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'''''Drighangchoo''''' ([[Bengali language|Bengali]]: দ্রিঘাংচু) was an independent magazine published from [[Kolkata]] (earlier Calcutta), [[India]] and it was the first print magazine in India to deal exclusively with "mature" [[comics]] and sequential graphic art. The magazine devoted most of its contents to comics for "mature readers", and its name draws inspiration from a fable of the same name by [[Sukumar Ray]], which is about a troubled king's search for a mystery crow. The magazine started off in 2009 when six comics enthusiasts from [[Jadavpur University]] and an alumnus got together and decided to start a not-for-profit print magazine on comics for Indian readers.<ref name="tcj">{{cite news|author=Ryan Holmberg|title=Bengal's Drighangchoo: An Interview with Deeptanil Ray|url=http://www.tcj.com/bengals-drighangchoo-an-interview-with-deeptanil-ray/|accessdate=18 February 2017|work=The Comics Journal|date=13 December 2013}}</ref> The first issue of ''Drighangchoo'' was published in July 2009.<br />
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Unlike the focus of "mainstream" [[Indian comics]] which heavily borrows from the syndicated superhero comics of the North, the issues of ''Drighangchoo'' encouraged local artists and the use of serious story-telling through black-and-white sequential art in the traditional comics format, and the use of experimental and indigenous Indian artistic styles. The narratives in ''Drighangchoo'' mostly used [[Bengali language|Bengali]] or English as interface languages,<ref name="tcj"/> and also the wordless form. The magazine was published bi-annually from "under the (crow-infested) trees" of one of the student canteens of Jadavpur University, and had a small number of devoted and enthusiastic readers from the city of Kolkata, and outside. The magazine folded just after three issues in 2010.<ref name="tcj"/><br />
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==See more==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://drighangchoo.blogspot.com/ '''Drighangchoo's blog''']<br />
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===Reviews of ''Drighangchoo''===<br />
* [http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090809/jsp/calcutta/story_11309485.jsp "Inspired by a crow"] in ''The Telegraph'', Calcutta, 9 August 2009.<br />
* [http://www.indianexpress.com/news/comic-relief/484455/ "Comic Relief"] in ''The Indian Express'', 3 July 2009.<br />
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