“Shake Girl” a “graphic novel” re Tat Marina’s True Story
The graphic novel “Shake Girl” produced by 14 Stanford students really has opened my eyes to the chains of life events of a former Cambodian karaoke performer before she was attacked with acid and severely burnt over 45% of her body.
In the comic form of novel, not only was it visually easy and interesting to read; it took me just around one hour to finish.
The novel is for now only available in electronic format at shakegirl.stanford.edu. The printed copy of it will be obtainable “as of mid-may,” according to Eric Pape, one of the co-authors of the novel who was working as a journalist for The Phnom Penh Post before he joined the Graphic Novel course out of which “Shake Girl” has been published.
The course, under Tom Kealey and Adam Johnson, is eminently practical, being more than just about learning but about putting their lessons into reality. The students’ achievements something one is very proud of. This is called learning and not just studying for the sake of studying.
Also interestingly, their “Shake Girl” outcome was reported by a newspaper.
Below are a few page flips from “Shake Girl”.
For those who wish to find out more about the actual events happening to Tat Marina, read the following old news which I have collected from the Web:
“Acid-Laced Vengeance” by Jeff Smith and Kay Kimsong for The Cambodia Daily, 5-6 February 2000 (accessed 10 May 08).
“The Fallen and the Free” by Lor Chandara and Keven Doyle for The Cambodia Daily, 1-2 November 2003 (accessed 10 May 08).
“FOCUS: Cambodia’s vote scuttles crackdown on acid attackers” published in Kyodo , 22 July 2003 (accessed 10 May 08).
And if you wish to see her karaoke performance, check out the following videos on YouTube:
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Shake girl is a very moving story and highly recommended. Well done.
The writing team’s a little late in producing the hard copy version of the graphic novel. I really can’t wait to grab a copy myself.
wow i never knew that there was a novel about my aunt
i guess some parts are true but i dont really know the truth about the story so yeah because my father didnt tell me the story of what had really happened to my aunt,and yes i have already read it at first i didnt know who the comic was about until i read the whole thing.I thought it was a great comic book to read.i like it.
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