Nina Paley, ‘America’s Best Loved Unknown Cartoonist, has just gotten a Guggenheim fellowship for her inspired take on the ‘Ramayana’ story, the ‘Sitayana’ (Sita Sings the Blues). Way to go!
She is now hard at work on new episodes.
http://www.ninapaley.com/2006/04/wow.html
At Kinokuniya in Jakarta, a lively discussion (‘diskusi’) of the Indonesian
translation of Dragonslippers (by Rosalind B Penfold )
http://dragonslippers.com
http://surjorimba.blogs.friendster.com/machine_messiah/2006/04/dragonslippers_.html
(English writeup)
http://www.pragatcomic.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=19&?topic=106.msg236
(Indonesian writeup)
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Cambodian comic artists got their day in the (Mediterranean) sun, as part of exhibition BD À BASTIA.: March 30, 31, April 1 and 2. Samples from Séra‘s 2005 workshop were exhibited as a part of the event. (Participants included Tek Tevin, Nhek Sophaleap, Lim Santepheap, Moeu Diyadaravuth, Phal Phouriseth, Chan Nawath, Sovana Sim, Touch Rethy, Kim Samath, and Sang Sok Chamrong.) (above: Séra rencontre) |
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Click for event poster, site,or press.
http://www.una-volta.org/bd2006.pdf
http://www.una-volta.org/pages/bd2006.html
http://www.jdcorse.fr/cgi-bin/pages/accueil.pl?infoid=107&smenuid=8
(Cheers to Séra and Pierre for info!)