How do you explain the growth of corporate media and viral marketing in a country where 'Star Wars' never even hit the theatres, and brand names like Nike and Gap are both made and pirated routinely? A country where punk rock never made a splash because there was a war ...
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(A little something I did for the 'Comics Rehab' challenge.)
Tags: khmer,cambodia,transport,comics
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Posted in comics, literature, news, visual art on Jan 2nd, 2008
Today's Cambodia Daily has a feature story on Khmer Comics! Specifically, Em Satya's 'Bopha Battambang'.
"Tale of Doomed Love Recalls Comics' 'Silver Age' "
Get your copy of the paper at your local newsstand. The book?
'Bopha Battambang' (English edition only): Java Express, Bohr's Books, The Shop.
'Bopha Battambang' (Khmer and English) ...
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Posted in comics, news, visual art, weblogs on Dec 12th, 2007
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 ...
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Tuesday, December 11th at 7pm:
'Book Launch' for Em Satya's graphic novel 'Flower of Battambang', at Meta-House.
17 years in the making, this may well be Cambodia's first locally-produced comic to be published in graphic novel format! (Khmer, English, French).
View original art, meet guests from the ...
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