He notes that both he and Uth Roeun had friendly competition with a locally based cover artist of Chinese background, called Ung Yuksuy.  Little is known about this artist, but his covers have graced many a title.

Please Don’t Mistreat Me!
by Hak Chey Hong
(Very reminiscent of Stateside 60′s pulp covers.)

Great, My Mother Finds a Husband For Me (សប្បាយចិត្តណាស់ម៉ែឲ្យមានប្តី)
Writer: Prach Seng (ប្រាជ្ញ សេង), 1970s

Separated Love at Mondulkiri
by Prach Seng
(Ethnic minorities in Cambodia fall prey to stereotypes pretty often.)

Failure of Lady Hunter
by Kov Sarom
(From the ominous looks of this cover, I’m glad the ‘Lady Hunter’ failed.)

Preah Bat Po Ngie Yat
by Kuy Lout
(Historical dramas are a pretty safe bet in a culture often divided by politics.)

Malicious Spirit (ព្រលឹងចងពៀរ)
Writer: Kuy Loth (គុយ ឡូត),  1964

Mother’s Blood (ឈាមម្តាយ)
Writer: Srey Loch (ស្រី ឡុច), 1965

I would enjoy talking more about e-book publishing, especially since it’s a new sector sorting itself out.
I’ve been developing Khmer language e-books with Our Books Cambodia, and taken an initial foray into e-publishing with a collection of my own comics.

There are lots of areas to explore, and some obstacles I’d advise to avoid. Hoping I can talk in more detail about publishing platforms, ‘Digital Rights Management‘, cross-platform promotion, Khmer language e-books, and much much more at future tech and publishing events!

Linkage: https://delicious.com/slugdog/ebookangkortalk

Above: doing a ‘shout out‘ to BarCamp Hong Kong, happening the very same day!

Sao Sreymao, Peou Ty,  Chan Pisey.

[Exhibition notes - Centre Culturel Français, Phnom Penh]

In April, 2005, the Centre Culturel Français de Phnom Penh, in connection with the publisher VALEASE, began sponsoring workshops n the subject of the graphic novel.

An anthology of the work of 53 young Khmer authors was published in 2008. This volume, the first of its kind, titled (Re)generations, revealed the new vitality of the Khmer graphic novel.

Using a style of writing inherited from the Franco-Belgian graphic novel, and showing also the influence of the manga, the authors have managed to return to their traditional tales, but at the same time, to question their daily lives.

Following this event, a new phase of workshops was begun with the goal of creating more ambitious stories.

For a year, 6 authors contributed their talents and met the challenge of completing an album.

The current exhibition brings together the work of 5 of them: Peou Ty, Chan Pisey, Nguon Sakal, Chea Sreyroth and Sao Sreymao.

For the occasion, the publisher Sonleuk Thmey is joining in this renewal by publishing two albums: “At the Beginning of Sereyroth” and “Our Hearts” by Nguon Sakal.

“To deploy the imagination and reappropriate pieces of memory … to dare say and express the unspeakable … to say with passion and generosity” – this is the purpose of the workshop organized by the Franco-Khmer author Séra. An artist and a teacher, he has worked selflessly to bring back the culture of the graphic novel.

Linkage: http://jinja.apsara.org/2008/07/regenerated/
http://jinja.apsara.org/2008/07/regeneration-new-khmer-comics/
http://www.delicious.com/slugdog/khmercomics

Tags: cambodia,comics,bande dessinée,khmer,khmere,cambodge

LA GALERIE X-EMDesign

Is pleased to invite you to the opening of the

Exhibitions EMBRACES, by SERA

FATUM, by RIEM

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2009, 6:30 PM

(13, street 178- Phnom Penh)

Tags: cambodia,khmer,visual art

Doin’ my best to spread the good word about Cambodian comics & Our Books at South Korea’s Bucheon International Comics Festival (BICOF), with a talk on Cambodian comics history.

So many comics, so much art, so many cool people, so many bottles of Soju!

Stay ‘tooned for short comic précis, to be drawn during our upcoming 24 Hour Comics Drawing Day. Same day as Barcamp Phnom Penh! Yow!

Photos:http://www.flickr.com/photos/slugdog/sets/72157622324601675/

Video: http://www.youtube.com/comicslifestyle

Tags: cambodia,comics,korea