Blurring the Boundaries of Comics Classification in Indonesia through Wanara
Comics are one of the most significant forms of publication in Indonesia. The initial print for translated comic publications is five times greater (15,000 copies per title) than any other titles...
View ArticleCurrent Trends in Singapore Comics: When Autobiography is Mainstream
If awards are indications of anything, then Singapore comics seem to be going places. In February 2014, Ten Sticks and One Rice, written by Oh Yong Hwee and drawn by Koh Hong Teng, won an International...
View ArticleComics in Vietnam: A Newly Emerging Form of Storytelling
The Concepts of Comic in Vietnam Comics in Vietnam have suffered criticism from the general public because of the widely felt overtones surrounding the word “comic”. “Comic” in Vietnamese is “truyen...
View ArticleEducational Komiks: Shifting Perspectives
Komiks has been with part of Philippine culture for quite some time. Ambeth Ocampo and Dennis Villegas would offer Jose Rizal as one of the earliest to illustrate komiks (Villegas, 2011 and Ocampo,...
View ArticleStudying Comics From Southeast Asia
Since the turn of the millennium, comics have seen an unexpected increase in critical and scholarly attention. Apparently, this can be explained by three larger currents: first, the almost...
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