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'''''Comix India''''' was an Indian comics anthology magazine, dedicated to alternative [[Indian comics]] for adults.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/books/make-your-own-comic/story-k9JZ4sryTNlnfsV75nzQbN.html|title=Make your own comic|date=2010-04-15|website=www.hindustantimes.com|access-date=2017-05-04|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1110515/jsp/graphiti/story_13982030.jsp|title=The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) {{!}} Graphiti {{!}} Comic blast|website=www.telegraphindia.com|access-date=2017-05-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110312/saturday/main1.htm|title=The Tribune - Magazine section - Saturday Extra|website=www.tribuneindia.com|access-date=2017-05-04}}</ref> It was begun in 2010 by comics artist Bharath Murthy in collaboration with Kailash Iyer. It was self-published, black & white and followed a print-on-demand, profit-sharing publishing model. The magazine focused on long-form stories. It is now a comics publishing label. ''Vérité,''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://comixindia.org/veritemagazine/|title=VÉRITÉ magazine|date=2018-04-08|work=Comix India|access-date=2018-07-16|language=en-US}}</ref> a comics anthology magazine for adults is currently published under the ''Comix India'' label. Bharath Murthy is the Editor and Mitsuhiro Asakawa is the Editorial Adviser.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/graphic-story-anthology-realistic-graphic-fiction/18105191|title=Create your own graphic story|work=mid-day|access-date=2017-05-04|language=en}}</ref> Asakawa is a former editor of cult Japanese alternative manga magazines ''[[Garo (magazine)|Garo]]'' and [[Ax (manga)|''Ax'']] and ''[[gekiga]]'' researcher for more than two decades. Alternative Japanese manga features in ''Vérité'' alongside Indian comics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://comixindia.org/2017/04/18/alternative-japanese-manga-to-feature-in-comix-india/|title=Alternative Japanese manga to feature in Comix India!|last=Murthy|first=Bharath|date=2017-04-18|website=COMIX INDIA|access-date=2017-05-02}}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
In 2009, Bharath put out a call for a new amateur comics magazine on an [[internet forum]] on Indian comics that he ran.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.tcj.com/comix-india-and-the-indo-manga-connection-an-interview-with-bharath-murthy/4/|title=Comix India and the Indo-Manga Connection: An Interview with Bharath Murthy {{!}} The Comics Journal {{!}} Page 4|website=www.tcj.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-05-03}}</ref> Among those who responded was Kailash Iyer, who agreed to do the book design. At the time its first volume was released in March 2010, it was among the few such anthologies in India, like ''[[Drighangchoo]]'', published between 2009-10 in Kolkata.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tcj.com/bengals-drighangchoo-an-interview-with-deeptanil-ray/|title=Bengal’s Drighangchoo: An Interview with Deeptanil Ray {{!}} The Comics Journal|website=www.tcj.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-05-03}}</ref> In an interview with art historian [[Ryan Holmberg]] in ''[[The Comics Journal]]'', Bharath says he was inspired by ''[[Dōjinshi|doujinshi]]'' comics culture that he witnessed in Japan, while filming a documentary on the topic, called ''The Fragile Heart of Moé''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.metabunker.dk/?tag=comix-india|title=Comix India « the metabunker|website=www.metabunker.dk|language=en-US|access-date=2017-05-04}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://comixindia.org Comix India] website<br />
* [https://www.sahapedia.org/brief-account-of-graphic-narratives-india Entry on Indian comics] in ''Sahapedia''<br />
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