Sudan.
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Sudan
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Sudanese comics began with children's magazines.
Al-Sibyan, launched in 1946 by the Bakht al-Ruda education institute, is described as the first children's magazine in the Arab region, and it ran the long-lived strip Amu Tango. The Ministry of Education kept publishing comics magazines such as Maryud and Sabah until the mid 1990s, with artists like Sharhabil Ahmed. Since 2018 comics have moved online and into events such as Khartoum Comic Con, alongside political cartoonists like Khalid Albaih and the 2019 art book Sudan Retold.
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Artists from Sudan in the archive.
Comics from Sudan in the archive.
Al-Sibyan, the earliest comic from Sudan in the archive.
The decade when the most new comics from Sudan began.
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Sudan in 3 chapters
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Sudan.
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3 chapters
Chapter 1
1946
to 1995
Children's comics magazines
1946
to 1995
Chapter 01
Children's comics magazines
Al-Sibyan began in 1946 at Bakht al-Ruda and carried illustrated stories and the Amu Tango strip. Sharhabil Ahmed drew for Al-Sibyan, Maryud and Sabah from 1960 until he retired from the Ministry of Education in 1995. The Fangat frog character first appeared in Sabah in 1987.
1995
to 2017
Chapter 02
Decline of print
State support for children's publishing faded, and the most popular magazine fell from 30,000 copies a week to far fewer. One count says 33 children's magazines in Sudan were suspended between 1947 and the 2000s, and Al-Sibyan itself was suspended in 1994. Cartoonists such as Talal Nayer and Khalid Albaih found audiences online and in foreign outlets.
2018
to today
Chapter 03
Online comics and comic conventions
Khartoum Comic Con has run since 2018, and by 2020 it held a National Sudanese Comic Competition, with the web comics platform Art Kanoon among its sponsors. In 2019 Khalid Albaih and Larissa-Diana Fuhrmann edited Sudan Retold, an illustrated book by about 30 young Sudanese artists that includes comics such as Candik, the Superheroine.
The comics to know
- Al-Sibyanالصبيان1946 · comics magazineBakht al-Ruda publishing office; idea by Awad Sati. Children's magazine with illustrated stories, suspended in the mid 1990s.
- Amu Tangoعمك تنقوcomic stripSharhabil Ahmed and many others. Strip in Al-Sibyan; Ahmed drew it from 1960 to 1995.
- Maryudمريودcomics magazineSharhabil Ahmed (artist). Children's comics magazine of the Ministry of Education.
- Fangatفنجاط1987 · comic stripIsmail Abbas Mohamed Hammoudi. Cartoon frog character that appeared in Sabah magazine.
- Sudan Retold2019 · comics anthologyEdited by Khalid Albaih and Larissa-Diana Fuhrmann. Illustrated book with comics and graphic stories by about 30 young Sudanese artists.
The people to know
- Sharhabil Ahmedشرحبيل أحمدBorn 1935Illustrator for the Ministry of Education children's magazines from 1960 to 1995; also a famous musician.
- Khalid AlbaihBorn 1980Political cartoonist behind Khartoon! and co-editor of Sudan Retold.
- Alaa Satirآلاء ساترCartoonist, illustrator and muralist of the 2018 and 2019 revolution.
- Omar DafallahVeteran cartoonist who draws for Radio Dabanga.
- Talal NayerBorn 1983Political cartoonist and graffiti artist from northern Sudan.