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Liquid Comics Launches Graphic India

By TechTaffy Desk

Liquid Comics, which owns comic book libraries based on Indian characters by Indian creators, has launched Graphic India, a new digital platform to promote comic books in India. The site features free daily digital comic book chapters, interviews with creators, educational resources for aspiring artists and writers and pop culture film, television and game reviews, among other things. Digital comics featured on the site can be embedded and shared across social networks such as Facebook and Twitter.

Episodic digital comic books featured for free on the site will include long running international hits such as, “Devi,” created by filmmaker Shekhar Kapur; “Ramayan 3392 AD,” a futuristic story inspired by Ramayana; among other titles.

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