My Previous post spoke of doctors but got too long to speak of illustrators.
so here is the continuation of that post.
After my chit chat with the Chicago doctor , the next person to catch my eye was a bearded man at the corner table who was flailing his arms in animated discussion. I walked towards him and in the course of our discussion realized he was also the creator of graphic novels.
'Moonward' was his latest creation and he spoke of independent comics, a genre most people in India are probably unaware of. Independent comics are embraced by people who grew up on superhero comics but got sick of them at some point of time and hence started looking for something new.
"Unfortunately in India most people never had any access to comics for them to switch to Independent comics. Landmark is probably one of the few places in Bangalore where you get comics. I was in Paris a couple of months back and was walking down the river side and saw small boxes all through the length of the walk way. After a little late in the morning, these boxes opened up. They were all book stores and had every conceivable comic book, all written in french!"
In India it will take a while for this to probably happen. However George Mathan (probably the only independent comics illustrator in Bangalore) alias appupen thinks that at least by the time he reaches a humble 68 years of age, things should improve.
All of you can see his work at www.georgemathan.com
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