artbook

katun thai komics
/ a hauntology
english & french text by stéphane damant
124 color pages with softcover
square binding, size : 19.5 x 13.5 cm
graphic design : pascal blua
coordination : effi+laurent c/o arts factory
publisher : serious publishing - 2026

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Unlikely ghosts, steamy bodies, summary beheadings, and karmic justice - welcome to the hell of katun: the 1-baht comics that flooded Thailand in the 1970s and 1980s. Distant cousins of the adult oriented Elvifrance publications, these popular comic books remain largely unknown in our part of the world.

Stéphane Damant, picture editor and curator, has brought together in this hauntology  a rare collection of archival materials and contemporary works revealing a jarring aesthetic... not for the faint of heart !

This book is published for the Katun Thai Komics exhibition presented at the Arts Factory gallery from june 2 to july 24, 2026. A list of the original works is available upon request.