‘Comics for a Better Life’ or the Ethos of the 'Katun Sangsan' Production KU Leuven
This project proposes a critical examination of the development and underlying ethos of the Katun Sangsan (lit. ‘creative comics’) production which was mostly published in children’s periodicals and composed by members of the Benjarong Group in Thailand from the late 1970s to the late 1990s. Drawn with high-quality standards and often relating the dire straits of rural and urban underprivileged children, the Katun Sangsan comics offer ...