Indian Comics - Web-comics in India

Web-comics in India

The increasingly popular webcomic medium, which is mostly dedicated to short online comedy strips, has also been used by a small number of Indian artists or writers. Badmash is created by and aimed at the Indian diaspora. This format is expected to expand due to ICT literacy, large numbers of white-collar workers, and internet penetration in India. "Curry Bear Comics" is another popular Indian webcomic that revolves around three South Asian college kids and their white friend. This comic is aimed more at Indian College students living in America. Another popular Indian webcomic "Fly, You Fools!" is aimed at Indian residents, and deals with the daily irritations of life in India. The Indian blog "Daily Humor" also publishes webcomics and was featured on one of India's premiere blogs "India Uncut". Webcomics afford an outlet for artists who do not wish to distribute via published media.'Savita Bhabhi', a webcomic, is possibly the first pornographic comic in India. 'Arbit Choudhury', another webcomic, is regarded as the World's 1st MBA Comic Character. "Sunny Kris", a webcomic focusing on Indian workplaces through its five characters is another new addition to the growing list of independent webcomics. "Spicy Desi" is yet another newcomer to this ever evolving genre. It's focus is to show South Asian lifestyle from a western perspective. "Kinnari" a fantasy web comic set in ancient India is aimed at a wider group of viewers. Self publishing of single panel gags and other cartoons by Indian cartoonists is gaining momentum. IndianWebComics lists and discuss works by Indian web comic artists and cartoonists.