World Comics Network - Pakistan: March 2011

Monday, March 21, 2011

The book “Communalism Explained ! –a graphic account”

'Communalism Explained!- A Graphic Account' is a book that illustrates in the form of graphics the phenomenon of communalism in India co-authored by Ram Punyani and Sharad Sharma. For more please join Face Book page Communalism Explained

New edition of "Comics For All" newspaper is available now !!!

Sunday, March 20, 2011

Media Post - Grassroots Comics

Media Post-December 2011: Students of Mass Communication Department introduced the grassroots comics showing the situation of local buses in Karachi. Media Post is a biannual magazine issued by the students of the Department of Mass Communication of Karachi University. The magazine caters to the academic needs of the students adding something that effects them on a one-on-one level. Idea of Grassroots comics was introduced during Trainers Workshop on Grassroots Comics at the department. Attended by 20 students and conducted by Nida Shams.

Comics By Sudrish Khan and Ema Anis

Indo-Pak Video Conference

We had a very interesting video conference on 13 March 2011 between India and Pakistan comics trainers and creators. We exchanged many interesting ideas and experiences of workshops and grassroots comics. Nida Shams led the team of Pakistan which soon going to organise a series of workshops with new trainers.

Farozaan Magazine (March -2011) on World Water Day- Comics by Ishrat Jahan and Fozia Khan

Farozaan (Feb -2011) - Comics by Anum Saleem and Sarah Naz

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Farozaan (Jan -2011)

Farozaan (Jan -2011) - Comics by Mehmooda Naz and Moosa Laghari

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Comics power is the logo of World Comics network. The network is active in India, Finland, UK, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Brazil, Palestine, Estonia, Tanzania, Mozambique, Benin and Mongolia.

Grassroots Comics are different from the mainstream comics, These comics are made by common people themselves. These comics are photocopied and distributed to a limited area, which encourage local debate in the society. Grassroots Comics are inexpensive and method is not complicated, you just required a pen, paper and access to a copying machine to produce one.

What makes these comics different from professional material is the ownership of the content. The comics are pasted up in all possible locations i.e. village’s meeting place, bus stops, shops, offices, schools, on notice-boards and electricity poles or even on trees.

The campaign comics made by artists are not as close to reality as Grassroots Comics are. The local people understand their culture better. So the people are interested in what produced by their local activists or organizations locally.

The use of Grassroots Comics as a campaigning tool for organizations and people’s movement is a relatively new phenomenon and has been tested so far only in India, some other South Asian countries, in a few countries in Africa, Latin America, the Middle East and Europe.