Kuwait.
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Kuwait
1969
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Kuwaiti comics history runs through the country's press and children's magazines.
Ahmad Al-Nafisi, introduced by the magazine Al-Shaab in 1958, is counted as the first cartoonist from Kuwait, and the children's magazines Saad (1969) and Al-Arabi Al-Saghir (1986) carried comics by Kuwaiti and other Arab artists. In 2006 Naif Al-Mutawa's Teshkeel Comics launched The 99, a superhero series based on the 99 attributes of God in Islam, and from 2007 Mohammad Thallab's daily cartoon Bu Qatada wa Bu Nabeel ran in Al-Watan.
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Artists from Kuwait in the archive.
Comics from Kuwait in the archive.
Saad, the earliest comic from Kuwait in the archive.
The decade when the most new comics from Kuwait began.
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Kuwait in 4 chapters
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Kuwait.
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4 chapters
Chapter 1
1957
to 1962
First cartoons
1957
to 1962
Chapter 01
First cartoons
The weekly Al-Shaab, first issued on 5 December 1957, announced in January 1958 that Ahmad Al-Nafisi had joined it, and he is regarded as the first cartoonist from Kuwait. In 1958 the magazine Al-Arabi also began issuing a children's booklet that later became Al-Arabi Al-Saghir.
1963
to 1985
Chapter 02
A home for Arab cartoonists
Kuwaiti papers employed leading Arab cartoonists: Naji al-Ali moved to Kuwait in 1963, and his character Handala first appeared in Al-Seyassah on 13 July 1969. The Palestinian cartoonist Bahaa Eddin Bukhari drew for Al-Rai from 1964 and wrote, designed and drew the children's magazine Saad, launched on 8 April 1969, from 1970 to 1980.
1986
to 2002
Chapter 03
Children's comics magazines
Al-Arabi Al-Saghir became a separate monthly in February 1986 and published comics by artists from across the Arab world. Magazines such as Sidra (1992) and Salam (2000) followed, while Abdulsalam Maqbool drew back-page cartoons for Al-Watan, Al-Seyassah, Al-Qabas and Al-Anbaa.
2003
to today
Chapter 04
Teshkeel, The 99 and newspaper strips
Naif Al-Mutawa founded Teshkeel Comics in 2003; it published Arabic editions of Marvel comics from March 2006 and the original series The 99 from May 2006 to September 2013. Mohammad Thallab's Bu Qatada wa Bu Nabeel ran daily in Al-Watan from 2007 and became an animated series, and from 2011 the Kuwait Transparency Society collected anti-corruption cartoons from Kuwaiti papers in yearly books.
The comics to know
- Saadسعد1969 · comics magazineAbdulaziz Fahad Al-Musaid (founder); Bahaa Eddin Bukhari and Mohammed Younes (artists). Children's magazine that began as a supplement of Al-Rai Al-Aam, with 12 to 15 pages of comics per issue.
- Al-Arabi Al-Saghirالعربي الصغير1986 · comics magazineKuwait Ministry of Information. Monthly children's magazine with comics by artists from across the Arab world.
- The 99الـ 992006 · ongoing seriesNaif Al-Mutawa. Superhero series published by Teshkeel Comics until September 2013.
- Bu Qatada wa Bu Nabeelيوميات بوقتادة وبونبيل2007 · comic stripMohammad Thallab. Daily cartoon in Al-Watan, adapted for television in 2007.
- Sidraسدرة1992 · comics magazineKafia Ramadan (editor). Children's magazine with comics such as the Adventures of Jaljal.
The people to know
- Ahmad Al-Nafisiأحمد النفيسيRegarded as the first cartoonist from Kuwait (Al-Shaab, 1958).
- Naji al-Aliناجي العلي1937 to 1987Palestinian cartoonist based in Kuwait from 1963; Handala first appeared in Al-Seyassah in 1969.
- Bahaa Eddin BukhariPalestinian cartoonist who worked in the Kuwaiti press from 1964 to 1988 and drew the magazine Saad.
- Abdulsalam Maqboolعبد السلام مقبول1952 to 2021Kuwaiti back-page cartoonist for Al-Watan, Al-Seyassah, Al-Qabas and Al-Anbaa.
- Naif Al-MutawaFounder of Teshkeel Comics and creator of The 99.
- Mohammad Thallabمحمد ثلابCreator of the daily cartoon Bu Qatada wa Bu Nabeel.