resistcomics | What is resistcomics? The summer of 2013 saw one of the greatest mass uprisings in the
history of Turkey. What started out as a small scale environmentalist
demonstration became a defiant outcry in the face of an increasingly
authoritarian, conservative, neoliberal government.
The
resistance became associated with creativity and humour of the
protesters from early on, as they tackled the violent oppression of the
state with a cheerful attitude of subversion. #diren (#resist) became a
hashtag mantra in social media and on the streets.
#ResistComics
has been inspired by the intelligence of the protesters and the sense
of solidarity and collaboration in the air. We wanted to capture the
spirit of the resistance in our words and pictures. We wanted to make a
political statement without being didactic. We wanted to tell good
stories about the resistance in different genres.
#ResistComics
anthology contains 96 pages of comics, illustrations, a short story and
an article on comics and politics. We would like to entertain, inform
and inspire our readers through this anthology.
Who are we? We are an international group of writers, artists, academics and
critics. We are based in different parts of the world, including Turkey,
France, Germany and Australia. In the early days of the resistance, we
organised online to collaborate on a comics anthology. We used online
tools to workshop scripts and artwork, and to exchange ideas. As we all
have day jobs and other responsibilities (some of us became parents in
the last year), it took us a while to bring our project to life.
We
embrace a punk/DIY approach, and have been involved in every stage of
production and we would like to self-publish our anthology through the
support of our Kickstarter backers.
We are supporters of indie
art and the comics scene and some of us have been involved with
independent comics projects before. Some of us are professional comic
artists and cartoonists published internationally, while others are
first timers. We bring an eclectic range of styles and diverse stories.
