Top Graphic Novels To Jump Into

As a child everyone of us must have read comics like Tintin,Amar Chitra Katha,Chacha Chaudhry,Naagraj,Raj Comics etc .I had spent 80% of my pocket on that same things. All friends always discussed about the upcoming ones and everyone had some favorite hero, but after some time I just forgot about the comics thing in life, I realized one thing now it was not because of lack of interest but due to lack of graphic novels for adults in India. There is a misconception in India about the comics or particularly about graphic novels that this category belongs to kids. Graphic novels are the crossroads between story and films. Graphic novels around the world are regarded as artistic as the conventional novels.I feel we are going through the transformation mode in reading behavior,now more and more artist are coming out with their real graphic novels. If you as a reader want to try this genre check out some of genre best from Indian and International artists.

International Titles

Persepolis by Marjane Satrap

This is the one which has changed the perception of graphic novels in Europe and around the world. Marjane Satrap portrayed her childhood up to her early adult years in Iran during and after the Islamic revolution in this masterpiece. The film based on it was nominated for Oscar for best animated feature film.

Palestine by Joe Sacco

It’s a graphic novel about the condition of Palestinian people in West bank and Gaza Strip. This was based on experiences of Joe Sacco. The Most important fact is most of the scenes in the book are conversations between Sacco and Palestinians, and though the events they talk about are presented visually the dialog is always present as a form of narration for the events.

Maus: A Survivor’s Tale by Art Spiegelman

It is a Pulitzer Prize Special Award biography by Art Spiegelman. Art used his father Vladek Spiegelman) about life in Poland before and during the Second World War with the contemporary life of Art, Vladek, and their loved ones in the Rego Parkneighborhood of City. It is considered as the one of the best graphic novel.

Indian Titles

The Barn Owl’s Wondrous Capers by Sarnath Banerjee

The book is about how the narrator, while in London, receives news that his grandfather has expired in Kolkata and left for him an old valve-type radio set, a silver lighter, an antique motorcycle and an 18th century book of scandals called The Barn Owl’s Wondrous Capers. But, by the time he arrives at Kolkata to collect his inheritance, his grandmother has given everything away. The novel is about his search for the book. The most amazing thing is his drawing. Narrator and his friend Digital Datta searched every nook and corner of Kolkata and that’s way we have best visualization of Kolkata. It’s one of those graphic novels which can start your hunger for more.

Kari by Amruta Patil

Trainee copywriter by profession, pessimist by nature, perpetually frowning, Kari’s life in Mumbai revolves around her flat shared with two women and their boyfriends. Her separation with her soul mate Ruth make her more pessimist, Kari becomes a ‘boatman’ rowing to her own rhythm, ferrying other passersby across the sea of metropolitan life, which pushes Kari along on her own journey of reconciling with the hand she’s dealt. Again the visualizations will capture you in its imagination net.

The Believers by Abdul Sultan n Partha Sengupta

Written by Abdul Sultan with illustrations by Partha Sengupta, religious intolerance in the Munnar region of Kerala is the base of the novel. It’s about two brothers, Hamid, an anthropology professor in Scotland, returns home to his childhood village and discovers that his older brother now heads a hard-line Islamic group. It is simply drawn and makes minimal use of color, but still manages to convey a sense of the lush, palm-filled Kerala landscape.

I hope these novels will increase your appetite for more.

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