Em Satya: Back in Form
Sep 2nd, 2006 by Jinja
Em Satya: Back in Form
Em Satya, a classic comics artist of the 1980s, still has reprints being sold at news stands today, sans royalties. He continues to work in various areas of illustration.
Due to a stroke, his drawing arm has been paralyzed for the last several years. But with characteristic stoicism, he simply switched arms, and continued to draw. Writer Pal Vannarirak was one of the first to commision a left-handed novel cover.
It’s been fascinating to see him slowly but surely reaching towards his previous level of skill, and now, he may even have surpassed it. Here he proudly shows off his latest color composition.
Postscript: (Sept 11 2006) check out some of his illustrations for the Buddhist Institute‘s Folktales Magazine! (Caution: *big* PDF file of entire volume. http://tinyurl.com/mo7xz)
