Cheriya Manushyarum Valiya Lokavum
Cheriya Manushyarum Valiya Lokavum (Small Men and the Big World) is a cartoon by the film director
Mathrubhumi
from 1961 to 1973.
The cartoon dealt with the adventures of the central characters Ramu and Guruji, mingled with political and social satires. Characters in the cartoon literally depicted the socio-political and cultural issues of
cartoon animals
was the only other cartoon that this Mathrubhumi carried at that time.
A collected edition of these strips was first published by Bees Books in 1978 and subsequently by DC books in 1996.
Cheriya Manushyarum Valiya Lokavum is regarded by many as India's first graphic novel although the strip does not fall perfectly under the category of graphic novel.
References
- ^ "The multifaceted film maker". The Indian Express. 19 March 2009. Archived from the original on December 18, 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2009.
External links
- Article by Susmesh Chandroth in Madhyamam Weekly (in Malayalam)
- G Aravindan’s Small Men and the Big World: Re- Defining the ‘Comic’ in the Strip
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