THE 2012 MANGA WORKSHOP

EVENT : Manga Workshop
VENUE : Kriyetic Comics & Graphics Studio, Purbalok, EM Bypass, Kolkata, West Bengal.
DATE: 25th and 26th February 2012.

Back in March 2010, Kriyetic comics & Graphics studio Link in collaboration with Comics India, Hoshobunkai, The consulate of Japan in Kolkata and NHK T.V  hosted the first ever five day long Manga and origami workshop in the heart of Kolkata. Manga and comics lovers across town swarmed in numbers to be a part of the event and meet a live mangaka for the first time and feast on all the mangas and posters on display. The workshop had ended with a live video conference with Chigusa Takaku, actress of  "The Japanese wife" by Aparna Sen, Speech and distribution of certificates.

YUKICHI YAMAMATSU

February 2012 saw the return of internationally acclaimed mangaka Yukichi Yamamatsu in his workshop on "How to Draw Manga" . Though a smaller version of the original workshop, it was by no means any less of an event. Fifteen participants turned up to be a part of a rare opportunity. With KAC members volunteering for the event, this blog is a small tribute to the event and to all those people who made it happen. :)

Below are a few pictures from the event, enjoy!!

The workshop in progress.

Participants

TheExhibition

KAC and Kriyetic comics members.

We look forward to many more such events in Kolkata in the future.

Team KAC.

Kolkata Anime Club meet (May 2011)

The May 2011 Kolkata Anime Club Meet

Date: 8th May

Venue: Kriyetic Comics Studio, Purbalok (EM bypass)

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[The studio.]

-This photo was taken on February 2012.

The 3rd meet was special for two reasons. One, it was organized at a comic studio. Secondly, because we had a new member with us : Subhayan Purkit. 

It was a stuffy, HOT summer afternoon, but undaunted, us members decided to meet up. Finding our way to the studio was a bit difficult. but once all of us had assembled, it was our usual fun and smiles that filled the atmosphere. 

[At the studio]

The screening was the major attraction of this meet. We screened Hayao Miazaki's Proco Rosso

and Fairy tail

[Fairy tale episode screening]

Quite an unusual lunch we had. Chips and biscuits in 'buckets' and soda in paper cups. Everybody enjoyed just the same. And just before it all ended for the day, we were given the chance to go through some of the vast manga collections in the studio. Below are a few shots from the day.

[Members checking out the manga collection at the studio]

[During screenings]

About Kriyetic Comics Studio 

Kriyetic comics is located at Purbalok, EM Bypass Kolkata and is a studio that publishes comic works and graphic novels of artists in and around Kolkata. They organized the Kolkata Manga workshop back in 2010.

[Inside the studio]

We are really grateful to Manojit Chaterjee who was kind enough to lend us his studio for a meet. He and his co-workers were good sport and joined in on the discussions and gave valuable career tips to Aditi and Shubhayan, both of whom were studying animation at the time.

[Group Pictures]