LibGuides: Arabic Comic Books: Online Resources

Online Resources

Samandal: picture stories from here and there. Read the following issues of Samandal Comics online: Samandal issue1; Samandal issue2; and Samandal issue3

Malaak a webcomic featuring Lebanon's superhero.
TokTok is different from traditional comic books. It's a monthly review that aims to produce a bustling mass of comic strips.The Making of TokTok (short video).
ToshFesh is a series of books published by Mutaz Sawwaf dedicated to caricature artists in the Arab word.
The 99 - Superhero Comic Books from the Arab World. The 99 is created by Naif Al-Mutawa and published by Teshkeel Comics. Examples of The 99 Characters are Noora The Light, Bari The Healer, Jabbar The Powerful, etc.

ADMAF - International Cartoon & Comic Strip Festival: Awards are given for ‘Best Scenario’ and ‘Best Drawing’.
ADMAF Initiatives: select Grants
Algerian International Comics Festival: FIBDA: Competitions: Young talents and Professional.
Arab Comic Arts: a panel discussion hosted by the Lebanese American University.
Arab Comics: 90 Years of Popular Visual Culture: Symposium hosted by the Middle East Studies program at Watson Institute - Brown University. Click here to read an article about the event.
Arabic Comics Symposium: 'Personal Narratives and Memoir': Symposium hosted by The Mu'taz and Rada Sawwaf Arabic Comics - American University of Beirut on November 16, 2015.
Mahmoud Kahil Award: hosted by the Mu'taz and Rada Sawwaf Arabic comics initiative at AUB. For more information visit the official site.
Middle East Film and Comic Con
Syndicate of Professional Graphic Designers and Illustrators in Lebanon

I. Arabic Comic Magazines

Ahmad magazine for children starting 7 years old - Lebanon
Majid Comic book and children's magazine published in Abou Dhabi - UAE
Osama Majalat al-Tifl al-Arabi - Syria.
Samir Comic book series published since 1959 by "Dar Al-Hilal" - Egypt
Touta Touta a magazine published for children of 5 and 7 years old - Lebanon

II. Collections

Comics Gate: Arab comic website, provides a selection of children's comic magazines translated into Arabic language plus a dicussion forum

III. Images and Exhibitions

Arab Comics Net: Arabic and translated to Arabic comic books and journals. Browse collection by books or journals publishers.
Arab Children's Comics.

Beyrouth: A graphic novel by Rima Barrak
Budrus: A graphic Novel by Irene Nasser. Based on the award winning Just Vision film, directed by Julia Bacha.
Habibi: A graphic novel by Graig Thompson.
Jam and Yogourt: or how my mom became Lebanese.