![]() ![]() ![]() Throughout, I am grounded in fieldwork and interviews that I performed in 20 in Delhi, India, alongside and through the generosity of the Pao Collective and many other comics creators. Along the way, I will shine a light on the main challenges and issues that Pao’s members, including Orijit Sen, Sarnath Banerjee, Vishwajyoti Ghosh, Parismita Singh, and Amitabh Kumar, have addressed in coming together as a collective. In this article, I will provide a brief history of the Pao Collective, leading to and beyond their recent anthology in 2012. Their anthology, Pao: the Anthology of Comics Volume 1 and the critical praise for it, as well as multiple events, publications, and even some research projects, have proven their importance, especially for long-form comics and stories about everyday life in South Asia. From graphic novels to political cartoons, strips, and other kinds of visual storytellings, the Pao Collective has set the bar for creative excellence high in Indian comics. Together, they represent some of the most insightful and innovative comics creators in India today. In Indian comics culture, there is a small group of five creators who have worked hard to push the medium forward. ![]()
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