Post by gabby on Dec 28, 2007 0:44:45 GMT -5
have you all seen this?
www.worldcomics.fi/home_about.shtml
it's some kind of NGO organization encouraging indigenous folks in places like india, africa, indonesia, cuba, iran and finland (...finland?) to draw and distribute comics addressing local social issues. read some of them, the subject matter is really intense! i was so excited to see comics being used like this.
apparently one group in india went on a bike tour to visit other cities and distribute comics criticizing the mistreatment and undereducation of women in indian culture:
rad!
there's tons of samples. i think most of them were drawn by kids.
on a more shop-talk related tip, also see the page "why it's clever to use comics" ("when somebody tries to downplay comics as a communication medium, here you have ten arguments you can use to prove your point."):
www.worldcomics.fi/howto_campaign_why.shtml
we're not alone i guess. there's comics all over the place out there.
www.worldcomics.fi/home_about.shtml
it's some kind of NGO organization encouraging indigenous folks in places like india, africa, indonesia, cuba, iran and finland (...finland?) to draw and distribute comics addressing local social issues. read some of them, the subject matter is really intense! i was so excited to see comics being used like this.
apparently one group in india went on a bike tour to visit other cities and distribute comics criticizing the mistreatment and undereducation of women in indian culture:
World Comics India started the campaign by backflipning comics workshops with Vikalp’s Girl Child Activists in October - December 2005. The 12 comics distributed in the campaign were chosen from about 200 comics made during the workshops. The comics were printed into wallposters, small booklets, postcards and stickers.
The bike rally (January 29 - 31, 2006) spread the comics on a 350 km route from Barmer town through Jaisalmer to Jodhpur. The campaign activists had serious and frank discussions with the leaders of the towns and villages along the route. In almost all places rallies and marches were held, and the local school children and other community groups participated. Visit the campaign blog.
The campaign group, about 40 people, was housed in local schools and halls along the route. Local well-wishers provided food and petrol.
Six months after the campaign we were told that the intake of girls in the schools in some villages near Barmer had almost doubled. The comics created a debate and brought the issue of the girl child to the forefront.
The bike rally (January 29 - 31, 2006) spread the comics on a 350 km route from Barmer town through Jaisalmer to Jodhpur. The campaign activists had serious and frank discussions with the leaders of the towns and villages along the route. In almost all places rallies and marches were held, and the local school children and other community groups participated. Visit the campaign blog.
The campaign group, about 40 people, was housed in local schools and halls along the route. Local well-wishers provided food and petrol.
Six months after the campaign we were told that the intake of girls in the schools in some villages near Barmer had almost doubled. The comics created a debate and brought the issue of the girl child to the forefront.
rad!
there's tons of samples. i think most of them were drawn by kids.
on a more shop-talk related tip, also see the page "why it's clever to use comics" ("when somebody tries to downplay comics as a communication medium, here you have ten arguments you can use to prove your point."):
www.worldcomics.fi/howto_campaign_why.shtml
we're not alone i guess. there's comics all over the place out there.