The creation of online comic books about the legend of Lanna ghost stories in protector ghost group for the dissemination of artistic and cultural identity

Abstract

          The purpose of this research is to study the legends and beliefs about Lanna ghosts in group of guardian angels in the upper northern region, and create an online comic book through the knowledge gained from research and collecting information about Legends and beliefs about Lanna ghosts in the upper northern region. Developing an online comic book about the legends and beliefs about Lanna ghosts in the upper northern region of Chiang Mai Province as a learning medium and dissemination of local culture by synthesizing knowledge gained from studying Lanna ghost stories as inspiration for creating online cartoons under the theory of character design combined with production formats, program design and operation, and related multimedia design to present and disseminate works. Stimulating the interest in understanding the values and cultural identity and beliefs about Lanna ghosts by presenting the results of the study in the form of online comic books as a learning medium and disseminating local culture. The results of the research found that       1. The important criteria for selecting tales must have ghost characters as a component in the story and be stories related to divine powers that affect humans. They are classified into 2 types: ghost stories with a storyline and ghost stories presented in an explanatory manner. 2. Bringing oral literature about beliefs in Lanna ghosts, which is the original knowledge in the past, to distribute in the form of online comic books. It is a new dimension in recording stories in Lanna history in the form of online cartoon media, which is a linking point to past stories, attitudes, beliefs, and ways of life woven through the lines of comic books. It is a path to connect and record history through the medium of comic books so that people in the present era can access the content of past history and cultural values. In addition, 3. The style of the characters used in the story has gone through the design thinking process and developed into a set of characters that can be further developed in other works of art and design to create economic value only. It can also be collected as a library of ideas for those interested to use as inspiration for creativity in other fields of art and design. Importantly, it is also promoting and disseminating the cultural identity of ghost beliefs in Lanna culture.