More pulp classic action for you: this time by Uth Roeun, artist behind the comic adaptations of Tum Teav and Torn Chey, formerly of the Ministry of Education, now running the Association of Cambodian Artist Friends which is trying to hang on to its workshop located just below the ...
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(Crying from Remorse by Sor Sornose. Cambodia Rocks!)
So why follow the literary scene in Cambodia? Cool discoveries like these. The above image is by Hul Sophon, who has worked in illustration both before and after the years of war. In addition to his primary work on covers he does many ...
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Posted in academia, literature on Nov 15th, 2007
.... 'Read and Think' gets some television face time.
Continuing with our list of participants, if you want contact details, click on the picture.
Mekong Libris - Francophone bookshop, including publications from École Française d’extrême-orient. (Remember, this was ...
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Posted in academia, comics, literature on Nov 14th, 2007
Hey, it's mid day, and over at the French Cultural Centre Lire en Fete is on. The crowds have thinned a bit so I can get some pictures of the booths.
(This show originally happened in October 18, 19, and 20th. While the host was French, you could find books ...
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Posted in more stuff, photography on Nov 13th, 2007
According to this morning's Cambodia Daily, the PM has asked that these wax figures in the Cambodia Cultural Village be removed. Before the UNTAC soldier and companion graced the cover of the Bayon Pearnik, and many a tourist's photo album, Jinja was there.
http://jinja.apsara.org/travels/culturalvillage
Originally constructed to appeal to the foreign tourist ...
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