Interview with Somesh Kumar

ABSTRACT

In this interview, Haleema Badar and Partha Bhattacharjee discussed with Somesh Kumar on his significant contributions as an illustrator and graphic designer. Recently, he published an online graphic novel called ‘Little by Little,’ where he shares stories from his family and childhood. Somesh Kumar’s graphic novel ‘Little by Little’ is memoir that tells him growing up in different parts of the Indian state of Bihar and his journey of becoming an illustrator and graphic designer. In this series, Kumar also sheds light on his evolving relationship with his father who eventually turns into an alcoholic. Readers can access his graphic novel via the given link: http://www.littlebylittle.online/. This interview was conducted via email. The questions were e-mailed to Somesh Kumar and he typed down his answers in reply to the sent email.

KEYWORDS:

• Indian comics
• webcomics
• autobiographical comics
• memoir

Additional information

Funding

This work was supported by the SRM University AP.