Comic Journalism

An organisation of comic artists and journalists has been founded — The World Comics India (WCI). Its founder is Sharad Sharma. They publish ‘newspapers on walls’. These consist of a single sheet of comics, drawn and written by members of marginalised communities in vernacular language. These are put on walls to spread awareness about the issues they face in their localities. These comic sheets are grassroot comics. They are photocopied and posted on the walls. They are colour-printed on A2 sheets. They are visual-heavy news pages. They train the volunteers to do this.They are drawn in a simple 2×2 panel format. The comic may be a child’s doodle. Movement is carried forward by former volunteers and participants.

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