New Delhi: Two years after the release of a comic book on rape victims-turned-superheroes, the creators of ‘Priya’s Shakti’ have come out with a sequel featuring acid attack survivors in India and around the world.
Titled ‘Priya’s Mirror’, the new series aims at changing attitudes that lead to gender inequality and violence.
The book shows Priya, the protagonist from the first book, joining forces with a group of acid attack survivors to fight the demon-king, Ahankar.
“It is important to create solidarity between survivors of gender-based violence and to encourage men and boys to stand alongside women against patriarchy, misogyny and indifference,” says Dan Goldman who has co-created the comic.
“Priya is a new path-breaking and powerful symbol, originally a response to the horrible ‘Nirbhaya’ gang-rape that happened on a bus in New Delhi in 2012.
“The comic features stories based on the lives of Laxmi Saa and Sonia Choudhary who are not only credited for starting world’s first cafe run by female acid attack survivors, but also participated in several fashion shows,” he says.
The book, launched at the New York Film Festival on September 30, is a 3-dimensional augmented reality comic which allows readers to feel more connected with the survivors.
