Today's papers reported of 2 Singaporean Chinese Christians (husband and wife) arrested and charged for distributing anti-Islamic comic books. The titles were 'The Little Bride' and 'Who is Allah?' The titles sounded very Jack Chick and when I did a google search, that's what they were.
http://nickdove.wordpress.com/2008/03/17/the-work-of-jack-chick-a-critical-overview-the-little-bride/
The original ST report:
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_310849.html?vgnmr=1
Jack Chick on youtube.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3KcxJPi7Mo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awkvVdPfAGg
(Catholics vs. Jack Chick)
Books about Jack Chick:
The World of Chick? by Robert B. Fowler (Paperback - Jun 9, 2001)
The Imp #2 by Dan Raeburn
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Bestselling comics at Kino for Nov 08
1. WAR AND PIECES (FABLES VOLUME 11)
by BILL WILLINGHAM, ET. AL.
2. LIQUID CITY
by SONNY LIEW, ET. AL.
3. WATCHMEN
by ALAN MOORE, DAVE GIBBONS
4. WARCRAFT: LEGENDS VOLUME 2
by RICHARD KNAAK
5. THE JOKER
by BRIAN AZZARELLO, LEE BERMEJO
6. FABLES COVERS: THE ART OF JAMES JEAN
by JAMES JEAN
7. COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS VOLUME 4
by PAUL DINI, ET. AL.
8. JLA/AVENGERS
by KURT BUSIEK, GEORGE PEREZ
9. HELLBLAZER: FAMILY MAN
by JAMIE DELANO, ET. AL
10. BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE
by ALAN MOORE, BRIAN BOLLAND
by BILL WILLINGHAM, ET. AL.
2. LIQUID CITY
by SONNY LIEW, ET. AL.
3. WATCHMEN
by ALAN MOORE, DAVE GIBBONS
4. WARCRAFT: LEGENDS VOLUME 2
by RICHARD KNAAK
5. THE JOKER
by BRIAN AZZARELLO, LEE BERMEJO
6. FABLES COVERS: THE ART OF JAMES JEAN
by JAMES JEAN
7. COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS VOLUME 4
by PAUL DINI, ET. AL.
8. JLA/AVENGERS
by KURT BUSIEK, GEORGE PEREZ
9. HELLBLAZER: FAMILY MAN
by JAMIE DELANO, ET. AL
10. BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE
by ALAN MOORE, BRIAN BOLLAND
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Final Crisis
Grant Morrison is right after all. With the present financial turmoil, the (new) gods are dead. Evil won.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Upcoming comics-related events
Here's some info I received from Jerry Hinds of the Association of Comic Artists (Singapore) (ACAS).
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SINGAPORE PHILATELIC MUSEUM
Friday 14th November (- April 30th 2009), Singapore Philatelic Museum, 23-B Coleman Street, Singapore 179807 (Stage 1)
Corridor opening of the '7 Days in Comics Creation' exhibition
This features a script & accompanying page of artwork. (No official launch ceremony.)
Monday 1st December (- April 30th 2009) (Stage 2)
Full opening of the ACAS Comics Exhibition
Our works will be featured throughout the museum in celebration of the launch of an International Comics Stamp Collection. Thanks to our writers, some of our works are to be displayed with certain levels of inter-activity, so viewers are further inspired to view the visuals.
Saturday 6th December, 10am-12pm (Stage 3)
A crash course in creating comics - digitally!
Find out how to digitally create and complete a comic page from scratch. You will learn illustration techniques such as layout sketching, penciling, inking, colouring enhancement methods, lettering and graphic dynamics. In addition, try your hand at the revolutionary digital creative aids, courtesy of Grandtech Systems Pte Ltd. This workshop is conducted by Jerry Hinds, president of the Association, and JDC Amane, senior instructor.
For children from 9 years to adults. Charge $20
To register, contact Jonna at Tel: 6513-7348 / 6337-3888 or Email: Jonna_Chan@nhb.gov.sg
ANIME FESTIVAL ASIA 2008
Saturday 22nd - 23rd November, Suntec Halls 403-404
In partnership with Grandtech Systems Pte Ltd, ACAS will be demoing cutting edge digital comic creation aids.
In its 4th year, ACAS will judge and present prizes to the winners of the ever popular Mangaka art contest 2008.
Also in the main, ACAS will be busy promoting its membership scheme and what it could mean to a comic enthusiast. The promotion of its traditional all ages art classes will be taking in enrolments also. Ongoing throughout will be crowd favourite sessions of caricaturing, which the Association now offers teaching courses.
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SINGAPORE PHILATELIC MUSEUM
Friday 14th November (- April 30th 2009), Singapore Philatelic Museum, 23-B Coleman Street, Singapore 179807 (Stage 1)
Corridor opening of the '7 Days in Comics Creation' exhibition
This features a script & accompanying page of artwork. (No official launch ceremony.)
Monday 1st December (- April 30th 2009) (Stage 2)
Full opening of the ACAS Comics Exhibition
Our works will be featured throughout the museum in celebration of the launch of an International Comics Stamp Collection. Thanks to our writers, some of our works are to be displayed with certain levels of inter-activity, so viewers are further inspired to view the visuals.
