Delhi’s Comic Con Act

A three day festival that came to India four years ago, bringing together mega comic book creators and their fans while also trying to popularise comic culture, has now become serious business for big and small time publishers who struggle to sell their comics through the rest of the year. The fourth annual Comic Con India was bigger and better than its previous avatars. For the first time, the festival featured not only crowd-drawing Indian comics like Amar Chitra Katha, but also popular Japanese Manga comics, which have a huge fan base in India.

A three day festival that came to India four years ago, bringing together mega comic book creators and their fans while also trying to popularise comic culture, has now become serious business for big and small time publishers who struggle to sell their comics through the rest of the year. The fourth annual Comic Con India was bigger and better than its previous avatars. For the first time, the festival featured not only crowd-drawing Indian comics like Amar Chitra Katha, but also popular Japanese Manga comics, which have a huge fan base in India. The Cosplay contest at the end of the festival stole the show with its showcase of crazy costumes and makeup. Who knew Delhi was home to so many nerds?

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Ashish Sharma

Ashish Sharma is an award-winning photojournalist with a lens that captures the 'moment' in its minutest detail. With over a decade in photojournalism, he is currently Deputy Photo Editor at Open Magazine

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