Some artists are trying to make Indonesian-style comics a thing

March 17, 2017
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Enough of those Japanese and American comics that dominate the comic scene. Rising Indonesian stars are pushing to get their work out there in their own ā€œIndonesianā€ style. 

Art supplies manufacturing giant Faber-Castell will hold a comic strip contest in Bali this month to paint the way for young Indonesian comic artists, according to Berita Bali

Plagiarismā€™s a pretty common practice here, you know what we mean with all the copying/pasting and Wikipedia attributions going on from academia to local government officials. But, hereā€™s a competition thatā€™s challenging artists to develop their own style.

ā€œCuma di Indonesia,ā€ meaning ā€œOnly in Indonesia,ā€ is the theme of the competition. The work needs to be original with no plagiarism and of course since itā€™s Indonesia, no pornography allowed. 

Other than Bali, the competition will be holed in 10 other Indonesian cities: Jakarta, Bandung, Yogyakarta, Semarang, Surabaya, Medan, Samrinda, Makassar, Pekanbaru and Palembang. 

Not surprisingly, the winning work will be published in a comic books. 

The competition on October 19 will be at the Indonesian Arts Institute (ISI) Denpasar.

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