Mobile comics (apparently dubbed momics) have taken off in numerous countries around the world, and this article indicates that India will be next. “The first Indian mobile novel Neelakannukal (Blue Eyes) has been written in Malayalam and distributed free to 600 mobile users. The writer is now in talks with the cellular operators for making it available on demand.” The novel is distributed as a Java app.
Meanwhile, Rajiv Hiranandani of mobile2win said his company plans to “bring them out shortly first in English and in another 5-6 months in Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi, Gujarati and Telugu”, adding that they experimented a few months ago with Amar Chitra Katha on comics and it was a success. He said they’ve had success in China with mobile comics.
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