Penguin set to release an eclectic anthology of comics
LONGFORM 2022
Edited by Sarbajit Sen, Debkumar Mitra, Sekhar Mukherjee & Pinaki De
From Noah Van Sciver, Tanitoc to Jerry Antony, Sudhanya Dasgupta and Monisha Naskar, Gayatri Menon, Debjyoti Saha, Alendev Vishnu, Anirban Ghosh, Solo and Ojo, Ekta Bharti and Pavan Rujurkar, among others, Longform 2022 presents stories that subvert conventional narratives.
Through stories about ordinary people, autobiographies, travel tales and more, this volume establishes comics as a permanent feature on a reader’s shelf. The anthology takes us through around-the-corner dystopias, imaginary cities and kaleidoscopic dreamscapes.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Pinaki De is a renowned book cover designer and a comics scholar.
Debkumar Mitra is a mathematics major, a science writer and a comics fan.
Sarbajit Sen is one of the pioneers of graphic narratives in India whose works have been exhibited all around the globe.
Sekhar Mukherjee works as director at NID, Vijayawada, after a long stint as senior faculty of communication design at NID, Ahmedabad. He is an animation-film designer and graphic novelist, and is artistic director of the Chitrakatha International Student Animation Festival. He won the Best Animation Teacher Award from CNBC-TV18 and is one of the founders of Longform Graphic Anthology.
