Mimic | A Comic

Personal Project | 2024

This mini-comic is inspired from my recent travels to the southern Indian state of Kerala, also known as 'God's own country'. The Place is a kaleidoscope of varied landscape. From luscious mountains to sandy beaches, crispy air-fried tapioca chips to firm and juicy fish curry, Kerala has something to offer to everyone.  🌫️✈️
This comic was inspired by the various coincidental similarities I observed during the trip, with some real conversations and some stories cooked up in my brain. From accidentally twinning with the view, to imagining an orchestrator directing a show, ocean waves being the musicians, this comic was a fun way to sum up my trip.
Happy travels!

Hand-lettered title page of the comic Mimic, with the word repeated in thick black outline letters on dusty pink Comic page: travellers at a delayed flight gate to Kochi mistake a big bird for their plane Comic page: a laughing traveller says it's an honest mistake, nature tends to look like human-made machines Comic page set in the tea plantations of Munnar, Kerala, seen from a car on a winding hill road Comic page of a smiling girl in a leaf-print top in a car, told she's twinning with the plants Comic page of Kerala's sea seen through a car window, waves likened to musical sound Comic page of a conductor directing the waves of the Arabian Sea while a man on the shore watches Overview of all the pages of Mimic, a black and white travel comic about Kerala by Riya Kumari

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