Vidyun Sabhaney
Graphic novelist
During my time at La Marelle, I look forward to engaging with comics and speculative literature in a context where both of these practices have had a vibrant history. Being in dialogue with the local arts and literature community will help me gain a fresh perspective on these creative practices. As the centre offers the opportunity to engage across formats, I plan to use this time to further develop a visual glossary that accompanies my graphic novel.
Vidyun Sabhaney is a comic book creator whose practice encompasses writing, illustration and the editing of anthologies. Her comics and illustrated stories have been published by LeftWord Books, Yoda Press, Blaft Publications, Penguin India, Scroll.in, among several others. She co-edited the landmark non-fiction comic anthology First Hand: Graphic Non-Fiction From India (2016), and was the editor of its sequel First Hand: Exclusion (2018). Recently, she has co-authored the graphic novel Food & Farming: A Journey Through India In Comics (2024), which is available in both English and Malayalam.
Her work has documented political and economic struggles, and brought a feminist lens to the impact of technology. She is currently working on a graphic novel that brings these themes together as a speculative fiction story.
