Kuweight 64: Cartoon

Wednesday, 6 March 2013

JAPANESE MANGA DIWANIYA IN KUWAIT

In light of the increasing popularity of Japanese Pop-culture among Kuwaitis, the Embassy of Japan is organizing a two-day "JAPANESE MANGA DIWANIYA", consisting of "Manga Slide Show & Talk" and "Manga Workshop" on March 13th and 14th (Wednesday and Thursday).

Manga is the Japanese cartoon and a veteran Manga artist Ms. Keiko Ichiguchi is coming to the Diwaniya to introduce Manga culture upon the request of Government of Japan.

Details of the event "JAPANESE MANGA DIWANIYA":

* Manga Slide Show & Talk

Date: Wednesday, March 13th, 2013

Time: from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm

Venue: Gulf University for Science & Technology, theater W6-014

A slide show of Ms. Ichiguchi's Manga works will be presented on a theatre screen, followed by her talk on a Japanese Manga artist life.

* Manga Workshop "How to Draw Manga"

Date: Thursday, March 14th, 2013

Time: from 5:00 pm to 8:30 pm

Venue: Gulf University for Science & Technology, classroom N5-101

Drawing Manga is NOT illustration!! A professional Manga artist will show

you how to create Manga from your story / experience

Registration is required to attend the workshop due to limited seats. For more inquiry, please contact the Embassy of Japan, Cultural Section on 25309458 by Thursday 7th March .

Via Cultural Section, Embassy of Japan

Saturday, 24 November 2012

Monday, 20 August 2012

Wednesday, 1 August 2012

POPEYE AND OLIVE OYL

I'm Popeye the Sailor Man. I'm strong to the finish cause I eats me spinach. I'm Popeye the Sailor Man - toot toot!.

Remember Popeye the strong muscular sailor man who was short, bald headed, honest, innocent, loved spinach and adored his lady love Olive Oyl and always smoked a pipe?. Olive Oyl on the other hand was tall, skiny, cute, a bit naive and always in distress. Then the other sailor Bluto who was trying to woo Olive Oyl and win her attention? Whenever Popeye felt he was on the verge of losing a battle with his rival Bluto (aka Brutus), he would open a can of spinach, gulp it right down and gain strength and muscle and fight Brutus and free Olive from his clutches. As a child I used to love watching Popeye cartoons and I wondered why is Olive Oyl so skinny and why is Popeye's arms so humungous and why did he like spinach - those were the days I never liked spinach and my mother would say, look at popeye eating spinach and that's why he is so strong. The trick didnt work, but I began to enjoy spinach way later in life. Anyways, I happened to come across this cartoon, that evoked childhood memories. I think my daughter and son too would have watched Popeye and Olive in their childhood days.

Popeye the Sailorman character was created by Elzie Crisler Segar in February 1929 for the comic strip Thimble Theatre. Do you know the character of Olive Oly was created by Segar in 1919, ten years before Popeye!