“It’s not that I knew the science and I thought it would be a cool thing to transform that into comics. No. I was curious to know what was going on. Comics is my medium to express that.” ~ Argha Manna
How do you like to learn?
We all do it differently.
Argha Manna uses comics. Argha is a cancer researcher turned comics artist. He specializes in documenting the history of science and explores how knowledge is generated.
I think you will share my fascination and delight in his work.
When I teach comics, I say there is sequential decision-making, as if you are making a new algorithm. The beauty is, the sequences don’t necessarily have to be linear.
Listen to Choose to Be Curious #263: Curious Comix, with Argha Manna
Argha Manna is artist in residence in the department of Humanities & Social Sciences at Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (IIT Gandhinagar). This is the video of his design process that I found so fascinating. Here’s his CV, as told in comics:
Learn about fluid dynamics and COVID transmission is Argha’s comics, Be Aware of Droplets and Bubbles!
Check out these iconic comics: The Fragile Framework in Nature magazine and Unflattering, by Nick Sousanis. Maus by Art Speigelman.
If you enjoyed this discussion, you might enjoy my conversations with Eisner award winner Tom King, Curiosity, Comics & the CIA and IIT Gandhinagar Curiosity Lab director, Jaison Manjaly.
Theme music by Sean Balick; “Purple Light”, Marble Run via Blue Dot Sessions.
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