Comics like every other artform are classified into categories. Each of these categories or genres have peculiar traits which differentiate them from others. Fantasy comics have magic, witches, wizards and ‘fantastical’ elements, science fiction is heavy on fictional rendering or imaginations around science and technology and romance deals with love and emotional relationships. Amongst the […]
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African comics are becoming more and more popular. In the last decade, the sheer amount of quality in African comics creation and the attention that it has garnered is mindblowing. From big publishers like Dark Horse adding African comics to their catalogue, to mega production houses like Universal studios buying adaptation rights to adapt African
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Religious comics have been around for decades, but they have yet to find a wide market. Some Christians, Muslims and Buddhists question whether comics are appropriate for religious content, while others shy away from the genre because they think “graphic novel” means adult material. Additionally, some mainstream stores are reluctant to carry comics appealing to
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Comic books have long been a source of inspiration for television shows, captivating audiences with their unique storytelling and imaginative worlds. In this article, we explore seven TV shows that draw their inspiration from the pages of comic books, bringing beloved characters and compelling narratives to life on the small screen. Join us as we
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Let’s make this clear; Japanese manga is the most popular comic book style in the world. Any human being who has interest in comics should be aware by now that there is no other comic book variation that has more following today than the Japanese version of the artform. From Akira, passing through Dragon ball
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In the world of digital comics today, there is no name greater than WEBTOON. Wait! Before you argue that webtoons aren’t really comics, let me remind you that webtoons are just comics whose panels have been organised in such a way that they can easily be read on mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets.
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Introduction Zebra Comics is a digital platform that publishes African comics. The app was launched in 2022 and has since become one of the most popular platforms for African comics. In April 2023, the Zebra Comics app had over 60 thousand downloads and over 30 thousand active users less than 6 months after its release.
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Like many places in Africa, the creation of comics in Cameroon dates as far back as the 1960s. By then, there weren’t necessarily any comic books which were filled with well thought out stories and super powered characters who chased bandits in the hot neighbourhoods of Cameroon. What was available were newspaper publications which carried
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Every comic book reader understands the power of a good story. But did you know that comics can be used for more than just entertainment? Comics have been proven to help children learn and retain information better in educational settings. In fact, research has found that using comics as an educational tool helps increase student
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In the eighties and nineties, when all we had were cathode ray television sets and free satellite TV, seeing animated shows developed from African comics was as strange as watching Netflix on smartphones in the middle of traffic in a 1992 version of Yaounde, Cameroon. This strangeness had little to do with the inexistence of
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