Finally fall, autumn, etc here - favorite time of year even if we usually only get a few weeks of it. Been busy with shows mostly…

art ✎

25 / 26-8 / major rot (3/6)

On waking, the dream hangs uneasily on me. August's riso print, in 3 colors (light lime, copper, medium blue).

26 / 26-09 / surplus

Dirt beneath the nails of hands like yours. September's riso print, in 4 colors (bright olive green, aqua, bright red, black). More info + subscribe to monthly prints @ patreon.com/formyths.

"and in the end you shall outlive them"

Was debating whether I should reprint this older piece and ended up doing a (small) 2nd edition run with a slightly different colorway closer to the original illustration.

Comparison of the 1st version for fun - original was done via scanning in b&w laserprinted stencils of the separations on a single drum RZ220ui, and also when I had a lot less experience with riso. I think I do kind of like some of the effect you get from this but also had to fight so much detail / tone variation loss (+ reduced editing ability..) that came from having to run my work through a questionable quality office laser printer first..

gut

Finally got around to reading Dorohedoro… unsurprisingly loved the way devils worked… Another rare fanart print from me, debuted at ANYC. They’ll be available online whenever I reopen my store (soon-ish).

8×10 in + 11×14 in, 4 color risograph print (lime, aqua, bright red, brown)

other news etc ✷

Last (?) big show for the year is:

• New York Comic Con (NY) - Oct 8-11 @ table C36

Reminder: I curate stock depending on specific shows / space so if you’re not sure I’ll have something at a particular event I’m happy to figure out pickup orders, just email me.

Was supposed to be at a market run by Land to Sea @ Abrons Art Center but had to drop out since it was rescheduled to NYCC weekend - hope to be at some other NYC holiday markets though. Also trying to get my online store open again end of Oct/ early Nov.

Re-energized being around friends + peers at SPX… also seeing what people are doing at NYABF… I think my experiment of doing a range of shows/events this year has underscored that while there’s obviously really skilled people at any event, small press indie comics etc is what truly has my heart. Have some projects cooking but we’ll see if anything comes of them…

— a liang chan / formyths

read: Offshore Lightning, Saito Nazuna / Notes of a Crocodile, Qiu Miaojin tr. Bonnie Huie / A Brief History of Seven Killings, Marlon James / Milk White Steed, Michael D. Kennedy / Spoiled Milk, Avery Curran / The Red Sacrament, Sara Hinkley

watch: The Samurai and the Prisoner, Kurosawa Kiyoshi / Center Stage, Stanley Kwan / An Amorous Woman of the Tang Dynasty, Eddie Fong Ling-ching / Filipiñana, Rafael Manual / Hope, Na Hong-jin / Jinpa, Pema Tseden

listen: KoK, HYUKOH + Yu Su / Sua Hiam Zun, Scattered Purgatory / also got to see Chinese Football live - incredible musicians + great energy at the show