Soft Soap on the Silkscreen is an account of a period in
which the novel seemed to vanish, cinema lost its way, and their shared dream
began to change shape. Through a chronicle of the attempted film adaptation of
Willem Elsschot’s Lijmen/Het Been, Ruud ten Drijver explores in a series of
essays how novel and film once promised to transform one another — and what ultimately
remained of that promise.
Indocomics are
an overlooked phenomenon. Since the 1960s, Indo-European comic artists have
been leaving their mark on international comic art.'Indocomics'tells the extensive story of over thirty artists
with an Indo, Moluccan, or Indonesian background, exploring their history,
stylistic influences, and the diverse content of their comics. Connections are
made to early Javanese and Balinese art, and the relationship between wayang
(shadow puppetry), play, and the "clear line" style—famous through
Tintin—is highlighted. The book devotes significant attention to pioneers like
Epo Doeve and Thé Tjong-Khing as well as the new generation of
illustrators and comic artists. Naturally, the book features many unique
illustrations.
