#Chye’s Writing

[delvalentine]

When people comment on my fics from like 2016 it’s such a shock because I was 16 years old when I wrote it 💀 I swear I’ve changed 🥲

[40sandfabulousaf]

大家好! The office let everyone have the rest of the day off during lunch break to prepare for our Chinese New Year's Eve reunion dinner. Before it was time to leave, I made a healthy breakfast sandwich for parents, Little Bro and sis-in-law, as well as the eldest nephew. I added chia seeds to the tuna, butter beans and sweet corn combo, mixed herbs, white pepper, and folded in hummus. On salad and 9-grain bread, I piled on as much toppings as I could. Final touches were shredded roasted seaweed and a sprinkle of sesame seeds. The eldest nephew can't eat raw foods yet, so his sandwich didn't have any salad. Let everyone start Chinese New Year with a healthy meal! Little Bro texted to say the sandwiches are very nice. If time permits, I'll make them another in future!

Rather than squeezing with other customers at restaurants for reunion dinner and having to eat quickly because restaurants stagger mealtimes to pack in as many families as possible, this year, we ordered food, collected it and parents, Little Bro and family, the in-laws and I enjoyed a party at home. There was blue pea rice, sweet and sour fish, prawn Assam pedas, ayam buah keluak (a Nonya dish of chicken and black nuts), stewed pork, egg fuyong and Nonya chap chye. We also observed tradition by tossing lo hei. It was fun and I had a blast playing with all my nephews! In fact, I prefer these home parties to dining out where reunion dinner is concerned.

On Chinese New Year Day 1, we gathered at the in-laws' home for lunch. Before that, I tossed parents an abalone salad for their dinner. More food businesses stayed open during the first 3 days of CNY compared to previous years, but many of them imposed surcharges or restricted diners' choices to their overpriced set menus. Wei shen me rang ta men zhuan zhe ge qian (why let them fleece us?) is a popular phrase we use nowadays. I don't skimp on nutritious sandwich toppings for parents; likewise, I didn't skimp on the abalone for their salads. This way, we avoided being fleeced by food businesses, especially during the first 3 days of CNY.

Lunch at the in-laws' was a simple affair - lo hei (a salad with fish tossed by everyone), followed by popiah (spring rolls made from paper-thin wrappers, shrimp, egg, stirfried turnip, lettuce and a sweet sauce) as well as a nourishing soup. This lo hei used hamachi sashimi instead of the usual salmon and crispy fish skin instead of crispy fried dough puffs. It was pretty good! Popiah is a much beloved moderately healthy local dish; my sis-in-law can eat 5 at a go. I got full at about 3 after downing 2 bowls of soup. Chockful of premium ingredients like abalone, Hokkaido scallops, fish maw (very high collagen levels), flower mushrooms and fall-off-the-bone tender pork ribs, this was DIVINE.

Reunions in Palestine are taking place just as reunion gatherings are taking place over the Chinese New Year festivities. At a time when we're celebrating our roots and culture, so are thousands of Palestinians. I can't get enough of watching them returning to their homes as well as reuniting with loved ones! Palestinian smiles are amongst the most beautiful on earth; their jubilance ever since the ceasefire is so moving. Watching their move back to Northern Gaza and seeing their warm hugs as well as tears of joy were so touching, my eyes were wet from relief for them. May the ceasefire hold so that peace can return to the region; it's good for both Palestine and Israel. 下次见!

[atiny-piratequeen]

hi, this is a random question but i have to ask. do you edit your fics yourself or do you have a beta reader? also if you have beta reader(s) how did you go about i guess getting one? i'm a little shy when it comes to asking for things pertaining to my writings and stuff and someone suggested i get a beta reader since my works have a lot of typos and stuff that i don't catch when reading it. i'm so sorry for rambling this to you, but i guess i just trust your advice and suggestions the most, but i hope you're doing well!! (from a moot)

So it depends. I would sometimes ask a friend (Chye, Gaia) to edit for me to help me check for spelling errors. But for the most part, I do the editing all on my own. My works are very long and I'm not really...the most patient person when it comes to the distance between me finishing a fic and me posting (hence why so many times i end up posting at ass fuck o'clock in the morning because i tend to stay up writing and stay up later editing so i can post it instantly bc gods help me if i actually...wait a few hours and do it like a normal person-)

You dont have to feel bad for asking! I dont mind answering at all, lovely. To be honest, what I've seen, is folks in writing nets sometimes put out like, a "job posting" for someone to beta their work and give a lil summary on what it is and how long it is and usually someone gets to them quickly on if they'll do so. If you're part of a net, try asking!

If not, then see if one of your friends has free time and doesnt mind giving it a look over or editing for you as they read. Its much easier to ask a friend for help than a room full of strangers/associates anyway (regarding the net setting) so I would say reach out.

And if all else fails, as lame as it sounds, you can always go over it yourself with a fine tooth comb. Read it aloud, sometimes that helps people than reading it in their heads. As you're reading aloud or whispering it to yourself, you probably will catch yourself going "that doesnt sound right", "that doesnt flow well", "thats NOT how that is spelled" and can correct as you go. I find that helps too sometimes.

I hope you're doing well, too, lovely. Good luck and happy writing!

[gettin-a-lil-hanse]

Deprived

Pairing: Mingi x San

Genre: Fluff, Angst, Implied Smut

Word Count: 2.3k

Summary: San goes into heat while he and Mingi are at work, and Mingi tries his best.

Tags/Warnings: A/B/O, Grocery Store AU, Slight Angst, Implied Sexual Content, Fluff 

A/N: This was a very self-indulgent fic and I'm kind of proud of it. If I had put it off any longer I would've convinced myself to not post it so here it goes. I won’t be tagging anyone in this one because I know some people don’t like this topic and I need to update my tag system ;-; As always, please let me know if I forgot to tag something.

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San sighed, watching as each open check stands line grew longer and longer. He was bagging as quickly as he could, his signature customer service smile plastered on his face as he greeted each customer. Something just felt off, and he really couldn’t place it. He figured maybe it was just another off day at work. It was getting pretty busy, and it wasn’t even noon. He scratched lightly at the scent blocker patch as he wondered whether or not there was a holiday or some event coming up.

