[Reader-list] An Introduction to Manga Comics (Tomorrow)

[Amitabh Kumar]

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/reading culture and  about
women's manga and 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 from the Faculty of Fine
Arts,  MSU Baroda. He then went to study cinema from SRFTII, Kolkota  
and is
presently an IFA Grantee' researching the comic book culture in India.
He has had a long engagement with  manga comic books ,
and has first hand view of the industry and the makers.