Heylo-heylo,

Hope your April's been nice! I had a simultaneously hectic and invigorating April... and next month is just going to get busier!

So Many (Comics) Panels

I will be making an appearance in 3 virtual events throughout May. Come hear me talk about my favourite subjects: comics and history!

Making History: A panel on historical fiction webcomics

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May 16 @ 9:00 pm – 10:30 pm EDT

Nib & Ink Festival

Reimena Yee will chat with fellow hist-ficcomics artists Sierra Barnes and Vincent Cecil on the joys and challenges of making webcomics in the historical genre, from research to creation to public engagement.

The Study of Comics in Academia & Beyond

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May 30 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm EDT

Nib & Ink Festival

Join cartoonist and comics devices curator Reimena Yee as she introduces the work of comics scholars and educators Scott McCloud (Understanding Comics), Dr. Neil Cohn (Speaking in Pictures) and Nick Sousanis (Unflattening). Together they will discuss the exciting developments in comics academia, and how cartoonists and academics benefit from each other’s expertise.

And.. lastly: Becoming a Death Doula for the Alexander Romance

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May 11, 2026 | 12.00 - 1.30 PM BST

Institute of Classical Studies (Online, Zoom)

I am a guest speaker in the online summer series Overlooked/Undercooked: Classical Reception in Colonial and Postcolonial Southeast Asia, exploring Southeast Asian postcolonial reception of classical literature, and hosted by the Institute of Classical Studies and the Classical Reception Studies Network.

I'll be speaking about my motivation and approach to creating the 21st century edition of the Alexander Romance - mainly my position as the death doula for Alexander the Great's restless wandering spirit. Alongside my other position as a Southeast Asian / Australian artist in deconstructing imperial legacy.

Come listen to me yak!! I'll also have a presentation and some speaking points that allude to the future of the comic, so if you want to get a little bit spoilered, this is your chance. ;)

The Carpet Merchant Book 1 Cover WIP

The webcomic rerun of Book 1 is wrapping up this week. Obviously I've been possessed to make another brand new ornate illustration to celebrate (and promote) the occasion. Meaning... I am subjecting myself to suffering again!!!

The concept is a young Zeynel and Ayse surrounded by all of the narratively-important carpets that feature across Books 1, 2, 3 and 4. Very nice idea, except I need to draw these carpets. By hand. No copy and pasting!!

Some fun trivia tidbits: surrounding Zeynel are the tools of his profession: an astrolabe, prayer beads, reed pen and ink well, (a soon to be drawn pen box) and lots of leather-bound books. Ayse holds a portable yarn spinner, made out of modular pieces of wood.

What's Happened Since

Following my trajectory towards recovery (hopefully), I'm finally back to blogging.

Other than that, I've been mostly tapping away working on two young adult graphic novel scripts. None of which is Alexander Comic... BUT!!!! I'm feeling very positive, given that before the sabbatical I was too stressed and exhausted to even work on anything.

I also finished writing half of a travelogue-memoir, about my first pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago ten years ago, and the circumstances in my life that led to that trip. It's only half-done is because the other half hasn't happened yet (the second pilgrimage). Still, there's enough of a script to draw. I'm very keen to work on this; the travelogue is one of the biggest personal comics that I've been aching to do for more than a decade, even before the first pilgrimage.

Till very soon,

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