“San? Did you hear me?” Seonghwa, the checker, raised a brow at him. “Can you go grab a bag of ice for the nice customer, please?”

San nodded, color creeping into his cheeks. “Yes, of course! Sorry…”

He ran to grab the ice, humming softly at the contrast of cold against his skin. It finally clicked as he carried the ice back to the check stand. He nearly ran back, smiling politely as he bagged the ice and placed it in the customer’s cart. Once Seonghwa was finished ringing him up, San hurriedly told him, “Hyung, I gotta go. I’ll be in the breakroom; you gotta call Mingi-”

“San, no, it’s not time for your break yet and it’s crazy busy-”

“Hyung tell him it’s an 8413 and tell him to hurry.”

Seonghwa’s eyes widened, and he nodded, jerking his head in the direction of the breakroom. “Go.”

San whispered a quick “thank you” as he nearly ran to the back and into the breakroom. As he sat down, he heard Seonghwa call over the intercom, “Mingi, 8413 in the breakroom. Mingi, 8413, breakroom.” San took deep breaths, mentally cursing himself for leaving his water bottle up at the check stand. He tried to focus on his breathing, he really did, but all he could hear was the blood rushing in his ears. After what seemed like half an hour (but was really no more than 5 minutes), he heard Mingi’s deep soothing voice in his ear. 

“Sannie, let me take you home. Seonghwa called Joong to clock you out, but we gotta go now baby. Can you stand up? Or is that too much?” 

San shook his head and stood from the chair slowly, checking the chair to make sure nothing was left behind before grabbing Mingi’s arm and letting him lead him through the store and out to their car. If they were getting weird looks, San wasn’t focused enough to notice anyway. He let Mingi guide him into the car and buckle him in, closing his eyes and resting his head back.

“Your heat wasn’t due for another 2 days, I wonder what triggered it to start early….” Mingi mumbled, kicking the AC on full blast. “No worries, we’ll get you home and get you comfortable okay?” 

San only nodded, head growing fuzzier by the second. He was quiet throughout the drive home. Mingi almost thought he was asleep until he heard a soft groan.

“Just hold on baby, we’re almost home. Just a few more minutes.”

Everything was beginning to be too much for San. His work uniform suddenly felt too rough, the seat belt too tight. There was too much touching him, all except for the one touch he really craved. His mind was clouded, and he could just barely register the car stopping. Then his alpha was finally touching him, lifting him from the vehicle and placing soft kisses on his head, but it wasn’t enough. He was in a losing battle against his omega—between succumbing to the fuzziness in his head and keeping his grip on reality. Subconsciously, he nosed roughly at the patch covering Mingi’s scent glands, and for a moment, the alpha didn’t know what he was getting at.

“Sannie, no, you can’t take that off baby.”

“Alpha, you’ll take care of me won’t you?”

Mingi bit his lip, wondering how to answer. Of course, he wanted nothing more than to stay with his omega and take care of him through his heat, pressing him down into the mattress and fucking him full of his pups. But Mingi had recently been promoted to assistant manager of his department, and how would it look if he left in the middle of his shift and didn’t return? Not just to his coworkers but to his higher-ups as well. Would they think him irresponsible and unfit to hold the position, demoting him back to just a clerk? Was it fair? Of course not, but the boost in his pay will help them save up to provide for the family they want to start. 

How was Mingi supposed to tell his barely-lucid omega that he was leaving him during his heat to go back to work? 

“Mingi?”

“You’ll be taken care of, my sweet omega, I promise.” 

Mingi carried him inside and straight to the nesting room, which San had been filling up in the last few days. He laid him gently in the middle of Mingi’s stolen possessions and watched him bury his face into one of his sweaters, desperate for his scent. The alpha left the room and quickly returned with an ice-cold water jug specifically for this occasion and towels. 

“Baby, can you roll over for me so I can lay this out?” Mingi asked sweetly, setting the jug down on the bedside table. San nodded and rolled onto his side, further surrounding himself in the alpha’s scent and getting lost in it. 

Mingi laid down three towels, knowing full well they’d probably be soaked through by the time he came back home anyway. He then set about removing the omega’s slick-soaked uniform carefully and setting them aside to be washed. Now fully naked, the omega looked up at his alpha through half-lidded eyes, clouded by lust as he waited for the alpha to come closer, but he never did. He whined in that tone that usually had Mingi rushing to please him, but nothing happened. Maybe, he wondered in his haze because he couldn’t smell it on him. If he could just get the patch off, his alpha would know just how much he needed him…

Mingi slapped a hand over his nose and mouth, eyes full of nothing but guilt as San only whined louder. He watched him turn onto his stomach and present his slicked-up entrance to the alpha, face resting on the pillow and watching him, waiting.

“I’m sorry baby….”

San lifted his head, eyes going wide. 

“I’ve left your toys and the lube in the top drawer—”

“Alpha…”

“—and there’s some painkillers and your heat suppressants in there—”

“Alpha!”

“—but you know you can only take one or the other, not both, okay? I’ll be back as soon as my shift is over—”

“Mingi!” San was crying now, crawling to the edge of the bed but not trusting himself to stand. His omega felt as if he were being rejected by its alpha. How could he leave when his omega needed him most? What had he done to deserve coming second to his job? He reached out in an attempt to grab Mingi, but the alpha stepped back, out of his reach. San could practically feel his omega’s heart break. 

The tiniest of voices in the back of San’s mind reasoned that he couldn’t just leave his work behind, that that’s not how the real world works. But that voice was drowned out in his heat-clouded mind as sobs bubbled from deep down. 

Mingi wanted to comfort him so badly, it physically pained him to stand his ground. He wondered if removing his own scent blocker to release calming pheromones would help the omega or only hurt him more. But he knew that if he wasn’t going to help the omega, standing and watching him cry would solve nothing either. So with one final whispered, “I’m sorry,” he left the room and their home. He fought his own wolf, every instinct telling him to go back and care for their omega. But he started the car and went back to work, knowing he’d have a lot to make up for when he came home again. He hoped that San could forgive him. 

San was a wreck. When Mingi left the room, his sobs had only grown louder, drowning out the sound of the car starting and leaving the driveway. His wolf had never felt rejection like this, not during a heat. All he could think about was how Mingi stepped away when he reached for him. Was he disgusted by him? Did he just not want him anymore? 

After what felt like hours, the heartbreak and the exhaustion from crying, coupled with the pain he felt in his core from not being filled with a knot, made him curl up, falling into a deep sleep.

—

Mingi couldn’t even focus. He was clearly distracted as he stacked apples on its stand; all of his coworkers could tell something was off when he came back. Working the rest of his shift felt like actual hell, dragging on without end. Honestly, he’d only had about three hours left in his shift when he came back to work, but it felt like a full 8 hours when all he could think about was how his omega was doing and how he could make it up to him. He decided he’d pick up some of his favorite foods on the way home, maybe even a few desserts.

A sense of calm washed over him in the midst of his thinking, and he was snapped out of his train of thought. Looking up, he noticed one of his coworkers—a very sweet omega—moving her scent blocker patch to her forearm. 

“Chungha-ssi, you’ll get in trouble….”

She just smiled and shook her head gently, wrapping an arm around his shoulders in a comforting gesture.  

“All these people here, they won’t know it was me. Besides, you looked really stressed and I just wanted you to calm down a bit. You’re too in your head, I can tell.”

Mingi smiled at her as they both went back to stacking produce, mumbling a soft “thank you.” 

—

When his shift had finally ended, he was practically sprinting back to his car. He’d never driven so fast in his life. He did stop to grab the food for San, and he’d gotten flowers, cake, and ice cream from work. He knew he’d have to do some damage control back at home and hoped it wouldn’t be too bad. He just hoped San would forgive him. 

He parked in the driveway, quickly gathered all of the bags and flowers, and brought them inside. Immediately upon stepping through the threshold, the house smelled sour like rotten mangoes, and his heart sank. He dropped everything onto the kitchen counter and made his way to the room he’d left San in, his heart breaking at the sight of him curled up, face red with tear tracks staining his cheeks, body covered in sweat and dried-up slick. 

He walked to the bed and sat beside the sleeping omega, gently rubbing a hand over his shoulder before waking him. 

“Sannie? Wake up, baby, I brought you some food. You need to eat….”

San’s eyes cracked open, adjusting until he could make out Mingi’s face. Mingi expected the omega to be excited now that he was home or maybe to scream at him. What he hadn’t expected was for the omega to stare up at him with watery eyes, lip trembling. 

“Baby what’s wrong? No more crying, okay? I’m here now..”

“Do you not want me anymore?”

Mingi certainly hadn’t expected that. 

“What?”

San pushed himself up, putting a bit of distance between them. He looked around him, everywhere but at Mingi. 

“You left me. You wouldn’t even touch me and… you had this pitying look in your eyes.” 

San wiped away the fresh tears falling from his eyes, further curling in on himself. 

“Baby I just had to go—”

“And you smell like another omega. You left me to go help another omega?” 

San could barely keep himself together as he finally looked up at Mingi. Mingi’s heart broke, eyes wide as he wondered where he could’ve gotten that idea. 

“San, no, no of course I didn’t! Come here! Can I hold you, please?”

The omega hesitated before nodding, crawling into the alpha’s lap. Mingi wrapped him tight in his arms, rubbing his cheek into the top of his hair, feeling the omega scent him heavily, still sobbing into his shoulder.

“Oh, baby… one of our coworkers just hugged me earlier. I was so worried about you today, everyone could smell it off me from a mile away. She was just worried. I’m sorry, I should have showered as soon as I got back, I wasn’t thinking about anything but you.” 

Mingi’s hand gently guided San away from his shoulder, using his thumb to wipe away what few tears he could. 

“My poor baby… I am so sorry for leaving you all alone. But I’ll make it up to you, I promise. For now, how about we get you all cleaned up and fed, hmm? I got food from that Chinese food place that you like and I got you some sweets.” 

Gradually, as Mingi spoke softly, San’s tears slowed, and he leaned into his touch more and more. He nodded, wrapping his arms around the alpha’s neck. Mingi chuckled and wrapped his arms around the omega’s waist in turn, knowing that he wanted to be carried.

“My poor baby, you must be so tired,” Mingi cooed, standing them both up from the bed. “But you don’t have to worry about anything now that I’m home. I’ll take care of everything, and I already had tomorrow off anyway. I am all yours, okay?” 

San brushed his nose against the crook of his neck before resting his head there, finally relaxing for the first time that day. 

“All mine..”

[chyemmi]

I wanna write a story for the age swap au nowwwww but hhhhhhhhhhh I stopped writing years ago and suck at writing now

[atiny-dazzlinglight]

name 3 things you love about your moots

*cracks knuckles*

Ard let’s do this. I really hope I got everyone while I write this. Also, I’m incapable of keeping anything short let alone list just three things, so I shall tweak this to just be a rant on how much I love my moots. Hope that’s okay!

@atiny-piratequeen I gotta give my props to Fie because of it wasn’t through her, I wouldn’t have met how these other lovely moots that I have here on tumblr. Unlike what most people say, Fie wasn’t intimidating to me. She really made her blog a safe space and that’s what made me interact. Fie had such a sweet and nurturing personality that can just draw you in and it’s the same with her writing because she write “liquid gold ™️”. Fie sweetie I love you.

@gettin-a-lil-hanse Chye, my sweetie Chye oh I love you. Chye really is such a nice person to be around. It’s always a joy talking to her, whether we are messing with each other or being supportive of each other or just talking about random stuff ( like when we talked about idols hairstyles and outfits over the years for like an hour when Thaila left and came back to the same convo). It’s really just easy going to talk to you and I love you and wish you nothing but good grades this semester.

@queen-of-himbos I love you so much. Whether I’m teasing you with biases or not, I love interacting with you. Your honestly someone that I look up to with how you balance your job, your writing, and managing the nets. It’s honestly impressive and admirable with how you do it all and I wish I could get to that point that you are at.

