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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Main Author: Heifetz, Daniel (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Saskatchewan 2022
In: Journal of religion and popular culture
Year: 2022, Volume: 34, Issue: 3, Pages: 172-189
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Liquid Comics (Corporations) / India / Hinduism / Comic strip / Interculturality / Intertextuality / Secularization / Globalization
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism
KBM Asia
ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies
Further subjects:B Cosmopolitanism
B Ramayan
B Liquid Comics
B Globalization
B Transnationalism
B Virgin Comics
B Deepak Chopra
B Hinduism
B graphic India
B India
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