There was a time when horror in Bollywood meant a dilapidated haunted mansion, mysterious women in white sarees, and monsters with bad prosthetics. And then there were the noughties, when a horror movie was only an excuse to make soft porn with a helping of misogyny on the side. But with the rise of OTT platforms and a more discerning audience, horror has a new meaning – one that seeks to deliver...
India’s pioneering graphic novel River of Stories is all set to be reprinted. Creator Orijit Sen made the revelation in an interview with Eye on Design magazine. Published in 1994, River of Stories was the country’s first-ever graphic novel and deals with the controversial Narmada Bachao Andolan, a civilian movement that protested the displacement of millions of people due to the construction of d...
Season 2 of The Umbrella Academy dropped on Netflix on July 31 and fans were finally reunited with their favorite dysfunctional family of superpowered siblings. What’s more, the Hargreeves had time-jumped to the swinging sixties, where Klaus is a cult leader, Allison’s heading the Civil Rights Movement and Vanya is living her best life on a farm with her girlfriend. And there’s an impending nuclea...
Sailor Moon is nothing short of a cultural phenomenon. The original 1990s manga spawned a multi-billion dollar franchise. Animes, movies, games, merchandise and much more. And it endures today because of its strong themes of friendship. Ahead of Sailor Moon’s 30th anniversary next year, Comic Con @ Home put together a panel, “The Power of Female Friendship”, dedicated to discussing the series’ las...
San Diego Comic Con 2020 was unlike any previous edition of the annual pop culture circus. There were no endless queues, no screaming fans, minimal celebrity sightings. There were no cosplayers prancing around in their zany outfits. Hall H was no more the room where it happened. But that didn’t stop the Over30Cosplay group from hosting a panel of their own during Comic Con @ Home to encourage thos...
You don’t need to have a brush with the paranormal to write scary stories, believes horror manga artist Junji Ito. Ito chatted with VIZ Media’s Urian Brown on Day 3 of Comic Con @ Home. He explained how ordinary, day-to-day experiences — such as listening to the radio or going on walks — can be the source of great horror material. “My stories come from reality, but it’s reality when you tilt it a...
On Day 2 of Comic-Con@Home, Crunchyroll dropped its plans for this summer and boy, is it gonna be lit! The Crunchyroll Industry Panel hit it out of the park. There were a ton of announcements — from hot new anime series to original productions to manga simulpubs (that’s manga published simultaneously around the world) to mobile games. Crunchyroll’s Director of Events Adam Sheehan and Events...
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