India's Immortal Comic Books: Gods, Kings, and Other Heroes

by Karline McLain

Book Overview

Combining entertainment and education, India's most beloved comic book series, Amar Chitra Katha, or "Immortal Picture Stories," is also an important cultural institution that has helped define, for several generations of readers, what it means to be Hindu and Indian. Karline McLain worked in the ACK production offices and had many conversations with Anant Pai, founder and publisher, and with artists, writers, and readers about why...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253220521
• ISBN13: 9780253220523
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.9" x 9.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher