Participants and resource person at the JMC Art & Photography club ‘Comic Making Workshop’ held on July 1. (Morung Photo)
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Mokokchung | July 1
The Art and Photography Club of Jubilee Memorial College (JMC) organized a ‘Comic Making Workshop’ with Asen A Jamir as the resource person on July 1. The workshop was organized as a part of the Club’s summer project.
The resource person engaged the participants in learning the basics of comic making emphasizing on grassroot comic.
“Grassroot comics are different from the mainstream comics. These comics are made by common people which is inexpensive and follows a very simple method. These comics are widely used by organizations and local activist to convey issues and problems and are understood very easily,” Jamir said.
She added that grassroot comics are close to reality and are produced using normal A4 size paper and photocopy machine.
Lanutemjen Longkumer, Convenor, JMC Art & Photography club thanked the participants and congratulated them for learning a new art and also the resource person for making the cub’s summer project a success.
The workshop was divided into three different sessions and was attended by ten participants including cartoonists from different local dailies.
