8 This original series also included three larger special issues. 6Īmar Chitra Katha's original numbered series of 426 Indian classical comics began in 1969 with #11, Krishna 7 it ended in 1991 with 4 Although ACK had begun in 1967 with an unnumbered set of 10 Western fairy tales retold in Hindi, 5 from 1969 they almost exclusively told Indian stories and all were initially published in English. These books were mostly written by Indians and assumed a body of knowledge I did not have so in order not to be totally lost when reading them, I found it useful as well as fun to collect and read illustrated versions of the stories as told in Amar Chitra Katha comics. 3 As traditional Indian performances are almost always connected to Indian religion, folklore, history, and so forth, while there I bought a number of academic books in order better to understand these topics. Indian classic comics, from India Book House (IBH)ĭuring the 1980s and 1990s, while working with the Festival of Asian Arts in Hong Kong, I went to India a number of times, mainly to see performances. John Thompson 2011 list 2022 update Appendices ACK website Wikipedia list
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