‘Maayan’ comic series blends Kerala folklore with fantasy adventure
Naadan Comics turn The Hindu Huddle sessions into comics in realtimeLaunched by Carmond Infinity, a Kochi-based studio, and produced by Rijas Sulaiman Nalakath, Maayan is created by Visakh PK and Ananthakrishnan TU. The former is also a co-writer of the series with Visakh VM. Maayan’s first edition was released at the Kochi Comic Con in February by actress Anarkali Marikar and its fifth issue came out recently.
- ▪Naadan Comics turn The Hindu Huddle sessions into comics in realtimeLaunched by Carmond Infinity, a Kochi-based studio, and produced by Rijas Sulaiman Nalakath, Maayan is created by Visakh PK and Ananthakrishnan TU.
- ▪The former is also a co-writer of the series with Visakh VM.
- ▪Maayan’s first edition was released at the Kochi Comic Con in February by actress Anarkali Marikar and its fifth issue came out recently.
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Set in 15th-century Calicut, the protagonists of the Maayan comic series are an unlikely duo: Raman, an apprentice to the royal poet, forced to flee the palace, and Maari, a gifted Kalari warrior who belongs to a group of wizards known as Maayans.Their treacherous journey as they navigate hidden forces, the reality behind the identity of Maari and how he became a wizard, form the core of Maayan, named after a group of sorcerer-warriors, said to live during the rule of the Kalabhra dynasty, which controlled parts of South India from the third to the sixth century. Naadan Comics turn The Hindu Huddle sessions into comics in realtimeLaunched by Carmond Infinity, a Kochi-based studio, and produced by Rijas Sulaiman Nalakath, Maayan is created by Visakh PK and Ananthakrishnan TU.
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