@jacksons-goddess-gaia Gaia sweetie I said it once and I’ll say it again, your literally my ray of fucking sunshine. We’ve both been through so much recently but you still manage to put a smile on my face even though we both are feeling at our worse or our lowest. You were the main reason why I was about to stay so calm during the whole incident that happened (you know what I’m referring to) and I still appreciate everything that you’ve done for me. I know everything isn’t as good as it should be for you irl, but Iknow something good should be coming your way after all the good you’ve done from me. I love you soo much, so please remember that

@kimnamshiks Tae my fucking Queen I love you so much. I love al of our conversations because it’s the serotonin that I need. Love making my headcannons with you about my ocs that’s been helping me ground myself from al the chaos in my life because those are always fun to think of with you. We can literally talk about everything and anything and it’s so nice to unapologetic be myself with you because your one of the few people in my life (also including all my baby’s in the server) that I can speak about everything to and jot worry about getting judged. I love you, Misty and Kitty Jongho so much and I really wish I could see you irl.

@angel0taiyo Angel my favorite Aussie fuck the time zones but because of my terrible sleep schedule, I get to interact with you. You bring nothing but positivity whenever we are able to talk. It’s never a dull moment with you and it’s nice hearing you give the reassurance, praise and everything in between for us when you do pop up. Just want you to know that we love you so much sweetie

@not-majestic-bluenicorn Riza I really look up to how carefully you plan your works. It’s so much dedication, so much planning and it’s so damn organized with the works you write. Plus with how busy your life is outside of writing just makes me even more impressed with how you put works out so consistently. Your also such a sweetie person to be around and your so giving to others and supportive. I just really want to take this time and say I appreciate you and love you so much.

[epiphenomenal]

Top 5 books from 2018 did i even read five fiction books in 2018. no. the answer is no. uh well i finished at least one, let's see if i recall any others... Sonny Liew - The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye the Eisner Award-winning metafictional graphic novel about 1) a struggling comic artist's career, 2) singapore's political history. i enjoyed it and was even a little moved by it, but i do wonder how it reads to a non-singaporean audience. Terry Pratchett - Raising Steam i'd put off reading this and when i finally did... well. i liked it better than Snuff, at least? and i do have a fondness for trains, so that helped. but honestly this is on the list more as A Book I Read This Year. :\ Teo You Yenn - This Is What Inequality Looks Like this non-fiction book was a bit of a sensation this year because this country doesn't usually admit it has a problem with poverty and/or inequality. i wanted it to go further than it did, and thought it fell down in several places, but at least it drew public attention to the issue. random books on calligraphy that i flipped through one afternoon in the library these were helpful because they made me realise some things i'd been failing to do during my calligraphy lessons. i think my teacher is too lenient with me :\ Tan Tarn How - Fear of Writing: a play sneaking this one in from late dec2017. i still regret having missed this political play when it was staged in 2011 -- it culminates in some amazing fourth-wall-breaking (a raid by the censors) that probably only works because, well, singapore. at the debut performance there were audience members who genuinely weren't sure if the raid was real, so it clearly did its job.

[galoots]

This short insightful discussion post I'm supposed to write for my graphic narrative course has quickly spun into a full length essay/rant about the Tezuka-Barks connection and how Sonny Liew parallels Barks with his own cartoonist figure Charlie Chan Hock Chye as well as drawing a distinction between that dichotomy of Barks-Chyeto the dichotomy of the two historical figures of Singapore’s independence, Lee Kuan Yew and Lim Chin Siong

anyway someone please stop me because I can’t mediate between zero work and a full length thesis

[nitewrighter]

Random book rec just because your writing style and themes kinda remind me of one of my favorite book series, the Mercy Thompson series. Delightfully bad ass and snarky Native American heroine and easy to read. My fave character is the werewolf cowboy whose boyfriend happens to be the best divorce attorney in the tri-state area.

Huh! I’ll give them a look. These days I tend to read a lot more graphic novels. Currently I’m reading “The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye,” the “Descender” series and The Wicked + The Divine.

[hoynovoy]

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A Girl Divided by Ellen Lindseth, narrated by Emily Woo Zeller

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The Woman Who Breathed Two Worlds by Selina Siak Chin Yoke, narrated by Christine Rendell

As a young girl, Chye Hoon dreamed of going off to school, but society’s social strictures prevented her from doing so. Coming to terms with her mixed Malayan and Chinese heritage, Chye Hoon learns to cook and keep house for her husband — a Chinese man with whom she will have many children. Having embraced the traditions of her ancestors, Chye Hoon is dismayed, much later in life, when her children begin to gravitate toward Western culture.

Rapid Falls by Amber Cowie, narrated by Kate Marcin

Two decades after her boyfriend died and her sister went to prison, Cara has managed to build a good life: a beautiful family, a home she can be proud of, and a successful career. When Anna's prison sentence ends, however, she emerges with demons to wrestle. Joining Cara’s life isn’t easy, Anna realizes — especially given their disparate recollections of the night that changed their lives.

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[delvalentine]

🌿 I’m happy to take requests for headcanons / drabbles! Anon is fine; any fandom/character as well as NSFW scenarios are also OK (as I will automatically age characters up to their 20s). No promises that I will write every req, but please send in your ideas 💕

- V

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Interview:  Gentle Brontosaurus

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Gentle Brontosaurus are an indiepop band from Madison, Wisconsin, USA. They are Huan-Hua Chye (ukulele & keyboard), Nick Davies (keyboard & trumpet), Cal Lamore (guitar), Paul Marcou (drums), and Anneliese Valdes (bass). Fallen Love head Harley interviewed the band through a computer. Fallen Love Records: How did Gentle Brontosaurus begin? Huan-Hua: Get ready for some band lineage in excruciating detail:

Nick and I used to be in a band called TL;DR that broke up after a couple of band members moved away, so we decided to start a new band.

We knew Paul and Jon from having played with their old band, Baristacide, and we recruited Michael to play bass for us through Craigslist.

Eventually Jon decided it was time to part ways with us and we asked Cal to play guitar. Nick and I had met Cal through a songwriting website called FAWM, February Album Writing Month.

Last year Michael moved to Milwaukee and decided to leave the band so we recruited Anneliese, whom I had met via a community ukulele club called MAUI and who had filled in on bass for us a while back for a Buffy The Vampire Slayer Musical Episode cover show we did with our friends Croaker.

