E-Publications

The whimsical world of childhood friendship blossoms in Althea Duncombe’s Panda, while a vivid dreamscape of connection and identity unfolds in Chia Wei Ting’s Dreaming All The Time.

Checkpoint Theatre’s first comic anthology, Shape & Space, introduces two emerging writer-illustrators, Althea Duncombe and Chia Wei Ting, and their moving, introspective works. As their tales whisk you into different journeys, experience the unique art styles that meld reality with fantasy, and the lyricism of these rich inner worlds.

A 42-page collection of two works, written and illustrated by Chia Wei Ting and Althea Duncombe.

Confront the intricacies of a mother-child relationship with this hauntingly beautiful work by multi-disciplinary artist worms. Through the stark lens of hindsight, they contemplate the cycles of growing together and growing apart with unflinching honesty in the wake of change.

 

A 20-page comic book written and illustrated by worms wav.

A man returns to his childhood place of comfort. With one of his favourite snacks in hand, he discovers just how tightly food and memories are woven together. Full of wonderment, Myle Yan Tay and Shuxian Lee’s debut collaboration brings solace to solitude, even in the most restless of days.

 

A 20-page comic book written by Myle Yan Tay and illustrated by Shuxian Lee

A local advertising agency discovers how far they are willing to go to secure their latest and most unusual clients: the cult worshippers of the sea monster Fermafloofarg. With Luke Somasundram’s immeasurably sharp humour, Ethan Sim’s eccentric illustrations and a whole lot of aggressive marketing, sea monsters have never looked better.

 

A 20-page comic book written by Luke Somasundram and illustrated by Ethan Sim.

In the highly anticipated nail-biting finale of this paranormal trilogy, adventurer Fishball is forced to contend with the reality of the monster they’re facing. With past mistakes and haunted memories looming over this rescue mission, doubt begins to creep in: will they be held hostage forever? Collaborators Myle Yan Tay and Shuxian Lee return to determine Fishball’s fate in Through the Longkang #3.

A 24-page comic book written by Myle Yan Tay and illustrated by Shuxian Lee.

Through the Longkang #2 continues the paranormal journey of beloved characters Fishball and Brick, in their desperate bid to save innocent lives and, perhaps, restore some light to even just one more soul. Myle Yan Tay and Shuxian Lee return as collaborators in this thrilling second volume where no stone is left unturned.

A 20-page comic book written by Myle Yan Tay and illustrated by Shuxian Lee.

Paranormal adventurers Fishball and Brick are trying to find a missing teenager, last seen beside a longkang. Their only clue: a punctured soccer ball, abandoned on the beach. Will they be ready for the house of horrors that awaits them, and other unknown terrors on the dark side of Singapore? Myle Yan Tay and Shuxian Lee collaborate once again in this thrilling new three-part series of fantastical proportions in Through the Longkang.

 

A 20-page comic book written by Myle Yan Tay and illustrated by Shuxian Lee