The proceeding period of development in Burma's comic art which spanned from the early 1950s until the military takeover of 1962 was an era of growth and experimentation in which younger artists expanded on the visual tradition established by Ba Gale and Ba Gyan. Without the competition of television, periodicals inundated with comics became one of the major sources of entertainment particularly for the younger generation. However, following the 1962 coup by the socialist, military leader Ne Win, Burma's comic art with its fundamental political basis languished under the strictures of the junta. Comic art stagnated until the 1970s when developments in the book publishing industry helped to revive the practice.