Paul Gravett’s site is playing host to an ongoing series of comic strips by Coco Wang detailing events from the horrendous earthquake in China and its aftermath (thanks to Tim Webber for the link). From Coco’s description on Paul’s site: “I don’t know how much information the BBC or any UK media received from us, I imagine the UK audiences were presented with the major developments of the incident, but you are probably unaware of many important and inside details which are only known to people inside China. The amount of incredibly moving stories of victims, rescuers, volunteers is simply shocking at the moment. I have been collecting newspapers of all the stories, and telling them in the form of comic strips. I hope these stories could show the UK readers the love, warmth and courage of the Chinese people, also the sad and cruel reality of the horrible 5.12 Earthquake.” It’s an unusual and very touching response, putting a more individual, human face to an event which seems to vast to grasp.
(a page from Coco’s strip responding to the horror of the recent Chinese earthquake, hosted on Paul Gravett’s site and (c) Coco Wang)
May 27th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
That’s incredible.