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The Fifth Comic Book Reading :An Introduction to Manga Comics by Bharta Murthy
| What | Sarai Out |
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| When |
2008-02-29 17:30
2008-02-29 20:00
2008-02-29 from 17:30 to 20:00 |
| Where | FIRC, New Delhi |
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After the momentous 9- day comic book workshop, Sarai- CSDS and the French Embassy-FIRC are pleased to announce the 5th comic book reading , "An Introduction to Manga Comics." , by Bharat Murthy*
WHAT IS THE MANGA? When did it start? How did it start?
Through this reading we intend to answer these and other such questions.
We will be focussing on the post-war manga boom and will elaborate on the role of Osamu Tezuka and some other important manga artists like Fujiko Fugio, Kazuo Umezu, Rumiko Takahashi, Kazuo Koike, Katshuhiro Otomo.
The reading will also include a deep insight into the aesthetics of manga comics and some important genres within it. We will be talking about manga publishing and reading culture and about women's manga and women mangaka. The reading would end with a comparison between the manga and western comics, difference between the cultural, economic and distribution models of the two.
Date: 29th Febraury, 2008
Time : 5:30 p.m
Venue : 2 , Aurengzeb Road, French Information Resource Center, New Delhi.
*Bharat Murthy has been trained as a painter in the Faculty of Fine Arts, MSU Baroda. He went and learnt cinema fro SRFTII and is presently an IFA Grantee' researching the comic book culture in India. He has had a long engagement with the manga comic books and has personally interacted with the artists and had first hand view of the industry and the makers.