Comic Launched
Dec 12th, 2007 by Jinja
Tuesday was a busy, fun evening and our man about town Andy Brouwer obliges with a writeup:
http://andybrouwer.blogspot.com
/2007/12/comics-come-good.html
As does comicist Anne Moore:
http://camblogdia.blogspot.com
/2007/12/victory-in-art-fight.html
Em Satya talked about his 17 year journey to publish ‘Bopha Battambang’, out now in Khmer and shortly, French and English.
He fielded a number of questions from the audience at Phnom Penh’s Meta-House, and the evening was rounded out by a ‘Comic Art Battle’, a game new to Cambodia but fairly common overseas.
Some photos of the Art Battle:
Teams One and Two had a mix of foreigners and Cambodians. The audience supplied the situation/scenario and the drawing adhered to a time limit.
First Challenge: An animal in an unusual situation: a water buffalo in a ‘lift’.
Challenge #2: A story suggested by the audience.
Team 1: The King who liked sweet cucumbers.
Team 2: The cow that got arrested.
Em Satya judged the contestants, and the winner: Team One! (Everyone’s a winner with fun like this.)
The evening was rounded out with a book signing of ‘Bopha Battambang‘ and most of Em Satya’s remaining framed art was sold.
I am scrounging around for pictures of the event, I was a little too preoccupied to take many for myself! (Email if you’ve got some to share, please.)
More about the comic? Updates to follow at www.ourbookscambodia.org.
