Our childhood would have been incomplete without comic books. They were so close to us. I remember stacking up my favourite comics and hardly sharing it with anyone. But, I guess with the advent of TV and Internet, paperback comic books have suffered a setback.
Bengal has a long history of comics and cartoons with Kolkata boasting of a trade in Bat-tala (Under Banyan tree) books which were a varied range of illustrated literature that ranged from farces, erotica, mysteries, history, etc. printed onto cheap flimsy papers from woodcuts in the 19th century.
A pure collectors item for all those who like comics and illustrations. From Satyajit Ray's to Bimal Das, From Narayan Debnath to Mayukh Chowdhury, from Norman Rockwell to Frank Frazetta, all will be seen here. A pure time travel book for many.
"We thought of a comic magazine, a space absent in Bengali literature despite a rich history of comics and cartoons in this language," said Pinaki De, a Calcutta University professor of English who also works as a graphic designer for a number of publishers. Bengal has a long history of comics and cartoons, with Kolkata having a trade in Bat-tala (Under Banyan Tree) books, which were a diverse range of illustrated literature printed onto inexpensive flimsy sheets from woodcuts in the nineteenth century.
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