Fulbright Comics Session at Royal University of Fine Art |
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Our Books staff joined Fulbright Scholar Jan Arabas to talk about comics history and do a simple ‘quick comic’ session. Managing Editor John Weeks and Artist Moeu Diyadarvuth were joined by independent publisher (and former Our Books Graphic Designer) Try Samphos.
The conversation is in English and (mostly) Khmer. At the end the students displayed and discussed their works. (Thanks to Rick for video!)
Fulbright Visit |
A fuzzy phone photo of visiting Fulbright Scholar Jan Arabas!
Presenting some books from her USA class to our team in Phnom Penh!
Jan will be conducting an art exchange program with her students in Lowell, Massachusetts and also creators at the Royal University of Fine Art.
She’s also looking forward to taking some of Our Books back for Lowell’s upcoming Water Festival! (More pictures and news to come.)
BarCamp Chiang Mai: DIY Comics Workshop |
One of the many multifarious topics at BarCamp Chiang Mai:
“How To Draw A Comic in 20 Minutes.” by Our Books Managing Editor John Weeks.
(Above: Aimeng Pattanaiem and Hang Dao: ‘Is this guy serious’? Thanks to Minh Ngoc for photo.)
After a quick breakdown of tools, topic and format we jumped in, and shortly after took digital photos of the results. (When would we get another chance?)
http://www.comicslifestyle.com/profiles/blogs/barcamp-chiang-mai-10-minute
Below: PDFs of our comics!
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| My Favorite Things | Football Sucks |
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| Talking To My Pet Mimi | Shake It! |
24 Hour Comics Day 2009 – Exhibition (and aftermath) |
Every picture tells a story, and you can see them at Java Cafe and Gallery all this next month in Phnom Penh!
A stalwart crew arrived and each participant managed to adhere to the ‘one page / one hour’ rule! Thanks to Try Samphos, Qudy Xu, Lina Lim, Nhek Sophealeap, Soeung Makara, Tuy Chanthoeurn, Moeu Diyadaravuth, Sebastian Marot, Tek Tevin, Pou Chakriya, Sao Channa, and special thanks to Sim Sisavuthara and Kheng Vanleab for technical support!
Comics were scanned as we go and archived on Flickr, Comics Lifestyle, and will be sent to the International 24 Hour comics archive.
Kudos to Peou Ty and Sao Sreymao (1st and 2nd, respectively) for their overnight stint doing long stories! A night to remember!
More observation and commentary: blogger/Asialife writer Nathalie Abejero.