And here is a curated selection of a few of our other related current or recent projects you might want to check out - we are busy individuals: Square Bombs (Paul & Jon) The Werewolverine (Anneliese) The Ferns or C. H. Lamore solo (Cal) Vowl Sounds, Red Tape Diaries (Huan-Hua) Spiral Island (Nick)

FLR: All five of you sing. Was that something planned on from the early stages or did it just discover itself? HH: We used to only have three vocalists (max one lead and one backing at any given time) but decided that seven instruments and three vocals between five people wasn't making the sound guys' lives hard enough (not to mention ours) so we added some more. It has definitely been a voyage of self-discovery. I think we'll try to streamline a bit more in the future, though, since venues almost never have enough mics. FLR: Based on your social media some people might expect you to be a comedy or novelty band. Are new listeners ever caught off-guard? Nick: Is this regarding the Facebook account where we share dinosaur memes or the Twitter account where we post things like Baha Men trivia? Early on I had our genre listed as "brony rock" on Facebook just as a joke and it’s come back up occasionally. Like the time Jimmy K, a local radio personality, had both us and The Ferns (Cal's previous band) on an episode of his show and he got his intro cards mixed up and called The Ferns "brawny rock." HH: Also we got invited to put a song on an actual brony rock compilation, which was unfortunately vetoed by other band members. Anyway I aim to keep expectations at rock bottom so that new listeners can only be pleasantly surprised when we turn out to be (hopefully) honest and charming and good. I don't usually aim for funny when I'm writing songs (although sometimes it ends up there) but I usually aim to be entertaining on social media. (I usually man the Facebook account and Nick the Twitter account). I feel it's the least I can do. FLR: Who writes the lyrics? Each song carries a real depth, like a full short story condensed into four minutes. HH: Nick and I are about 50/50 on songwriting. On the first album our old guitarist wrote one and our old bassist wrote one but I think on the new album it's more or less evenly divided between me and Nick as far as lyrics go. I think the two of us share a love for possibly ill-advised wordiness and allusions so sometimes people have been surprised to find out who wrote which songs. I wrote poetry for years before ever turning to lyrics and a few songs, like "Rabbit Test", are remnants of poems or stories or concepts I could never quite make work on the written page. N: I don't intend to give every song a narrative but in addition to FAWM in February I participate in NaNoWriMo in November. Maybe some of that bleeds over into songwriting. Storytelling does provide a way to address topics without being tied to your own perspective. I'd be kind of uncomfortable writing songs all about Nick and how Nick feels right now, especially if we might decide to have someone else in the band sing it. HH: I, on the other hand, love writing songs all about HH and how HH feels right now. Maybe this is why we have so many songs about food.

FLR: Your debut album, Names Of Things And What They Do, came out in November 2015. What was the process to get there and how has the path shifted since then? HH: That album was very DIY like our new one will be. We recorded it over a period of months in our old practice space and our old guitarist Jon mixed it. Similar approach this time around, all home recordings. It's going to be an interesting mix as some of these songs, like "Kevin Bacon", we've played for years (it almost made it onto the first album) and others, like "A Shot" or "For Emma, Forever Ago", we'd only been playing for a few weeks and had never played live before starting to record. So for those newer songs we're kind of figuring out arrangements and parts as part of the recording process. We recorded all the drums and scratch tracks live, the way we're used to playing, and are now going along and re-recording individual parts to replace the scratch versions. One of the things that's pretty interesting about our piecemeal recording process is that we often can't hear/process the cool things everyone else is doing since we are distracted at the time with our own performances. Sound balance is also difficult to get right live with five people,so there have been a lot of moments where, once you're listening to a clear recording, you go "Oh, I had no idea you had this awesome part happening here." It makes you appreciate everyone and their contributions and musicianship just that much more. FLR: Do you think dinosaurs had feathers or scales? Anneliese: Yes, and some had neither. FLR: Why hasn't Netflix rebooted popular '90s sitcom Dinosaurs yet? A: This might be a question for the Jim Henson Workshop. Fun fact: Kevin Clash, who's the voice of Elmo, was also the voice of Baby Sinclair. And Jessica Walter (of Arrested Development) was the voice of the mother. HH: I'm sure it's on the horizon since we are apparently officially in the midst of a serious worldwide franchise shortage. I will officially volunteer us to provide the soundtrack for the inevitable gritty, sexy reboot. (I mean have you seen Riverdale, the gritty, sexy Archie reboot? Anything is possible.) The theme song will be called "Nobody's Baby" and will be in the style of Julee Cruise and everyone will wear black leather jackets and white undershirts in a very sexy James Dean kind of way. Also, if you don't have a physical copy of our album, Baby Sinclair fans should check out the art on the inner sleeve. FLR: Do you ever get tired of answering dinosaur questions? Will your choice of band name haunt you for the rest of time? HH: No and no. Since we are from the Land Before Time I'm not totally sure yet what this "time" thing is but I'm sure I'll figure it out one of these days. (Sorry to the random person on Tumblr I stole that joke from.)

