Talk & Autograph Sessions @Bookfest KLCC

Sau Lim, Michael Chuah and Lefty will be attending various events @Bookfest 2010 from 4-12 Sep organized by Malaysia Mandarin Comics Society(MMCS). Here are Gilamon's timetable. (All Art Demo Sessions are held at MMCS booth whilst the Talk will be at the main stage)

Art Demo Sessions
04.09 Sat 2.00pm _Chin Sau Lim & Michael Chuah
09.09 Thu 2.30pm _Michael Chuah & Lefty
12.09 Sun 7.00pm _Michael Chuah

Talk: Comics & Our Childhood (in Mandarin)
09.09 11:00-12:45pm _Michael Chuah, Lefty, Eddie See, Chai Tian Fatt, James Lu & Tan Kheng Seng.

Please come over to support us as well as other talenyed local comics artists.

About Bookfest
Deemed as one of the largest book exposition held in the region, Bookfest features leading publishers from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Singapore and Malaysia, the consumer fair will showcase Asia’s best and latest collection of both Chinese and English titles.

Operation hours: 10:00am - 10:00pm (4-12 Sep, 2010)
Venue: Hall 1-5, KL Convention Centre KLCC

MMCS 1st Annivesary Comics Forum @ TOA

Comics artists at the reception


First session: MMCS' annual report


Panel 01: The future of Malaysia comics industry
Speakers(l-r): Chai Tian Fatt, James Lu and Eddie See


Panel 02: How to break into comics industry?
Speakers(l-r): Nerv, Tan Kheng Seng & Redcode


Panel 03: Submission guidelines and censorship
Speakers(l-r): Ivan Gun, Lefty & Chin Sau Lim


The crowd during panel 03.


Panel 04: Acquired skills of a professional comics artist
Speakers(l-r): Jon Dep, Aliow, Totoro & Michael Chuah


After panel chat


Gilamon and TOA's Leo.


That's a wrap!

Liquid City vol 2 Now Available For Pre-Order

On the way to a comic shop

Image Comics to release second volume of critically acclaimed LIQUID CITY anthology in September.

Lefty's story entitled "The Way Back" is lucky enough to be included in the anthology among the works of great Southeast Asian creators. LIQUID CITY, VOL. 2 has Lat's vignette of a soccer game in Malaysia, Ivan Song's poignant near-future tale of childhood memories, Vietnamese artist Nguyen Thahn Phong's account of his adventures in South Korea and more.

If you visit comic shop regularly or there is one that you know, you could make a pre-order from it. The pre-order code is JUL10 0414 from Diamond Previews July. You could also pre-order it from Kinokuniya with the same method. Thank you for your support.

LIQUID CITY, VOL. 2 is edited by Sonny Liew and Lim Cheng Tju.

LIQUID CITY, VOL. 2, a 312-page full-color trade paperback from Image Comics, will be on sale for $29.99 on September 29, 2010.

Media Coverages

Gilamon's recent activities are covered by Gempak and Comic King. Our talk at Galeri Patronas is featured in Memo Klik article of Gempak #254 (15 Jun 2010) and The launch of our new T-shirt "Kaktus: I Heart Handy Craft", which was created in conjunction with Pipit's Wonderful Market 4, was reported in Comic King #121 (Jun 2010).

Thanks to the editorial of Gempak and Comic King for their continuous effort to feature local artists in their magazine.

MMCS 1st Anniversary @The One

To celebrate the 1st anniversary of Malaysia Mandarin Comics Society (MMCS), the society is organizing a series of comics industry related talks on the 17th of July, 2010 at The One Academy(TOA). Many of the industry professionals will be there to share their experience. Lefty and Sau Lim will be sharing the stage with Gun Yoong Peng (Editor, Gemilang Publishing) to talk about "Submission Guidelines and Censorship"(2-2:50pm) whilst Michael Chuah will be teaming up with Aliow, Totoro (both co-creator of Oka) and Jon Dep (Magic Boy) on "Acquired Skills of A Professional Comics Artist"(2-4pm).

Here are the full event timetable:

MMCS 1st Anniversary Comics Forum (大马漫协一周年纪念座谈日)
Date: 17 July 2010
Time: 10:30 am - 4:30pm
Venue: The One Academy Audio Visual Hall
The One Academy of Communication Design
28 Jalan PJS 11/28A, Bandar Sunway, 46150 Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan. Tel: 603-5637 5510
The forum is open to the public and the admission is free. All talks are conducted in Mandarin.

10:30 am
MMCS Annual Report (马来西亚漫画协会09年活动分享报告)

11 - 11:50 am
Topic: The Future of Malaysia Comic Industry (大马漫画界的前景)
Speakers: 徐有利、吕寿聪、蔡天发

12 - 12:50 pm
Topic: How to enter into comic industry? (如何加入漫画行业)
Speakers: Redcode 李国靖、陈庆星、NERV

2 - 2:50 pm
Topic: Submission guidelines and censorship (出版社投稿及审查制度)
Speakers: Chin Sau Lim 陈绍霖、Lefty 左手人、颜永平

3 - 4 pm
Topic: Acquired skills of a professional comic artist (成为漫画家应有的条件)
Speakers: Michael Chuah 蔡诗中、Aliow 廖维良、Totoro 庄银吉、Jon Dep 蔡汮利

IPCC workshop 2010

As the representative of Gempak Starz, Sau Lim was invited by Mdec to share his experience in comic making at The Garden Hotel today. (16/6/2010)
For those aspire comic artists who miss the IPCC workshop, the organizer has recorded the whole session, hopefully they will upload it up on web soon. We'll keep you all posted, stay tune.



Sau Lim from Gilamon talks about the technique of creating comic titled 'Comic: The Art of Hypnosis'.

Fadzli Zamani From Alaf 21 Sdn Bhd talks about comic industry in demand.

Wan Zuhairi Wan Zainuddin from PTS Publication talks about comic opportunities in Malaysia.

MCS comics by Lefty

A one-pager for Mandarin Comics Society's year book 2010, entitled: Childhood Memory. Published here in English and Mandarin.