India, Feb. 20 -- Comic Con India is finally making its way to Kolkata this weekend (22-23rd February), proving that even the cultural epitome of India isn't immune to fashionably late arrivals. For a city that thrives on art, literature, and storytelling, it's almost amusing that it took this long for India's biggest pop culture event to show up. But hey, better late than never, right?

Comics in Bengal hold a rich legacy, from early influences like patachitra to Sukholota Rao's Jemon Kormo Temni Fol (1921), one of the first recognized Bengali comics. Bengal gifted this literary world with iconic creators such as Mayukh Chowdhury, Narayan Debnath, and Saila Chakraborty, whose works shaped generations of readers and built a passionate com...