Webcomics in India
History
Though webcomics have been a popular medium since the establishment of the World Wide Web in the early 1990s, the first Indian-centric webcomics started being published at the start of the 21st century. Early Indian webcomics, such as Sandeep Sood's 2003 webcomics Badmash and Doubtsourcing, were primarily written by Indian people living outside of India. These webcomics expressed the stark differences in culture between India and the country of inhabitation.[1]
According to Sreejita Biswas of
Economics
Traditional
Success of Indian webcomics is frequently measured by a
Themes
"Most webcomics today are satires and the format is suited for it."
Tarishi Verma of the Hindustan Times stated that the young generation of Indians use webcomics as a tool for "underlining their absurdity [of] current ills of Indian society." Usually of a
For example,
Some Indian webcomics present traditional aspects of the country's culture. Meenakshi Krishnamoorthy's
American influences
American webcomics such as
References
- ^ a b c d Arora, Kim (5 September 2010). "Strip tease: Indian webcomics make a mark". The Times of India.
- ^ a b Biswas, Sreejita (24 January 2016). "URLs of mass distraction: Five Indian webcomics to be read regularly". Scroll.in.
- ^ a b c d Verma, Tarishi (26 April 2015). "Laughing through our worries: The Indian web comics". Hindustan Times.
- The Hindu Business Line.
- ^ Bangeera, Aneesha (20 March 2016). "The new online avatar of today's comics". The Hindu.
- ^ Kumar, Shikha (19 October 2015). "Urbanlore, a new webcomic series traces a changing urban India". The Indian Express.
- ^ Arora, Kim (7 December 2015). "City in pursuit of dark humour with Cyanide and Happiness". The Times of India.
- IBN Live.
- ^ Joshi, Sonam (7 December 2015). "India gets its own 'South Park' with 'SikhPark'". Mashable.
- Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (24 August 2015). "Webcomics do the talking". The Hindu.