The word goes graphic

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The word goes graphic -Tinkle
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Tinkle Books
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• Pictorial novels, a story in frames/panels, are
  a more complex version of comic books targeting
  adult readers. More and more such novels are
  emerging on the literary scene with a growing
  readership
• Picture books, books with more
  illustrations-less text, chapter books with some
  illustrations here and there, to full length
  novels - this has been the usual reading
  progression in a reader's mind. As one progresses
  in age, one can actually pick a book targeted for
  any age group. But usually with serious content
  and storyline, one rarely expected any picture or
  illustration
• However, this assumption is fast getting
  challenged as more and more graphic novels are
  emerging on the literary scene these days with
  their fan following continuously increasing.
  Statistics shows 37 per cent increase in the
  readers of graphic novels.

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"Graphic novel is a story told in
frames/panels and a more complex and realistic
version of comic targeting adult readers".
Unaccustomed to the genre of graphic novels may
confuse these books with comics simply because
the illustrations are interspersed with text all
through the narrative. But there is, in fact, a
marked difference between the two. Graphic novels
are usually much longer and the plot is quite
complex. The story in comics may continue for
many issues, while it takes one or at most two
books to complete the story in case of graphic
novels. The style of illustrations is also quite
different in comics and graphic novels. Comics
usually have sequential visual art along with
text in a series of rectangular panels.
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Tinkle Books

Out of the shadow of comics Though graphic novels
came into existence much before the comic books
yet they have struggled under the shadow of comic
books for most part of their life. They almost
underwent oblivion from the literary world for
quite some time.

• The purist readers never considered comic
  reading as literature and connoisseurs of Tintin,
  Posy Simmonds and Asterix remained lesser
  readers, continuing with their passion almost
  guiltily.
• However, the pictorial literature got resurrected
  during the period of 1980s and 1990s in the
  global arena when books like Maus changed how the
  reading world perceived graphic novels earlier.
• These books addressing serious issues, handled
  maturely could not be ignored as any other comic
  strip.

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Though cartoon strips in newspapers and magazines
have made visual parodies, satires, political
cartoons and funny drawings very popular but no
theme is beyond the reach of actual graphic
novels. Art Spiegelman's Maus addresses the topic
of Holocaust. Alan Moore's Watchmen is a
murder-mystery, which grows to become a
planet-altering conspiracy. Neil Gaiman's
transcendent series Sandman is considered to be a
great achievement in the graphic storytelling.
The author creates a tale of the forces that
exist beyond life and death and weaves in
mythology, folklore and fairy tales in his
superlative narrative style
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Avi's graphic narration is well applauded in his
fantasy novel City of Light and City of Dark.
Chris Ware's Jimmy Corrigan is regarded as the
masterpiece of graphic literature and is a
subtle, complex and moving story of a boy who
meets his father after a hiatus of many years. In
India, Amar Chitra Katha series dedicated to
national/mythological heroes, Chacha Chaudhary
and his antics and later the likes of Tintin,
Asterix and even Archies have been captivating
readers from all age groups.
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What has kept these tinkle books in vogue at all
times is both their stories as well as their
unique accompanying illustrations. But now when
international literary scene has woken up to the
potential of graphic novels, the Indian
counterparts could not be far behind. Though it
is still in its infancy, yet growing readership
of graphic novels is evident as more and more
books are getting published by reputed publishers
like Penguin India, Harper Collins and such.
  Poulomi Mukherjee's Ali Baba and the Forty
Thieves Reloaded is contemporary twist to
Arabian Nights. Ali Baba is an auto-rickshaw
driver in Mumbai who comes across the loot of a
gang of 40 thieves and thus begins his tryst with
the underbelly of the Mumbai's underworld.
Kashmir Pending by Naseer Ahmed and Saurabh Singh
bring on fore the trials and tribulations of
Kashmiri people as depicted from the perspective
of a reformed militant in jail. Ravanyan a
10-part series is written by Vijayendra Mohanty
and illustrated by Vivek Goel. As the name
suggests the epic is written with Ravan as the
main protagonist. The events reamin the same but
are explained from Ravana's perspective so gives
a feel of a completely different story.. 
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Sanjay Deshpande, along with illustrator Lalit
Kumar Sharma, recreates the times of Indus Valley
civilisation in the novel In Defence of the
Realm. Vishwajyoti Ghosh's Delhi Calm takes the
readers to Delhi of 1970s and focuses on the
intertwined fates of three men who see the world
very differently but do want things to change.
  Some more Indian graphic novels include
Ramayan 3392 A.D. by Shamik Dasgupta and
illustrated by Jeevan Kang, The Aghori by Ram V.
and illustrated by Vivek Goel. Then there are
novels like Devi, Sita, I am Kalki the Silver
Book, Corridor, Moon Mountain, Odayan.   Barn
Owl's Wondrous Capers, The Believers, Moonward
and Antardwand The Inner Struggle.  Young
readers can pick from Mara and the Clay Cows by
Parismita Singh, Muhamman Ali the King of the
Ring by Lweis Halfand and illustrated by Lalit
Kumar Sharma and Nirmala and Normala by Sowmya
Rajendran. Pictorial novels have a great
advantage over regular text-only ones.
Illustrations do help in setting of the stage and
a lot can be conveyed through images which work
almost like imprinted moving pictures.
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While the trend of graphic novels is picking up
yet they are still far from the mainstream books.
Moreover, certain restraint and precaution need
to be practised while dealing with this medium as
pictorial novels fundamentally carry mature
content and when complimented by illustrations
have a great potential to cause sways in society.
Mature content expects mature reception and
handling too. For more details contact us
at-www.amarchitrakatha.com/in/
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