Samandal - About

Samandal is the Arabic word for salamander. Much like the dual habitats of amphibious creatures, Samandal comics thrive between two worlds; the image and the word, entertainment and substance, the low brow and the raised brow, the experimental and the traditional.
Samandal is a volunteer-based non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of the art of comics in Lebanon and the rest of the world. Based in Beirut, we have published 15 magazines, and two comics anthologies and hosted comics-related events since 2007.
Founded by Omar Khouri, Hatem Imam, Lena Merhej, the Fdz, and Tarek Naba'a, the Samandal comics association family has now grown to include Barrack Rima, Joseph Kai, Ghadi Ghosn, Raphaelle Macaron, Sara Sukhun, Yazan Al-Saadi, and Zeina Bassil.