Comic book ban highlights Vietnam's censorship struggle; youth find ways to circumvent control
HANOI, Vietnam - When student Nguyen Hong Nhung saw "Killer with a Festering Head" on someone's smartphone, she wanted the banned comic book too. Though Vietnam's censors had yanked it from stores, finding a digital copy wasn't exactly hard.
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Comic book alive
Concord Show mixes old-time radio, projected panels Embed multimedia (photos, galleries, audio, map): The Intergalactic Nemesis poster Remember when imagining that your comic book heroes had come to life was the stuff of lonely Saturday nights in your parents' basement? Part radio drama, part live-action graphic novel, The Intergalactic Nemesis is meant to appeal to the kids in everyone ...
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Post-Katrina New Orleans the setting for Vertigo's next supernatural comic book
'Dominique Laveau: Voodoo Child' hits stores March 21
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Vietnam's awakening youth circumvent censorship
When student Nguyen Hong Nhung saw "Killer with a Festering Head" on someone's smartphone, she wanted the banned comic book too. Though Vietnam's censors had yanked it from stores, finding a digital copy wasn't exactly hard.
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BETWEEN THE PANELS: Just like those Sunday strips
Here’s a regular column dedicated to the worlds of the comic book genre. This week, Umapagan Ampikaipakan gets all nostalgic as he flashes back to those joyous childhood years he spent reading Sunday strips
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