Grassroots Comics is published by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland in May 2007. The material for the book is complied from the experiences of World Comics Finland and World Comics India with the co-operation of many different organizations, movements and activists. The book comprises of examples of grassroots comics, practical manuals and photographs from Asia, Africa and other countries. The book has a lot of practical advice on how to go about making grassroots comics, how to organise comics workshops, etc. It has 160 pages.

Edited and Compiled by Sharad Sharma
Cartoonist (Ashoka Fellow)

Half World Four Frames is published by World Comics India in 2007. It is a comics’ book based on the issue of Gender. 130 comics from India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka tell different stories of women in different social and culture situations. Comics from Pakistan present the position of women in matters like right to divorce, honour killings, impoverishment. Sri Lankan comics shows issues like exploitation at work place, domestic violence, gender discrimination.  The book is not only a depiction of problems but also presents the cases where the women of the community took a forefront in dealing with water crises or demanding economic improvement in stone quarry. The book also has comics where the women took up cudgels to stop the distribution of illegal liquor or where the women fought against the goons who intimidated the women of the village.

These extra-ordinary stories of women are covered under six sections of the book titled as Aware, Empowered, Raising Questions, Realisation, Strong and United.

These comics have been created in variations of dialects and languages. The comics have been supplemented with Hindi and English summaries.