FLR: What's your earliest musical memory? N: The first songs I wrote were entirely MIDI, written in a sheet music editor. Sadly they were lost forever in the mp3.com buyout of 2001. I thought I had a cassette copy but I went back to my parents' house in D.C. this past summer and the cassette is gone too. After that era I started recording angsty stuff with a beat-up acoustic guitar and some ill-conceived "rapping." Unfortunately there are surviving copies of that. A: Dancing around the living room to my dad's old boogie-woogie records when I was three or four. HH: They gave us recorders in grade school because the only thing better than one five year-old playing the recorder is fifteen of them all at once so I clearly recall making some really avant-garde noise rock as part of my early musical education. Also one of our music teachers was a grad student at the UC Berkeley School of Music and wrote an opera called The Nightingale that he made us learn, like a troupe of performing opera monkeys. FLR: What song have you listened to the most this year? HH: I went to look at my Spotify stats and some of my top tracks in recent months have been: Frankie Cosmos- "Fool", Big Thief - "Masterpiece", X - "The World's A Mess, It's In My Kiss", Eux Autres - "Other Girls", and Jens Lekman - "To Know Your Mission." N: I'm also enjoying the new Jens Lekman album! Crying's Beyond The Fleeting Gales has been the album that has hardly left my car stereo this year. FLR: What's one question you've never been asked in an interview that you would love to be asked someday? HH: You are standing in front of two doors. Behind one lies immeasurable riches, behind the other lies certain death. There are two guards guarding the doors, one sworn to always lie and one sworn to always tell the truth, but you don't know which is which. What is the best song ever written, and why is it "Africa" by Toto? N: If we're ever interviewed by Nardwuar [The Human Serviette] I hope he knows that I dressed as him for Halloween once. HH: Also I think Paul and Anneliese were hoping to do a Jerry Springer-style interview someday with paternity tests and chair fights in front of a studio audience. FLR: What does 2018 look like for Gentle Brontosaurus? I know you're working on your sophomore album. N: We've started recording out at Cal's parents' barn in Cambridge, WI. You must have seen the big chart on Facebook. Once we get that released I think we're hoping to go out on tour again. Maybe reconnect with some of the folks we met on the road in 2016 or maybe play some shows around the upper midwest where we actually haven't been yet. FLR: The first album came on CD with a piece of toast. Will the new album come as a download code in a jar of jam? N: If someone bought our toast in 2015 and is still hanging onto it in 2018, I don't think jam is going to make it edible. HH: I'm not really into jam bands. Gentle Brontosaurus on Bandcamp Gentle Brontosaurus on Facebook

[atiny-piratequeen]

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[gettin-a-lil-hanse]

Love Me

Pairing: No Pairing (Seonghwa and Mingi centric)

Genre: Angst?

Word Count: 1.4k 

Summary: Mingi has been pining for Seonghwa for a very long time :)

Tags/Warnings: Unrequited Feelings, College AU, Mentions of alcohol, Intoxication/Being Drunk, Suggestive Content (Nothing happens, just some things were said)

A/N: It’s only been about 84 years since I’ve written anything but I’ve de-crusted my shell of a brain and we’re getting back into it.

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Mingi stared at Seonghwa from across the food court, sighing wistfully and eliciting a groan from Yeosang, who sat next to him. 

“Why won’t you just go ask him already? I swear you do this every day and it’s making my lunch taste awful.”

“Because why would I do that?”

“So you can stop irritating the shit out of me. Besides, what have you got to lose?”

“My dignity.”

“Oh boohoo, you barely have any to begin with.”

“Remind me again why the fuck we’re friends?”

“Because I’m the only person willing to put up with your shit for this long. Who else would do it for eight years and counting?”

Mingi huffed and pushed his food away, muttering under his breath, “You’re insane if you think I’m doing that.”

“Sometimes being insane is the way to go. You’ll never know if you don’t try, right?”

Mingi groaned and dropped his head down to the table. He knew Yeosang was right, and he hated it. He had had the biggest crush on Seonghwa for a few years, but he felt as if he could barely look or talk to him without getting shy. He’s made a fool of himself in front of the other plenty of times since they’ve met. He’s sure Seonghwa only sees him as the bumbling fool that he occasionally has classes with and sometimes has to tolerate for the sake of their friend circle. 

They have a few mutual friends, forcing them to interact in certain situations. Study groups, hangouts, parties, and even the occasional club meeting. But for some reason, the elder just seemed out of reach to him. There was one night that changed things for Mingi just the slightest bit. 

The only time he’d felt close to him was when he’d taken him back to his dorm after a party to make sure he got there safe. The elder and their friends had gotten incredibly drunk and Mingi, one of the few sober people, offered to get him to bed. Seonghwa could barely stand, leaning heavily on Mingi as he almost dragged him to his car. It was a bit of a hassle to get him sat and buckled in, but he eventually succeeded and was soon on the road back to the campus.   

“Mingi… has anyone ever told you how— how pretty you are?” Seonghwa slurred as Mingi helped him out, hiccuping every few words. 

Mingi knew that these were nothing more than the words of a drunk and that he shouldn’t believe anything the man was saying. Nonetheless, his face burned pink, and he turned away, smiling.

“No, and I’m sure you won’t remember telling me either.” Mingi chuckled.

“I mean it! Really!” He hiccuped again, a pout forming on his lips. “And you’d look even prettier in my bed.”

Mingi choked, head snapping towards the other. He doesn’t mean it, Mingi told himself. He shook his head and continued hauling him towards his dorm. Once they reached the entrance, Mingi carefully felt Seonghwa’s pockets for his wallet, fishing it out and pulling out the key card to get in. 

Seonghwa giggled, clumsily reaching across his shirt. “Here? Really?”

“NO!” Mingi’s eyes went wide, holding his arms still. “No, hyung, we’re not doing anything anywhere. I just need to get you inside okay?”

Seonghwa pouted again, deflating against and making himself impossibly heavier. Mingi managed to get him into the elevator, through the hallway, and into his dorm in relative peace. Once the door shut, Mingi guided him straight to the bed and sat him down against the wall. 

He immediately moved around the neat room, thinking about what Seonghwa would do if he were sober. He gathered his pajamas, painkillers, and a glass of water. 

“Hyung, I’m gonna change your clothes okay?” He spoke slowly, gently as he climbed onto the bed. “Just changing your clothes, nothing else okay? And then we’ll get you comfortable in bed so you can rest.” 

Mingi continued to talk mindlessly through everything he did, face aflame at every inch of exposed skin, but remained respectful. Once he was changed, Mingi held the glass carefully to his lips.

“Have some water; it’ll make you feel better. At least it should help a bit….” 

Though he was a bit clumsy at first, spilling water around his mouth and down his shirt collar, he had eventually drank enough to satisfy Mingi. Glass set aside, Mingi climbed off the bed and helped Seonghwa lie down slowly so as to not make him feel sick. He pulled the blanket up over him and sat at the edge of the bed. 

“Mingi…?”

“Yes hyung?”

“You’re a….” Seonghwa began to doze, fighting to keep his eyes open. “You’re a good guy….”

Mingi smiled and carded a hand through his hair gently. “Get some rest hyung.”

