Posted in academia, cambodia, comics, visual art on Nov 15th, 2012
Above: book seller at Phnom Penh's Psar O'Russey.
Some thoughts following on from Jason Dittmer and Katherine Brickell’s commentary on Cambodian comics copyright.
(You might want to read these links first.)
http://siewphewyeung.org.kh/newsprint-comics-at-psar-orussey/
http://mediageography.wordpress.com/2012/09/24/comic-books-and-copyright-cambodian-artistic-heritage-at-risk/
In Cambodia’s 1980s, the boom in narrative comics unfolded in an informal economy. That meant some artists printed and published themselves ...
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Posted in cambodge, cambodia, comics, visual art on Sep 28th, 2012
In the past I 've blogged about Hul Sophon's sublime novel covers.
Today we were given a piece of autobiographical art from the man himself, for his profile on Our Books Cambodia. Life is sweet.
http://www.siewphewyeung.org.kh/artists/hul-sophon/
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Posted in academia, cambodge, cambodia, cambodia blog, current events, more stuff, music, puppetry, theatre, visual art, weblogs on Feb 19th, 2012
A brief response to the frequent assertion that there isn’t much choice in places to go, things to do or people to meet in Phnom Penh.
I began blogging about things Cambodian in 2002, initially from Siem Reap.
I wrote about nearly everything that took my interest because if I didn’t ...
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Today's Cambodia Daily noted that municipality of Phnom Penh AND the Ministry of Information has ordered a spate of apocalyptic Christian billboards (put up by 'Cambo Advertising' company) in Phnom Penh to be removed. (They were originally to be taken down on Saturday, prior to rapture.)
The one featured here ...
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Posted in comics, current events, visual art on Jan 8th, 2011
I'm doing a regular daily comic at http://www.quickdraw.me. New decade, new site, new comics.
Yesterday's was about "Victory Day On The Genocidal Regime". Tune in for more about living in Cambodia - and whatever crosses my mind.
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