Children of a lesser god
In India and in Pakistan, being a minority often comes with guaranteed marginalisation
KARACHI:
On the busiest street of old Karachi, between small houses and littered garbage, there rests a large and imposing black iron gate. The gate, not only solely exists for the protection of the hundreds of residents dwelling inside, but it also symbolises a great big divide between the minority and majority of this city. It represents the fears and anxieties of the Hindus, Sikhs and Christians of the city who know that they are not completely safe here. The Narain Pura minority compound commonly known as ‘Bhangi Para’ - where the majority is always reluctant to enter - in reality is the worst expression of ordeal faced by the minority living in this country. The area that predates partition, is located next to Civil Hospital Karachi.
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The Paris Ripper – the artist of deadly paintings – has completed his masterwork, and the city stands poised to change forever. But he is about to be confronted with what every artist truly fears – a critic who knows what he’s talking about.
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The Picture of Everything Else continues to be one of those books where it doesn’t feel like a lot of anything you generally read in comics. There are similar titles to be over the years but they’re few and far between which makes Dan Watters’ entry in it welcome. The series has been interesting in its first two issues but manages to really captivate me in this one with the writing, but also in the artwork. Kishore Mohan put together beautifully in bringing out all the meaning in it, especially as art is a strong and central focus here. Mohan’s able to get it to that believable level of art in a sense while taking it much further as we
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Marcel has abandoned painting for the glamorous world of criticism. But a monster has returned to Paris with a Faustian offer he cannot refuse. Old wounds will be opened. New wounds will be formed with paintbrush and gun smoke.
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The Picture of Everything Else was one of those books where it doens’t feel like a lot of anything you generally read in comics. There are similar titles to be over the years but they’re few and far between which makes Dan Watters’ entry in it welcome. With the time and place, the characters involved, and the larger mystery of it all, it was a brutal first issue. One that Kishore Mohan put together beautifully in bringing to life (and death), particularly with the color palette used that made it all the more distinctive. While part of me would like to see a rich and vibrant world as it was at the time in reality, something like this fits far better for the st
It might be a new year in the real world, but on the mutant nation of Krakoa, everything’s new all the time. What’s the
newest news? The X-Men the team is coming back, after being formally disbanded as unnecessary (and maybe even politically dangerous) when Krakoa was formed.
But there’s a twist!
All the members of Krakoa’s first official X-Men team will be democratically elected by all mutants! So that’ll be an interesting toy for the X-Men writers to play around with.
What else is happening in the pages of our favorite comics? We’ll tell you. Welcome to a Giant-Size edition of Monday Funnies, Polygon’s usually-weekly list of the books that our comics editor enjoyed. She was off recently for the holidays and so you’re getting
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As the 20th century dawns, art promises to change the world…and steep it in blood. A rash of impossible killings sweep through Paris, tearing the rich and beautiful apart in their beds. When two art thieves stumble upon the portraits of the victims damaged in the exact same manner they died, it appears the man who once painted the immortal portrait of Dorian Gray has returned with darker plans for future works. From the minds of Dan Watters (Coffin Bound, Lucifer, Home Sick Pilots) and Kishore Mohan comes a haunting balance of depravity and beauty.
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