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QuickDraw #6

Posted in cambodia, comics on Dec 7th, 2012

[Cross-Posted from ComicsLifestyle.com:] Christmas done come early! QuickDraw #6 is now available for download via Amazon, iBookstore and just about every e-bookstore on the planet. Set in Cambodia, it's a collection of vignettes and observations exploring Khmer culture. It's FREE (excepting Amazon, where a minimum fee of 0.99 is required.) Feel free to ...

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The Mystery of the Missing Middleman

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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The Book of Faces

Posted in cambodge, cambodia, comics on Oct 28th, 2012

Though it's banned in neighboring Vietnam, Facebook is ingrained in Cambodian youth culture. (Especially now that it supports Khmer text.) For many young Cambodians, the internet IS Facebook. If it's not on Facebook, did it really happen? Sign of the times: two years ago when I was helping high school students create a collaborative ...

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Portrait of the artist as a young illustrator

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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New Years’ Resolutions

Posted in comics on Jan 8th, 2012

More: http://QuickDraw.me

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