Strange weather ahead

"Blue Planet Red Earth" By Lefty

"Ice" by Michael Chuah

Facing The Climate exhibition. Swedish and Malaysian comics artists' take on the climate issue. 11-18 Oct, 10am - 9:30pm @Ikano Power Station, by the Embassy of Sweden. Lefty and Michael Chuah are among the participating Malaysian artists such Lat, Reggie Lee, Sheldon Goh, Faezal Tan and more.

BookFest @KLCC photographs

• Michael Chuah & Lefty during the talk entitled: Comics & Our Childhood.


• MMCS President Eddie See (徐有利) hosting the talk.


• l>r: Michael Chuah, Lefty, Chai Tian Fatt (蔡天发) and James Lu (吕寿聪).




• Michael Chuah & Lefty during the Q&A session with the audiences.


• Giving away of our giant sketches.


• Autograph session on stage.


• Lefty during autograph session at MMCS booth.

MMCS Year Book Launches @Bookfest KLCC

Malaysia Mandarin Comics Society (MMCS) will be launching it's Year Book vol.2 at Bookfest 2010. The theme for this year's volume is "Childhood" and it collects more than 40 Malaysian comics artists exclusive artworks. All 3 Gilamons work are featured in this volume.

MMCS Year Book vol.2 will be available at MMCS booth at Bookfest 2010, from 4-12 Sep. Each book is sold for only RM20 and 10% of the sales will be donated for charity. Please buy one (or more) in support of our local comics artists.

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

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.