You don’t have to read Indonesian to know that KomikAsia is happening in Bandung, Indonesia on July 7 through the 10th. Beng Rahadian says he’ll be checking it out. And here’s the annnouncement, from Indonesian Komik Society‘s mailing list:

more info below:

KOMIKASIA 2005

Assalam,

Guys,
Komikasia 2005 mo diadain lagi di:
Institut Teknologi Bandung
Tgl 7-10 Juli 2005
ama Desain Komunikasi Visual ITB
dengan judul:
Made in Indonesia, saatnya komik kita.

Acara2nya sebagai berikut:
Seminar KOMIKASIA, temanya tentang komunikasi antara
komikus-penerbit-pembaca-komikus.
–> Undangan penulisan karya ilmiah mengenai komik
yang akan diterbitkan dalam bentuk jurnal KOMIKASIA,
detil menyusul….

Workshop KOMIKASIA
kelas dasar: kelas belajar dasar-dasar komik
kelas advanced: asistensi & konsultasi karya komik
peserta. (klenik komik)

Lomba KOMIKASIA
Bekerja sama dengan ELEX menyelenggarakan “Ngadu
Ngomik” informasi detail meyusul!

Pameran & pekan KOMIKASIA
Pameran karya rekan-rekan komikus terbaru &
pemenang “gadu Ngomik” selain itu juga disediakan
fasilitas untuk menjual karya2 terbaru teman-teman…

KOMIKASIA AWARD 2005 (new issue!!)
Insya Allah kami akan menyelenggarakan event
penghargaan komik nasional. Dalam acara ini akan
dilakukan penilaian atas karya-karya teman-teman yang
pernah atau sudah diterbitkan dalam rentang waktu
tahun 2000 sampai mid 2005 ini. Mekanisme
keikutsertaan karya manyusul…

Bagi teman-teman yang berminat untuk berpartisipasi
dalam acara KOMIKASIA 2005 ini, bisa menghubungi saya
di 0818-208945 atau mail ke pazzlavainne@yahoo.com

Thx to MKI’ers, insya Allah undangan resmi menyusul
dalam 1-2 minggu ini.

Wassalam,
Alva

Hello All

– J. Weeks

PHARE Web Site (under construction)http://jinja.apsara.org/phare/
Comics/Art Classes:
http://www.qdcomic.com/battambang/
http://www.qdcomic.com/battambang/kami-shibai/index2.html

Courtesy Lucie Albon

Bonjour,
Cette semaine
Un album de Bande Dessinée aux éditions de la Boite à Bulles
Scénario de Nicolas Wild et Boulet
Dessin de Lucie Albon

“Le vœu de Marc”
Amicalement
Lucie

Le blog de boulet : http://www.bouletcorp.com/blog/

Palm pilot comic from David Chelsea.

From BRD – Creative Commons comics licenses
http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/comics1

Peer to peer comics: the age is now.
http://zcultfm.com/

Justin Hall travels and sketches his way through Southeast Asia:

(self portrait by Em Satya)
Em Satya is a masterful artist, even more impressive considering that he now has partial paralysis on the right side of his body and has had to teach himself how to draw again with his left hand. He ekes out a living by illustrating educational tracts for aid groups operating in the country, and doesn’t do comics per se anymore. He does, however, have a graphic novel of over a hundred pages that’s virtually finished .. It was amazing meeting him, a genuine Cambodian national treasure, and a truly world-class cartoonist.
more in his Travelogue: http://www.comicslifestyle.com/hall/2005_03_20_justin_hall.htm