Doraemon Ending
Heartbreaking and heartwarming.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO9LLRcweYc
View ArticleJean Reno is Doraemon!
This is damn good.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGFemrtv7-M&feature=relatedWatch out for Charlie Brown!
View ArticleTeaching Japanese Popular Culture Conference, Manga Talk at JCC, AFA and Hong...
Quite a few things in Nov.Conference:http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/jps/research/jps2012.htmTalk:There is also a talk on manga at the Japan Creative Center on Friday Nov. 9 at 7...
View ArticleKen Foo and Adrian Teo are back!
The Date King returns.Ken Foo is THE alternative artist in Singapore. I said it in Hanoi in March this year and I say it now.http://kenfoo.wordpress.com/http://dateking.blogspot.sg/
View ArticleManila Madness
Was in Manila for this. http://blush-con.org/BL is getting big in SEA.Took the occasion to visit the famed Comic Odyssey and met the boss, Sandy. Here are some field reports from Mark Cerbo, a cool...
View ArticleOnce upon a time in China...
On my last day in Manila, I met up with Harvey Tolibao for lunch. He gave me a copy Green Arrow #12. Excellent art as usual. It's unfortunate that DC decided to take a different direction and replaced...
View ArticleSandy
There was a big concert in NYC to raise funds for victims and the damage done by Hurricane Sandy.Reading Ultimate X reminds me of Ultimatum. NYC was flooded by Magneto. That finally happened this year....
View ArticleSocial Realism in Comics
Social Realism in Comics - Reflecting Singapore and Japan in the 1970sDate: Sat, 19 Jan 2013Time: 5.30 pmPlace: Programme Zone, Bishan Public LibraryCalling all comic book lovers, join in this session...
View ArticleWomen Manga Symposium in Sydney
Happening this week at University of Sydney and the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Organized by friends who did the Women Manga conferences in Singapore (2011) and Hanoi (2012). FSc will be there...
View ArticleZunar coming to Singapore
Cartoons and PoliticsWhat is the role of political cartoons in society? Do they merely reflect public opinion or do they shape it? Should they in the first place?Zulkiflee Anwar Haque (better known as...
View ArticleKwan Shan Mei
A friend alerted me that Kwan Shan Mei passed away in Vancouver last year. I remember reading her Mooty the Mouse stories in the late 1970s. I was told she drew cartoons. Anyone got...
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The power of RM$5
Zunar has been selling these at rallies for RM$5. This is to reach out to the rural masses who may not have accessed to information about the coming Malaysian general elections, their 13th since 1957....
View ArticleManga and the Philippines
A recent trip to Manila got me thinking about manga in the Philippines. Given the long history between US and the Philippines and the strong connection till today, when and why the turn towards manga?...
View ArticleA Complex Relationship
In my last post, I wondered how the Filipinos felt about the invasion of manga. Especially when you know that the komiks pioneers fought against the Japanese during World War II and supported the...
View ArticleThe 6.9 question
Given my last few posts on the impact of foreign influences on local culture, this ties in with what is happening in Singapore recently - the 6.9 debate.More food for thought. By Terence Chong, first...
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九龙城寨 BL
What makes a comic book BL?2 criteria: because the artists intend it to be so and when the readers embrace it as BL. I suspect the latter is more important because the fans will do the pairings. We...
View ArticleManga Festival
This is happening this weekend.http://www.mangafestival2013.com/outline/Supported by the Japan Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and 10 Manga Publishers, this event will have 3...
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Short interviews with the 3 Mangaka at the Manga Festival 2013
Interview with Yaro Abe (深夜食堂)I first heard about Shinya Shokudo from Connie Lam, the Executive Director of the HK Arts Centre, who is a big comics fan. Later, I found the books in the HK bookshops and...
View ArticleJack Kirby's Argo
So Dave was telling me that Kirby draw the original storyboards for what was to be the Argo movie in the late...
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