Book Summary
Combining entertainment and education, India's most beloved comic bookseries, Amar Chitra Katha, or "Immortal Picture Stories," is also an importantcultural institution that has helped define, for several generations of readers, what it means to be Hindu and Indian. Karline McLain worked in the ACK productionoffices and had many conversations with Anant Pai, founder and publisher, and withartists, writers, and readers about why the comics are so popular and what messagesthey convey. In this intriguing study, she explores the making of the comic booksand the kinds of editorial and ideological choices that go into theirproduction.
Book Details
| Book Name | India's Immortal Comic Books: Gods, Kings, And Other Heroes |
| Author | Karline Mclain |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press (Mar 2009) |
| ISBN | 9780253220523 |
| Pages | 240 |
| Language | English |
| Price | 1073 |
