Hello! I’m John Weeks, developing innovative fundraising and communication strategies in Southeast Asia.

I particularly relish the challenge of growing nonprofit infrastructure. I’ve founded Our Books, Our Books Illustration and Design, House32 Web Design, and assisted in getting Open Development Cambodia and the ICT4 Cambodia Development Network off the ground.

I serve on the boards of Open Development Cambodia, Our Books, Nou Hach Literary Journal, and arts ‘think tank’ Sang Salapak.

I frequently teach at varied tech events, and enjoy sharing my interests via blogging, cartooning and varied writing. My opinions on art, culture, and technology are cited in publications ranging from Time and USA Today to Punk Planet.

Please feel free to get in touch.

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How ‘Real’ Do You Feel?

August 14th, 2013

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Such things as Google Maps and ‘The New Aesthetic‘ art movement prove a point: the internet is ‘externalizing’ and influencing the real world.  Is it imposing itself on us?

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I see this as more of a dialogue than a one-way street.  I’ve been looking at ways to  cram the real world *back* into comic format. It’s fun to see this play out in my public speaking, cartoons and writing. In addition to an arsenal of caricatures, I’m exploring using puppets (of myself and others) as a playful way to explore travel and identity.

Top: real me and cartoon me. Lower: ‘chilling out’ at the noodle shop.  Below: sharing conference caricature poster.

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Tags: cambodia, comics, puppets, The New Aesthetic, webcomics
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