Readers seen buying Unmad magazine from Unmad stall at the Amar Ekushey Book Fair on Monday; February 04, 2019 Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka TribuneThe stall this year, boasts their signature style of cartoon and is bringing out two new books this yearSouth Asia’s oldest monthly satire magazine, Unmad, keeps drawing large crowds every year at the Amar Ekushey Book Fair to purchase their famous yearly volumes and special editions. Mehedi Haque, executive editor of Unmad, told the Dhaka Tribune that there is a rise in the popularity of Unmad comics. “We have another stall, only for comic books, called ‘Dhaka Comics’ at the fair (stall no 659).”“We hope sales are as good as they were the past few years,” he added. Unmad in Bangla means mad or insane, and is loosely based on Mad magazine. “Unmad stickers this year are very popular.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 04, 2019 16:41 UTC