Virgin Comics: Hindu Narrative Themes for a Cosmopolitan Audience.

Virgin Comics (subsequently known as Liquid Comics and Graphic India) was founded in 2006 as a comic book publisher that aimed to market Indian comics to a global, cosmopolitan audience. This article focuses on their Shakti line, which draws upon Hindu narratives about gods, goddesses, and holy peop...

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Publicado en:Journal of Religion & Popular Culture Vol. 34; no. 3; pp. 172 - 190
Autor principal: Heifetz, Daniel
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Publicado: University of California Press Dec2022
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