The Art of Charlie Chan Hock won the Singapore Literature Prize in the English Fiction category on July 14! (See a facebook post here)
https://youtu.be/_X8VK2i4TEs
It's the first graphic novel to win the award, and there was also the Book of the Year and Cover of the Year awards at the Singapore Book Awards back in May.
There's a website you can visit for reviews, pinups and more - click on the image above or this link below:)
The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye from Pantheon Books
The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye from Pantheon Books is out this week!
It was one of Publishers Weekly's Most Anticipated Books of Spring 2016, who say that the book is a "stunning tour de force masterpiece of imagined and real history" and that "this multilayered book is a masterpiece".
The Beat meanwhile calls it the "first superlative graphic novel... easily the first comics masterwork of 2016"
Do pick up a copy at your favourite bookstore or online at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Indie Bound, Powell's or Books-a-Million :)
“Riotously funny, heartbreakingly beautiful, fizzing with provocative ideas... breathes life and intimacy into the multi-layered history of Malaysia and Singapore. Sonny Liew has produced a true masterpiece. " — Tash Aw(The Harmony Silk Factory, Five Star Billionaire)
Meanwhile:
MoCCA(April 02, 2016 - April 3, 201611:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m)
I'll be one of the Guest of Honors (!) at the MoCCA Festival in NYC in April, alongside Cece Bell, R.O. Belchman, Phoebe Gloeckner and Rebecca Sugar.
Midtown Comics
Paul Levitz and I will also be signing Midtown Comics on April 1, both for The Art of Charlie Chan and the new Doctor Fate trade from DC Comics.
I'll also be heading to various stores and events in New York, Rhode Island, San Francisco, Seattle, Austin and Arkansas, do check out this Blog or follow me on Twitter or Instagram for updates on dates and more :)
Mulan Gallery presents The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye
Finally, those in Singapore, do drop by Mulan Gallery from March 4-24 for an exhibition of original art work from The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye!
Venue : Mulan Gallery 36 Armenian Street #01-07 Singapore 179934 Exhibition Period : 4 - 24 March 2016
Opening Hours: Tuesday to Saturday: 11.30am – 6.30pm. Closed on Mondays, Sundays and Public Holidays
The Pantheon edition of The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye is out next week (March 1), here's a comic done when they first acquired the book :p
http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-101-87069-3
The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye is featured in Tessa Wong's piece for the BBC:
Could Singapore have become Communist?
The book is currently out in Singapore and Malaysia from Epigram books, and will be released elsewhere in March next year from Pantheon Books :)
Meanwhile copies of Boom Studio/Archaia's Hacktivist with a variant cover arrived in the mail :)
And finally, a pics taken at http://lil-monsters.net/ at Jaya Shopping Centre! Big thanks to Andrew for the invitation to sign some books and do some sketches there :)
Dr. Fate #1 hit the stands this week, and the reprint of The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye made it back to stores too!
Spoke to a a few folks about both books:
Steve Morris at Comics Alliance
Jennifer Deguzman at Publishers Weekly
And here are some reviews:
The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye:
Dr. Fate:
And meanwhile, Shadow Hero writer Gene Yang is of course writing Superman!