and Annada Menon collaborated on the comic `Welcome to Imaginari'.

Vatsala Chhibber is a freelance writer. Her work has appeared in publications like ELLE India and Mint Lounge.

Annada Menon has done illustration work for Penguin Random House and Pratham Books, as well as for magazines such as Current Conservation and Cosmopolitan India. Whimsical with a hint of fantasy or surrealism is her most loved approach to illustration. Versatility is a common practice for her and she works towards understanding a wide range of themes and styles. She loves exploring the varied colour palettes by studying the glorious spectrum of nature. Animals – most importantly felines – have become a key element of her work. She is also an entomophile and feels one of her lucky charms is spotting a praying mantis in the wild.
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20/11/2023

Issue Oct-Dec 2023
`Love Again' is a story that revolves around an unusual dilemma a man faces after responding to an invitation online
Written by Derek Almeida
Art by Mad Paule

14/11/2023

Issue Oct-Dec 2023
The story `Love Again' was written by Derek Almeida and illustrated by Mad Paule.

Derek Almeida started his career as a journalist in the English-language Goan daily newspaper OHeraldo in 1988. During his 30-year-long career, he worked in every English newspaper in Goa. He served as the first editor of the Goa 365, a bilingual TV channel, and helped build it into a strong brand. He retired five years ago as editor of The Goan Everyday, and has been leading a relaxed life since – writing short stories, cooking, and playing PS4 games.

Paule is an artist who mainly works with photography, illustration and video. The recurring themes of his works are intimacy, nostalgia and stages of deterioration. His works have been featured at the Arles Photography Festival in France, the Carnem Festival in Italy, Photo Phnom Penh in Cambodia, Blank Space in Norway, Fertellendewis in Netherlands, PIX magazine in India, and the Tsukuba Biennale in Japan, as well as in many magazines such as Maxim, Beautiful Bizarre, Comixense, Caravan, Guerilla MAG, Ignant, Nakid, Illusion 360, Nature in Focus, Better India, Homegrown and Peachfuzz.
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09/11/2023

Our Oct-Dec 2023 issue `Virtual Is Real' is out with a smart cover done by Pakhi Sen.
The issue brims with diverse stories and amazing art work, each an exploration into the myriad roles technology plays in our lives.
The first story `Love Again' follows the unusual dilemma a man faces after responding to an online invitation.
`Welcome to Imaginari' takes us into a parallel world of colour and images.
`Touching Grass' suggests ways of keeping in touch with reality. `Real Art' queries the futuristic role of AI generative art.
`What I learnt about ChatGPT' is a more personal exploration of AI in our daily lives.
In `Goodbye GPLO', a young man's struggle with grief prompts him to sign up for a new app.
There are info pages related to each topic, a youth icon, and bios of all our contributors.
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06/11/2023

`The Mudmen of Asaro' is inspired by a legend of the Asaro tribe of Papua New Guinea. While there are many versions of the legend of the mudmen, this comic offers a contemporary twist in the tale.

Story by Venita Coelho
Art by Harsho Mohan Chattoraj and Abu Amaan Pal.

05/11/2023

`The Mudmen of Asaro' was written by Venita Coelho and illustrated by Harsho Mohan Chattoraj and Abu Amaan Pal.

Venita Coelho works with words, images and paints. She is a screenwriter and artist as well as a director. As a writer for children, she has won the Sahitya Akademi award, The Hindu Goodreads award, the Neev award and the Peekabook award. She has twelve published books to her credit that range from a handbook on how to write television, to a collection of feminist ghost stories. She lives in Goa with her daughter and travels India in her Caravan.

Harsho Mohan Chattoraj is a graphic novelist and illustrator based in Kolkata. He has worked in the comics medium since the turn of the century, and has done artwork for publishers and commercial clients in India, Switzerland, UK and the US. His recently published works are 'Pagla Sahib's Grave', 'Destiny Awakes' and 'Chotushkon'.

Abu Amaan Pal is a recent graduate in Animation Design. He characterises himself as “an illustrator, animator, painter, sculptor, astrophile and an occasional writer with really big dreams to fulfill!”

04/11/2023

`Death Zone' is a comic about the fitness and prowess of Sherpas who assist climbers to summit the dangerous mountain K2

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