First review of 2017!
We ended 2016 with a trip to Cambodia (and began 2017 with another trip, this one to Bangkok, Thailand). While in Phnom Penh, I happened upon Monument Books in the Aeon Mall, and picked up a couple of items of interest, including this collection of cartoons.
Title: Fisso's World in Cambodia: Living in a Kingdom of Wonders
Date: 2014
Publisher: Blue Reamker
Writer: Sophie Lizeray
Artist: Sophie Lizeray
This is a collection of cartoons about life in Cambodia, from a primarily expat point of view, that originally appeared in the Phnom Penh Post.
The cartoons cover topics ranging from traffic and driving to unreliable water and electrical power to early morning wedding music (something we definitely got to experience on our recent trip to Cambodia!). There bits about food, wildlife, markets, and the weather.
A lot of the scenes and situations were very familiar from my three years in Southeast Asia, and there were some good laughs at various points in this. A few of the cartoons fell flat for me, but as always, tastes in humor are going to vary. The artist's art style is fun, especially on animals.
This was a nice slice of Cambodian life and a good souvenir from our travels.
Rating: 6/10
We ended 2016 with a trip to Cambodia (and began 2017 with another trip, this one to Bangkok, Thailand). While in Phnom Penh, I happened upon Monument Books in the Aeon Mall, and picked up a couple of items of interest, including this collection of cartoons.
Date: 2014
Publisher: Blue Reamker
Writer: Sophie Lizeray
Artist: Sophie Lizeray
This is a collection of cartoons about life in Cambodia, from a primarily expat point of view, that originally appeared in the Phnom Penh Post.
The cartoons cover topics ranging from traffic and driving to unreliable water and electrical power to early morning wedding music (something we definitely got to experience on our recent trip to Cambodia!). There bits about food, wildlife, markets, and the weather.
A lot of the scenes and situations were very familiar from my three years in Southeast Asia, and there were some good laughs at various points in this. A few of the cartoons fell flat for me, but as always, tastes in humor are going to vary. The artist's art style is fun, especially on animals.
This was a nice slice of Cambodian life and a good souvenir from our travels.
Rating: 6/10
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