Saturday 6th December, 10am-12pm (Stage 3)
A crash course in creating comics - digitally!
Find out how to digitally create and complete a comic page from scratch. You will learn illustration techniques such as layout sketching, penciling, inking, colouring enhancement methods, lettering and graphic dynamics. In addition, try your hand at the revolutionary digital creative aids, courtesy of Grandtech Systems Pte Ltd. This workshop is conducted by Jerry Hinds, president of the Association, and JDC Amane, senior instructor.
For children from 9 years to adults. Charge $20
To register, contact Jonna at Tel: 6513-7348 / 6337-3888 or Email: Jonna_Chan@nhb.gov.sg
ANIME FESTIVAL ASIA 2008
Saturday 22nd - 23rd November, Suntec Halls 403-404
In partnership with Grandtech Systems Pte Ltd, ACAS will be demoing cutting edge digital comic creation aids.
In its 4th year, ACAS will judge and present prizes to the winners of the ever popular Mangaka art contest 2008.
Also in the main, ACAS will be busy promoting its membership scheme and what it could mean to a comic enthusiast. The promotion of its traditional all ages art classes will be taking in enrolments also. Ongoing throughout will be crowd favourite sessions of caricaturing, which the Association now offers teaching courses.
Monday, November 3, 2008
Bestselling Comics for October (Kinokuniya_
1. OTOMEN VOLUME 3
by AYA KANO
2. EX MACHINA (EX CATHEDRA VOLUME 7)
by BRIAN VAUGHAN
3. TSUBASA (RESERVIOUR CHRONICLE VOLUME 19)
by CLAMP
4. COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS VOLUME 3
by PAUL DINI, ET. AL.
5. 100 BULLETS VOLUME 12
by BRIAN AZZARELLO, ET. AL.
6. WARCRAFT (LEGENDS VOLUME 1)
by TIM BEEDLE, TROY LEWTER
7. THE PUNISHER (MAX VOLUME 10)
by GARTH ENNIS, GORAN PAYLOV
8. STAR WARS: THE FORCE UNLEASHED
by HADEN BLACKMAN, ET. AL.
9. WATCHMEN
by ALAN MOORE, DAVE GIBBONS
10. VAMPIRE KNIGHT VOLUME 7
by MATSURI HINO
by AYA KANO
2. EX MACHINA (EX CATHEDRA VOLUME 7)
by BRIAN VAUGHAN
3. TSUBASA (RESERVIOUR CHRONICLE VOLUME 19)
by CLAMP
4. COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS VOLUME 3
by PAUL DINI, ET. AL.
5. 100 BULLETS VOLUME 12
by BRIAN AZZARELLO, ET. AL.
6. WARCRAFT (LEGENDS VOLUME 1)
by TIM BEEDLE, TROY LEWTER
7. THE PUNISHER (MAX VOLUME 10)
by GARTH ENNIS, GORAN PAYLOV
8. STAR WARS: THE FORCE UNLEASHED
by HADEN BLACKMAN, ET. AL.
9. WATCHMEN
by ALAN MOORE, DAVE GIBBONS
10. VAMPIRE KNIGHT VOLUME 7
by MATSURI HINO
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Liquid City Giveaway Draw-A-Robot Contest
The “Liquid City” Comics Anthology launches on November 5th, 2008 and we’re giving away 3 free copies of the book. One winner will also receive a piece of original art!
The Contest: Send us an illustration of a Robot of your own design (no fan art) via Deviantart.com
To join and for more information, please goto:
Monday, October 6, 2008
About that comics portal
Several months ago, some of us were talking about building a Singapore comics community portal.
I finally got round to building a prototype a couple of weeks ago, just to test out an open-source wiki engine and figure out some ideas. I've decided not to go with this particular wiki engine -- it's very buggy and I can't do many things I want to do with the portal. For one thing, I can't do a listing of artists' thumbnails suggested by Sonny some time ago. So I'm just going to code the whole thing myself in PHP. An idea I have is to make the portal very social, and allow artists and writers to hook up and collaborate on projects and stuff.
You guys can have a look-see. It's not functional, but all the sections are there -- all those I can think of, anyway. Don't bother clicking on anything -- there's no content whatsoever.
http://singaporecomics.storykitchen.com/
I'd love to hear some ideas for what else might be good to have on the portal. It's meant to be community-driven.
JF
I finally got round to building a prototype a couple of weeks ago, just to test out an open-source wiki engine and figure out some ideas. I've decided not to go with this particular wiki engine -- it's very buggy and I can't do many things I want to do with the portal. For one thing, I can't do a listing of artists' thumbnails suggested by Sonny some time ago. So I'm just going to code the whole thing myself in PHP. An idea I have is to make the portal very social, and allow artists and writers to hook up and collaborate on projects and stuff.
You guys can have a look-see. It's not functional, but all the sections are there -- all those I can think of, anyway. Don't bother clicking on anything -- there's no content whatsoever.
http://singaporecomics.storykitchen.com/
I'd love to hear some ideas for what else might be good to have on the portal. It's meant to be community-driven.
JF
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