Mingi waited there until Seonghwa fell asleep, hand still in his hair until he stood up. Keeping his footsteps as light as possible, he grabbed a trash can and put an extra bag inside before placing it beside his bed. He set the painkillers beside the glass of water on the dresser, along with his wallet, keycard, and his phone, putting it on the charger. 

With one last look at Seonghwa’s sleeping form, Mingi left his room and closed the door behind him, and started on his way home. 

That was about a month or so ago now, and though they never brought it up passed that following day—all Mingi told him was that he brought him home and got home comfortable—Mingi couldn’t shake the feeling that the elder’s drunken stammering had some truth or meaning to it. After all, they do say that the truth may come out when one is drunk. So maybe he had a chance?

Considering Yeosang’s words, he sighed and stood up. His friend’s eyes widened, shock evident on his face. He didn’t think Mingi would do it now. Mingi made his way across the food court, heart pounding and his hands sweating as his sight zeroed in on Seonghwa. Seonghwa turned and smiled as he watched Mingi approach. 

“Hey Mingi, what’s up?”

“Hyung, could I talk to you for a second please?”

Seonghwa’s smile faltered the tiniest bit, brows furrowing in concern. 

“Is everything alright?”

“Y-Yes! No, of course! It’s nothing bad! I just wanted to run something by you real quick. Please?”

Seonghwa’s smile brightened, and he nodded, standing from his seat and following Mingi to an empty hallway off to the side, away from onlookers.

“What’s this about, Mingi?”

Mingi kept his eyes downcast on his fingers, taking a moment to think about what he wanted to say. He really hadn’t thought this far ahead, but it was now or nothing.

“Mingi..?”

“I really like you, hyung; I have for a while now. I know this is a long shot, but I was wondering if I— if maybe you, too— um….”

“Ah, Mingi… I suspected that you had some feelings for me recently… I’m flattered, really, and I appreciate the interest, but….”

Mingi deflated, shaking his head. 

“It’s okay. You don’t feel the same way. I get it. I took a chance. It’s okay.”

Mingi lifted his face, a broken little smile on his lips.

“I just hope this won’t make things awkward between us.”

Mingi didn’t even wait for a response before making his way back to the table where Yeosang sat, holding his smile. 

“Mingi! How’d it….” Yeosang paused when he saw the first tear fall from Mingi’s eye. “Oh, Mingi…”

Mingi didn’t even bother to respond, grabbing his bag and walking away silently. Yeosang deflated, cleaning up their trash quickly before following after him. 

“Mingi wait!” Yeosang called after him, jogging to catch up. 

Seonghwa felt horrible; the image of Mingi’s broken sad smile burned into his brain. He swore he saw tears in his eyes. 

Yeosang felt terrible but more so guilty. He’d gotten Mingi’s hopes up and practically set him up for failure. And despite all this—despite the hurt he felt for seeing his closest friend in so much pain and seeing him so broken, he couldn’t help the wave of relief that washed over him. He knew it was cruel, but he didn’t think he could take having his best friend—the love of his life—taken away from him just yet. And he didn’t think he’d ever be ready. He’d help him through any heartbreak he had to, but he would never confess. Never. He refused to be the guy Mingi fell for only in a time of desperation and vulnerability. Yeosang would not be the rebound guy, but he was so desperately in love with his best friend that it hurt. Maybe they could just hurt together.

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@atiny-piratequeen @atiny-dazzlinglight @jacksons-goddess-gaia

[huanglaoshu]

Plus sides of this method, I spent a couple seconds each grinning stupidly at:

"Madly Singing in the Mountains" ed. by Ivan Morris

"Writing Women in Modern China" ed. by Amy D. Dooling & Kristina M. Torgeson

"The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye" by Sonny Liew

The 2003 "Pocket Oxford Chinese Dictionary" (it went to China with me! I am so fond of it. Like stupidly fond, I think I will cry with how fond I am feeling right now.)

"Culinary Austria" (cookbook by "Krenn" publishing house, no author listed. Do I use it? No. Does it make me grin stupidly? Yes.)

"Design of Machine Elements," a 1947 printing (Have I read it? No. Does it make me grin stupidly? Apparently!)

I applied Marie Kondo's methods to my books and have a stack of 62 books in the middle of my floor that I'm considering following through on getting rid of.

My god is this stressing me out.

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‘Saga,’ Sonny Liew, Jill Thompson take home 2017 Eisner Awards

Sonny Liew, Jill Thompson and the team behind Saga all took home multiple awards last night at the 28th annual Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards at Comic-Con International in San Diego.

Saga took home four awards, including Best Continuing Series and Best Writer for Brian K. Vaughan, while artist Fiona Staples won Best Cover Artist and Best Penciller/Inker. Liew ‘s awards for his graphic novel, The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, included Best Writer/Artist, Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia, and Best Publication Design. And Jill Thompson was recognized three times: for Best Single Issue/One-Shot for her work on Beast of Burden: What the Cat Dragged In, Best Graphic Album—New for Wonder Woman: The True Amazon and Best Painter/Multimedia Artist.

Several comics legends were also honored at the ceremony. Jack Kirby and William Messner-Loebs both received the Bill Finger Excellence in Comics Writing Award, while Walt Simonson, Jim Starlin, Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez, George Perez, Milt Gross, H.G. Peter, Antonio Prohias and Dori Seda were all inducted into the Hall of Fame.

The Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award, created to honor those people in comics and the popular arts who have worked to help others, went to Joe Ferrara, for his work in prostate cancer awareness, and Mark Andreyko for curating the Love Is Love anthology after the Pulse nightclub shooting. Love is Love also won for best anthology.

Other awards presented at the ceremony include the Will Eisner Spirit of Retailer Award, which went to Comicazi in Somerville, Massachusetts, and the Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award, which wnet to Anne Szabla, writer/artist of Bird-Boy.

