Comic characters feature in show

HCM City (VNA) - Eleven paintings featuring Vietnam 's first licensed comic book character Canh Sa Truong Ti Hon (Little Sheriff) are on display at HCM City 's Fine Arts Association.

The creators of the character, McKids Comics, have used oil, mixed media and digital
paintings to portray the little sheriff and his friends.
Five video clips shown at the exhibit show how the comic book figure was created
and the book compiled and produced.

Tre (Youth) Publishing House published the comic book monthly, according to Nguyen
Phuong Thuy, head of McKids Comics.

Targeted at a primary school audience, the comic book centres around the life of
Bim, who is viewed as a little sheriff by the police and his two friends LiLy and
Tun.

The comic book characters have been used as a mascot for the Asia Injury Prevention
(AIP) Foundation's Child Helmet Public Awareness Campaign in HCM City and
ASEAN-member countries.

McKids Comics, a Vietnamese -owned company, hopes to sell the licensing of its
Little Sheriff character abroad.
Overseas companies who purchase such as license have the right to copy and
distribute copyrighted works or characters without fear of copyright infringement
claims made by the original owners.

The Little Sheriff exhibition can be seen at HCM City 's Fine Arts Association
at 218A Pasteur in District 3 until April 18.-Enditem