Extreme Khmer Episode 3: Khmer Comic Artists Today
November 30, 2007 by admin
Interviews with artists who work for an organization which promotes comics in Cambodia, plus a comic artist from the 1980s.
Duration : 0:9:33
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I see. Thanks for …
I see. Thanks for yr clarification and many thanks for yr great work of making the episodes.
Normally it is not …
Normally it is not broadcast on TV, only here and on my website, studykhmerDOTcom. However, this episode, on comic artists, was actually broadcast by a French TV company as part of a documentary they did on “Our Books”.
what tv Khmer …
what tv Khmer KraiLeng program broadcast on?
no way! I love your …
no way! I love your videos and i go to UW Madison.
you’re GREAT …
you’re GREAT speaking in KHMER.hehehehhe.. ^.^ PROUD OF YOU ^.^
GOOD TEAM WORK.. I love to follow all of ur Episodes:D
Check out the …
Check out the program where I teach…they don’t let you post URLs here but do a Google search on khmer heritage SEASSI and follow the first link that comes up.
Many young …
Many young Cambodians in the West or in Europe do not have a way to learn Khmer literature. Is there a way you can come up with ways to teach these young ones? Many young Khmer now are 2nd and 3rd generations that can not converse in Khmer but quiet understand but poorly. I have difficulty teaching mine. Thanks
thanks, good …
thanks, good suggestion. I’m going to include that this next season…including one from rural Surin!
Hey, I love your …
Hey, I love your videos. What about doing some episodes on farm life and harvest and fishing. It’ll be cool. thanks a lot for posting your videos.
Thank you! The …
Thank you! The episodes are lots of fun to make. Let me know if you have any ideas for topics for new episodes this fall.
lok preahKo is …
lok preahKo is awesome. I love to see his video on Khmer and always anxiously to his episode release. Very educational program. Aw kun lok kru.
Don’t he remind you …
Don’t he remind you people of howard stern ??
This is one cool …
This is one cool white guy !! he don’t have time to go around hating chinks,gooks,nikka,spics,jews,and all that crap like the white supremicist azz-holes,he’s cool because he take the time to know his fellow man,he took the time to learn and educate himself about the world around him,he have friends all over the world i’m sure,because he open his heart to people and his mind to learning and listening.
I live in Thailand …
I live in Thailand Sept-May and teach Khmer at SEASSI (University of Wisconsin-Madison) in the summer. Can’t post URLs here but check out seassi dot wisc dot edu slash heritage slash khmer slash index.html to check it out.
ha.ha. lol…cool. …
ha.ha. lol…cool. I’ll look forward to it. are you living in cambodia at the moment? or in the states? it’s been over 23 yrs since i left the cambodia. i learned to read and write in khmer back in thailand, and A Chai was the coolest comic for kids around my age, we shared them…
The A Chai comic …
The A Chai comic from the 1980s is great, I use it with my students every year. I’m going to put some excerpts from it up on my website this summer, look for them.
I think the reason …
I think the reason everyone is surprised–they’re not idiots!–is that while, yes, white people CAN learn to speak Khmer, very few care enough about the language to actually take the time and effort to learn it beyond a few words.
You guys are idiots …
You guys are idiots. Just becuase he is “white” you are surprised of his ability to speak khmer. People have brains and can learn anythign they want. I am khmer and I can speak his language, ENGLISH. White people dont ask me how I learned how.
That’s so cool that …
That’s so cool that you can speak Khmer so well. Keep up the good work…I need my Caucasian husband to watch these, so he doesn’t get discourage since his Khmer really sucks…
Wow…read these …
Wow…read these type of comic book before…the one I really like was, the comedy “A Chai”. lol…
from Khmer refugees …
from Khmer refugees in Wisconsin, 20 years ago…and with a lot of study on my own.
I learn it on the …
I learn it on the internet.
how did you learned …
how did you learned how to speak khmer?
It just silly, …
It just silly, hahaha.
I just think its …
I just think its great that non khmer ppl can speak khmer.