Christian Mafigiri is a Ugandan artist who grew up reading American comic books (and graphic novels). His love for these comic books led him to develop a love for the kind of art he found in them.
Though Mafigiri later trained as a journalist his love for art remained strong and he continued to do work in graphic design and drawing (both as a hobby and a job). He soon found ways of combining his skills in journalism and art to tell stories through different forms of graphic story-telling.
Mafigiri has recently collaborated on a multimedia project with Scottish photo-journalist Marc Ellison that tells the stories of 6 former child soldiers who were abducted by the LRA and their struggles to integrate into society, while trying to deal with their own trauma.
Mafigiri has also produced graphic novels for sell which use the style of the comic books he loved as a child to tell stories that resonate with Ugandans.He hopes that one day his graphic novels and comics will give Ugandan readers, especially children, the sort of entertainment he got from reading American comic books like Superman and Batman.
