Vann Nath: Painting the Khmer Rouge Happy Books Press Panther [is] one of the

Panther [is] one of the most beautiful and disturbing narratives of childhood ever produced in the comics medium

woman sweeping

An admonishment

It’ll have you laughing to the point of tears

” — Nicholas Blechman

Vann Nath: Painting the Khmer Rouge Happy Books Press Panther [is] one of theBy Matteo Mastragostino & Paolo Castaldi. Published by Humanoids. Softcover, 128 pages, Colour, 2022. The true story of the Cambodian painter Vann Nath, who used his art to fight against barbarism and tyranny. In 1978, a young painter named Vann Nath was arrested by the Khmer Rouge, the violent and totalitarian Communist Party of Kampuchea that ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. Imprisoned in the infamous Tuol Sleng prison, better known as S 21,