Now for comic books with a difference!
A graphic novel on the life and personality of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will now be available in 10 languages in different parts of the world, an innovative, fun and colourful source of information which is expected to especially appeal to the children.
Japan's renowned cartoonist Tetsu Saiwai, who wrote the original 'The 14th Dalai Lama - A Manga Biography' in graphic form, has plans to feature the life histories of many iconic personalities such as Mahatma Gandhi and Mother Teresa through his manga (Japanese graphic) art.
The comic on the Dalai, launched on his 73rd birthday in 2008 in Japan, has now been translated from Japanese into 10 other languages, including English and Russian.
While the English version will be launched worldwide on September 28, the novel in Russian language has already been made available in The Republic of Kalmykia in Russia where Buddhism is the dominant religion.
A total of 1,500 such comics have been made available to children in the Buddhist community of Kalmykia under a joint initiative of the Moscow-based Save Tibet Foundation and the Kalmyk-Japan Friendship Association, said Lobsang, an
official of the Tibetan government-in-exile here.
The artist and writer has done extensive research on the subject in Lhasa, the administrative capital of Tibet, and the illustrations in the 'comic' are connected to the true life of the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso.
Saiwai has also published numerous comic books to promote environmental protection and human rights, and has future plans to feature the life histories of Jesus Christ, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King and Mother Teresa through his art.
