Untitled (Cartoon)

Asgmedom, Musie (aka Mussie A.)

Illustrator country: Eritrea

Scenarist: Asgmedom, Musie (aka Mussie A.)

Scenarist country: Eritrea

Language: Tigrinya

Keywords: Eritrea; selfishness; trade; traditions

PROJECT:

Participated to Africa e Mediterraneo Award 2003-2004

 

  • A selfish shop keeper
  • A shop keeper in the village
  • over the page: Common people are poor, and shop keepers raise prices (in Eritrea, the cow is the symbol of shop keepers; sheep represent the people)
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Technique: Felt tip pen on paper

Color / Black and White

Original drawings

Dimensions: 21 x 22,3 cm

Exhibited where: Exhibited in Bruxelles, Centre Belge de la Bande Dessinée, June 3 – September 28, 2003; Exhibited in New York, The Africa Comics Exhibition, Studio Museum in Harlem, November 15, 2006 – March 18, 2007

Inventory: inv. 642 / coll. CX16.ERITREA.MUSSIE.3

Number of sheets: 1

Notes: The page on verso: Musie ASsgmedom (Er), B 22, cm 21 x 22, A&M, and has the text in Tigrinya language - The cartoon has the Italian translation in inv. 937 / coll. PR2.ERITREA.MUSSIE.12