Nepali comic artists portray their storytelling prowess through online comics and webtoons

They are increasingly gravitating towards online platforms to show off their craft and also hone their skills.

Most of the time when something bothers Padma Raj Lama, 19, he just tries to ignore it but when the issue hits too close to home then his hands start itching to get his stylus pen and draw a comic to escape into a world of art. One of his comics dated March 28, 2020, features his principal character called ‘Mr. Blue’, is based on the theme of menstruation. In the comic, Mr. Blue goes out to buy sanitary pads for his sister but notices uncomfortable gazes from people around him and in response, his character screams at the people, “What y’all looking at?”