A Moving Line - 1500 Years of Indian Visual Storytelling

Stories, whether written or drawn, are always moving, reshaped by every generation that inherits and retells them. India has a long and rich history of visual storytelling, from temple walls and painted scrolls to comics, graphic novels and webcomics. A Moving Line traces this history, revealing unexpected connections between works that are rarely considered together.

The eight essays and eleven graphic narratives in this collection range from the timeless to the future-forward. Bringing together contributions by scholars, practitioners and artists, this book explores the many nuances and developments in sequential storytelling.

A Moving Line celebrates a medium that has always been, and continues to be, inherently visual.