Cameroon
Workshop-Winner:
Hertzy (left) is the winner of the local workshop in Yaoundé. Representing Hertzy, Patrice Mballa Asse (right) participated in the regional workshop in Ghana.
Olé Tsimi Vital (Hertzy): Pawpaw
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Olé Tsimi Vital (Hertzy) is a Cameroonian comic book illustrator and self-taught 2D animator. He finds his source of inspiration in children and most of his comics represent their lives.
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Patrice Mballa Asse: L'orphelin Et Le Livre
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Patrice Mballa Asse, born in Ebolowa in the south of Cameroon in 1990, is an author with a degree in fine arts and art history. He discovered his talent and passion for drawing at a very early age. After a childhood spent with his grandmother in the village, the aspiring artist continued his studies in Ebolowa and, after graduating from high school, decided to enroll in the Faculty of Arts and Letters at the University of Yaoundé I. In 2016, he published his first comic book, "ZOG ET MOB," with Editions Akoma Mba.
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Oswald Seulle: Mon Idéal ...
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Seulle Oswald has had a passion for drawing since childhood, which he inherited from his mother. After graduating from high school, he began studying medical analysis, but dropped out in his second year to turn to art and eventually study comic book scripting.
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Christian Owona Eyenga: Le Malheur De Falonne
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Owona Eyenga Christian is a young expert in conflict resolution, involved in gender-based violence issues. A lover of writing, he is the author and co-author of two books and several articles. A screenwriter and expert in youth writing, he is also the author of several youth adaptations.
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TOKO 1er Jean Maldini (Alone Legend): #META_FORT
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Toko 1er Jean Maldini has had a passion for drawing since childhood, which he has developed over the years as a self-taught artist. Also passionate about engineering, marketing and writing, today, in order to intervene in the context of the comic book industry, he founded a startup called LEGEND Arts. In its 3 years of existence, the startup has 7 active members involved in the production of content and marketing of the flagship titles 'Mulema', 'Legend Mag' and 'Le mouchoir de SAMBA'. All this allows him to continue to spread the local universe through comics, which he considers an important part of education, transmission of values and African industrialisation.
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