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Some of the pre-war covers in an earlier post were mis-attributed to Hul Sophon, who set me straight in an interview not too long ago. http://jinja.apsara.org/2007/11/pulp-cambodia-novel-covers-hul-sophon/ He notes that both he and Uth Roeun had friendly competition with a locally based cover artist of Chinese background, called Ung Yuksuy.  Little is known ...

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This last weekend I presented on E-Books in a 'lightning session' at BarCamp Angkor. I would enjoy talking more about e-book publishing, especially since it's a new sector sorting itself out. I've been developing Khmer language e-books with Our Books Cambodia, and taken an initial foray into e-publishing with a collection of ...

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Sao Sreymao, Peou Ty,  Chan Pisey. [Exhibition notes - Centre Culturel Français, Phnom Penh] In April, 2005, the Centre Culturel Français de Phnom Penh, in connection with the publisher VALEASE, began sponsoring workshops n the subject of the graphic novel. An anthology of the work of 53 young Khmer authors was published in ...

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LA GALERIE X-EMDesign Is pleased to invite you to the opening of the Exhibitions EMBRACES, by SERA FATUM, by RIEM TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2009, 6:30 PM (13, street 178- Phnom Penh) Tags: cambodia,khmer,visual art

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Doin' my best to spread the good word about Cambodian comics & Our Books at South Korea's Bucheon International Comics Festival (BICOF), with a talk on Cambodian comics history. So many comics, so much art, so many cool people, so many bottles of Soju! Stay 'tooned for short comic précis, to be ...

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