Movable Art 2008

Gilamon will be doing a live demo at Movable Art 2008. The event will be held at the very cozy Palete Palette on the 2nd of March(Sun). There will also be poster showcase and art installations.

Here is an interview published in conjunction with the event at AFM's site. AFM (After Five Movement) is the main organizer for Movable Art 2008.

AFM: Gilamon was formed out of…

Gilamon: … passion in comic book art.

AFM: Who leads the team?

Gilamon: We work as equal share partners. We vote when we need to make a decision.

AFM: How long does it take for you to produce a four-page comic strip?

Lefty: Forever, or 2 weeks. Depends on my day job, really.

Sau Lim: It depends on how complicated I want the drawing to be; average time should be around 1 day plus minus.

Michael: 1 day penciling, 1 & half day inking

AFM: What do you have on your drawing table?

Lefty: A light box and some pens and pencils. I like to lay everything else(reference books, extra paper, comic books, CDs) on the floor and keep the drawing table "clean".

Sau Lim: This is quite an embarrassing question for me to answer. My drawing table well, is a just a tea table with the diameter slightly bigger than A3 paper, and because of the original surface was missing; I have to replace it with a piece of glass. With a light bulb underneath to convert it into a mini drawing table with the feature of a light box. What's on my drawing table? Nothing.

Michael: Paper, drawing tools & my iBook laptop.

AFM: Define your unique style.

Lefty: I know I should have my own style a million years ago but unfortunately I don't think I have. Maybe its because I am not very happy with my current style. Why don't you all have a look at my works and tell me what you think my style is :)

Sau Lim: Dark and shadowy with heavy texture rendering.

Michael: A little bit of trendy, a little bit of humour, a little bit of violence & lots of cutey! I so-called it "cutey pop".

Major Zombie: The Movie

In&Out features a bogus interview with Major Zombie feature in the January issue of Star Talk (issue 27). Find out all about it but don't believe everything you read :)

Xmas Is Coming

Our first crossover project with Boundlezz is schedule to be out soon (actual release date will be announced here once its confirmed). There are 4 designs with 5th special incentive design. All the t-shirts are produced in a limited quantity and each comes in a special package with an exclusive Major Zombie #1 comics. Its available in Taiwan, HK and Malaysia. Check them out @Boundlezz, Lot S132, 2nd Floor, Sungei Wang, Kuala Lumpur.

BFD Year 2

Black Fryday, one of the few Malaysian independent designers that is still active, has just celebrated its 2nd anniversary in January. A special box-set that consist of a t-shirt, a trucker cap and a cell phone stripe was launch during this event.

It is still available at Manual Epoch (M.e) No:F1. AV.97 & 98, First Floor-Asian Avenue, Sunway Pyramid.

Black Series II: Xmas in the Summer

Our long awaited crossover project with Boundlezz is schedule to be out soon (actual release date will be announced here once its confirmed, fingers crossed). There are 4 designs with a 5th special incentive design. All the t-shirts are produced in a limited quantity and each comes in a special package with an exclusive Major Zombie #1 comics. Its available in Taiwan, HK and Malaysia. Check them out @Boundlezz, Lot S132, 2nd Floor, Sungei Wang, Kuala Lumpur.

Major Zombie: The Movie

In&Out features a bogus interview with Major Zombie in the January issue of Star Talk (issue 27). Find out all about it but don’t believe everything you read :)

Welcome to Gilamon Studio

Hey there, Gilamon Studio is founded by 3 sequential storytellers, namely Chin Sau Lim, Michael Chua and Lefty. Comics is the common ground for this group but we also venture into the graphic design territory using comic book elements as our edge. We already have a web site, but after much discussion about the best way to update our news online, we figure a blog would probably be it.

We are still testing our efficiency in this though so please bare with us. Do come back from time to time to check out what we are up to :-D

(FYI- That red Japanese word above reads as "Gilamon". Why Japanese? Well, We just love the Japanese Hiragana & Katagana as graphic element. We also love those crazy Japanese mangas)