Comix.India is a 250 page self-published Indian comics magazine. The comics anthology was founded by Bharath Murthy and has released 5 separate volumes till now, which include Random Selection, Girl Power, Third World Fantasy, The Real Stuff and the recently released Comic Comics. Comix.India is the first independent black and white comics in the country. The creators in this anthology series include prominent names in the Indian comics industry as well as comics amateurs and enthusiasts. The entire comic anthology, Comix.India, is published online at Pothi.com and operates on the model of print-on-demand.
Origin of Comix.India
Comix.India operates on a profit-sharing basis and the returns form the sales of the magazine are shared by all the contributors. A co-operative system is followed, according to which each of the authors are considered part publisher and owner of Comix.India. This guides the success of the comics magazine. The writers also have the option of purchasing the comics from the official website at a discounted rate, provided particularly to the authors, in case they want to conduct direct sales.
The copyright of the various stories are occupied by the creators, writers and illustrators. Comix.India was formed with the objective of creating a platform for showcasing the works of both experienced and new comics creators and also to develop a culture of reading and improving the state of comics in the country, which is not focused on a particular genre or reader.
Development of Comix.India
Being a self-published magazine, Comix.India is not pressurized by the objective of recovering investments. Thus the magazine takes up various challenges and risks in order to improve the state of contemporary Indian comics. Comix.India also aims in promoting new talent and provide them adequate opportunity to hone their skills and take the comics medium to new heights. As the comics magazine is distributed by utilizing the internet, the potential readers for Comix.India is extended throughout the world. The comics anthology aims to be produced monthly as a commercial magazine and develop its readership further in the near future.
Publication of Comix.India
Comix.India have published 5 volumes, which are Random Selection, Girl Power, Third World Fantasy, The Real Stuff and the recent, Comic Comics. Some of the stories included in these issues are A Remembrance of Loss, The Last Defences of Mankind, Adventures of a Comic Book Artist, Eklavya, Just Another Job, The Halahala Observer, Push Snooze for Freelancer, Throwing Off the Bowlines, Front & Back Covers, A Form of Writing, Boy Meets Girl (book 1), The Dark Butterfly (book 1), Death In Paradise (book 1), The Companion (book 2), The Halahala Observer 2: Super-Heroine (book 2), Naina (book1), Power Girl (book 2), The Valiant Comes Under Veil (book 2), W for Witch (book 2), Arkadeep - The Last Magic, The Mirror, Cracked, Curse of the Nagamani, The Butler Did It, What The Fantasy, A Moment In Time, The Moon Graveyards, One Night At The Cemetery, Abhay-Yama,
