adidas X hellboy

Micheal has been invited to perform a life painting of Hellboy during the launch of Adidas x Hellboy at Pavilion on the 10 of July, 2008. Here are some of the images captured during the event.

More can be found at Streething and Edmund's(Yayawoo) blog.

gilamon @STCC(singapore toy & comic convention), 27-29 june 2008

Lefty has posted an entry of his STCC experience in IACAScW.(Inaugural Asian Comis Art Symposium come Workshop, probably the most constructive and helpful comic industry-based forum in Malaysia)

You can also read about what IACAScW moderator, Hafidz Mahpar's thought about the event as well as Rizal Solomon's article which appeared as a cover story in NST Life & Times on the 4th of July, 2008. Both are great reads.

Here are some images we captured during the 3 days. More images @michaelchuahdesign.


The impressive crowd outside the hall


Special guest artist leaving their wonderful markson the main entrance back drop


Pete Fowler & Tokidoki finishing up their part


Gary Erskine drawing Dan Dare


Bandai booth


If only they are real...


Our friend in Singapore, the incredible Imaginary Friend Studio(IFS)! Respects!


Prototype figurines from the up and coming Freedom Formula comics by IFS


The Association of Comic Artists, Singapore((ACAS)


Artists showing their talents @ACAS


Our Malaysian comrades @Gempak Starz booth, busy recruiting artists


Storm Troopers getting friendly with the crowd


The business is so good @Gloomy', even the wall are up for sale!


A few more and we can go home, or go for a drink!


Sonny Liew, who also has a booth, comes for a visit


Our Singaporean partner, Rixou of SoraWorks, whom we shared the booth


l>r: Lefty, designer Driv & Michael


Our friends from Malaysia, (l>r): Mike(pipit), Ivery(Pipit), Edmund(Yayawoo), Lefty & Michael


Lefty with British artist Gary Erskine


Winston holding his collection of Wonder Woman sketches, with Michael and Lefty at Gilamon's booth


Gilamon products at a glance


Michael explains about Gilamon Studio


Wonder Woman, the Amazombie Warrior, Lefty's sketch for Winston


Lefty with the main STCC back drop

Artkami & Us

We are featured in Artkami recently. It is an online webzine for design & music. Artkami writes about ideas and inspirations from the local and international scene.

Don't Panic, Here Comes Major Zombie

(photographs courtesy of dontpaniconline, taken at High On Green event at KDU College, KL, 13 June 2008)

Major Zombie is on the cover of the latest Don't Panic pack. It couldn't come in a better time as it is also the launch of Major Zombie Black T-shirt series in STCC by the end of this month. Details and design of the T-shirts are featured at the back of the pack.

Don't Panic packs can be found every month at selected clubs, cafes, colleges, art spaces, music events and launch parties.

For those who are going to STCC, we are giving some away along with other goodies. Come to our booth, Pulp*Friction, which we shared with SoraWorks at F03 of the artist alley.

Gilamon@STCC

We are teaming up with SoraWorks and Zemotion to set up booths at the inaugural Singapore Toy & Comic Convention (STCC). STCC will be held @Suntec City Convention Hall 603, from 27-29 June 2008. Look for Pulp*Friction, Gilamon and SoraWorks' booth at F03 of the Artist Alley (next to Singapore Tourism Board) while Zemotion is just a few steps away at F09.

Here are what you could expect from us at STCC:
New T-shirts
- Our latest T-shirt series Major Zombie Black will be launched at STCC. It consists of 4 designs and all will be on sale during the con.

major zombie: santa

kaktus: hot & wet

skull o'skuit

the whole gang
(For those who won't be at the convention but still interested in our T-shirts, we will be announcing a way for you to buy them at Pipit soon. And we would like to thank you upfront for your support.)

Gilamon Art & Comics Collection - We will be previewing the collection of our art & comics in one big volume at STCC. There 200+ pages compiled in artbook format in conjunction with our MDeC IP Challenge Grant. It is not an actual publication yet so you won't be able to find it anywhere else but here.

Collectible Cards
- 4 exclusive pin-up cards will be produced specially for this event.

(top) gilamon's group artwork
(bottom) cannibal boy, private investigator by michael chuah


(top) major zombie by lefty
(bottom) agent raygunn smith by sau lim

Don't Panic Major Zombie pack (Malaysia edition)
- We will be giving away a limited quantity of the latest Malaysia edition Don't Panic packs, which feature Major Zombie on the front cover and all four designs of Major Zombie Black series at the back.


Also: Do check out Gempak Starz booth while you are at STCC. Gempak Starz's booth is B10, right between Tokidoki and Lego.

tribe 5th anniversary

Kosmo Interview

Lefty was interviewed by a Bahasa Malaysia daily Kosmo during the PeKOMIK MiniKon. It appeared in the 8th May Issue. His segment of the interview was about Malaysian comic scene in the 90's.

For those who missed it and also for those who could not read Bahasa Malaysia, here are the key points:

The major players in Malaysian comic scene during the 90's:
• Image Comics and the presents of mainstream(X-Men. Batman), and indie(Cerebus, Nexus) American comics and the booming of comics speciality shops(Mind Shop, Comics Corner, Final Frontier, Comixtra, Headmaster etc)
• The beginning of comic adaptations to Hollywood blockbusters (e.g Tim Burton's Batman)
• Comic book colouring being upgraded to digital colouring mainly from the Image titles, it changed the way comics are being coloured
• Manga invasion
• The present of internet
• The awareness of creator rights

If you have anything to add, feel free to drop a line. We are sure there will be a lot more.

On a side topic, Lefty were asked about the differences among comics by the three major races in Malaysia, which are the Malay, Chinese and Indians. To his opinion, Malay comics has more exaggerated expressions and the humour are more slapsticks while the Chinese likes cute and pretty elements (much influenced by the Japanese). Lefty could not comment on Indian comics because he hardly see any in the local market.