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[Bulsajo]

Just came across this- a real treasure (it's been out since 2004, so maybe I'm the last here to know):













http://www.amazon.com/Pyongyang-Journey-North-Guy-Delisle/dp/1896597890

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyongyang_%28comic%29

[VanIslander]

I've recommended it here at Dave's. As has another poster.

Typing in the author's last name into the search function shows another thread on it:
http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/viewtopic.php?t=60695&highlight=delisle

And recommended here:
http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/viewtopic.php?t=61351&highlight=delisle

And I talk about that bookth that other, different kind of cartoon coverage of Korea, Korea Unmasked, here:
http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/viewtopic.php?t=58323&highlight=delisle

I read it a year or so ago after getting it at the new national museum gift shop. It was a little pricy but I didn't mind. It's by a French animation artist working with the regime to improve its standards in that field and his visual depictions give a reall good feel for the place, in fact, he communicates more in that format, not through individual panels but through the ministories and experiences he captures. It's a very mature work, like a journalistic report told through atmospheric cartoon drawings. A simple straightforward style that really works for what he wants to do with it.

[Green Tea]

Already been posted!

And yes I've read it Good read!

http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/viewtopic.php?t=60695&highlight=Delisle

[Green Tea]

^ way to edit your post there Van I posted the link first

[twg]

I had it, and then gave it away someone along with most of my comics because I feel the love needs to be shared.

Very good read. Everyone should buy a copy.

[Bulsajo]

I'm sorry I missed all those threads on it before- it's great stuff, and I see he's got one on his trip to China too.

[lawyertood]

Don't forget this thread in March of this year

http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/viewtopic.php?t=54407&highlight=Pyongyang


Imitation is the highest form of flattery, you know. Cheers!