Here’s the complete list of all nominees, with the winners bolded:

Best Short Story “The Comics Wedding of the Century,” by Simon Hanselmann, in We Told You So: Comics as Art (Fantagraphics) “The Dark Nothing,” by Jordan Crane, in Uptight #5 (Fantagraphics) “Good Boy,” by Tom King and David Finch, in Batman Annual #1 (DC) “Monday,” by W. Maxwell Prince and John Amor, in One Week in the Library (Image) “Mostly Saturn,” by Michael DeForge, in Island Magazine #8 (Image) “Shrine of the Monkey God!” by Kim Deitch, in Kramers Ergot 9 (Fantagraphics)

Best Single Issue/One-Shot Babybel Wax Bodysuit, by Eric Kostiuk Williams (Retrofit/Big Planet) Beasts of Burden: What the Cat Dragged In, by Evan Dorkin, Sarah Dyer, and Jill Thompson (Dark Horse) Blammo #9, by Noah Van Sciver (Kilgore Books) Criminal 10th Anniversary Special, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Image) Sir Alfred #3, by Tim Hensley (Pigeon Press) Your Black Friend, by Ben Passmore (Silver Sprocket)

Best Continuing Series Astro City, by Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson (Vertigo/DC) Kill or Be Killed, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Image) The Mighty Thor, by Jason Aaron and Russell Dauterman (Marvel) Paper Girls, by Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang (Image) Saga, by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (Image)

Best Limited Series Archangel, by William Gibson, Michael St. John Smith, Butch Guice, and Tom Palmer (IDW) Briggs Land, by Brian Wood and Mack Chater (Dark Horse) Han Solo, by Marjorie Liu and Mark Brooks (Marvel) Kim and Kim, by Magdalene Visaggio and Eva Cabrera (Black Mask) The Vision, by Tom King and Gabriel Walta (Marvel) We Stand on Guard, by Brian K. Vaughan and Steve Skroce (Image)

Best New Series Black Hammer, by Jeff Lemire and Dean Ormston (Dark Horse) Clean Room, by Gail Simone and Jon Davis-Hunt (Vertigo/DC) Deathstroke: Rebirth, by Christopher Priest, Carlo Pagulayan, et al. (DC) Faith, by Jody Houser, Pere Pérez, and Marguerite Sauvage (Valiant) Mockingbird, by Chelsea Cain and Kate Niemczyk (Marvel)

Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 8) Ape and Armadillo Take Over the World, by James Sturm (Toon) Burt’s Way Home, by John Martz (Koyama) The Creeps, Book 2: The Trolls Will Feast! by Chris Schweizer (Abrams) I’m Grumpy (My First Comics), by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm (Random House Books for Young Readers) Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea, by Ben Clanton (Tundra)

Best Publication for Kids (ages 9-12) The Drawing Lesson, by Mark Crilley (Ten Speed Press) Ghosts, by Raina Telgemeier (Scholastic) Hilda and the Stone Forest, by Luke Pearson (Flying Eye Books) Rikki, adapted by Norm Harper and Matthew Foltz-Gray (Karate Petshop) Science Comics: Dinosaurs, by MK Reed and Joe Flood (First Second)

Best Publication for Teens (ages 13-17) Bad Machinery, vol. 5: The Case of the Fire Inside, by John Allison (Oni) Batgirl, by Hope Larson and Rafael Albuquerque (DC) Jughead, by Chip Zdarsky, Ryan North, Erica Henderson, and Derek Charm (Archie) Monstress, by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Image) Trish Trash: Roller Girl of Mars, by Jessica Abel (Papercutz/Super Genius) The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, by Ryan North and Erica Henderson (Marvel)

Best Humor Publication The Further Fattening Adventures of Pudge, Girl Blimp, by Lee Marrs (Marrs Books) Hot Dog Taste Test, by Lisa Hanawalt (Drawn & Quarterly) Jughead, by Chip Zdarsky, Ryan North, Erica Henderson, and Derek Charm (Archie) Man, I Hate Cursive, by Jim Benton (Andrews McMeel) Yuge! 30 Years of Doonesbury on Trump, by G. B. Trudeau (Andrews McMeel)

Best Anthology Baltic Comics Anthology š! #26: dADa, edited by David Schilter and Sanita Muizniece (kuš!) Island Magazine, edited by Brandon Graham and Emma Rios (Image) Kramers Ergot 9, edited by Sammy Harkham (Fantagraphics) Love Is Love, edited by Marc Andreyko (IDW/DC) Spanish Fever: Stories by the New Spanish Cartoonists, edited by Santiago Garcia (Fantagraphics)

Best Reality-Based Work Dark Night: A True Batman Story, by Paul Dini and Eduardo Risso (Vertigo/DC) Glenn Gould: A Life Off Tempo, by Sandrine Revel (NBM) March (Book Three), by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell (Top Shelf) Rosalie Lightning: A Graphic Memoir, by Tom Hart (St. Martin’s) Tetris: The Games People Play, by Box Brown (First Second)

Best Graphic Album—New The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, by Sonny Liew (Pantheon) Black Dog: The Dreams of Paul Nash, by Dave McKean (Dark Horse) Exits, by Daryl Seitchik (Koyama) Mooncop, by Tom Gauld (Drawn & Quarterly) Patience, by Daniel Clowes (Fantagraphics) Wonder Woman: The True Amazon by Jill Thompson (DC Comics)

Best Graphic Album—Reprint Demon, by Jason Shiga (First Second) Incomplete Works, by Dylan Horrocks (Alternative) Last Look, by Charles Burns (Pantheon) Meat Cake Bible, by Dame Darcy (Fantagraphics) Megg and Mogg in Amsterdam and Other Stories, by Simon Hanselmann (Fantagraphics) She’s Not into Poetry, by Tom Hart (Alternative)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material Equinoxes, by Cyril Pedrosa, translated by Joe Johnson (NBM) Irmina, by Barbara Yelin, translated by Michael Waaler (SelfMadeHero) Love: The Lion, by Frédéric Brémaud and Federico Bertolucci (Magnetic) Moebius Library: The World of Edena, by Jean “Moebius” Giraud et al. (Dark Horse) Wrinkles, by Paco Roca, translated by Erica Mena (Fantagraphics)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, by Sonny Liew (Pantheon) Goodnight Punpun, vols. 1–4, by Inio Asano, translated by JN PRoductions (VIZ Media) orange: The Complete Collection, vols. 1–2, by Ichigo Takano, translated by Amber Tamosaitis, adaptation by Shannon Fay (Seven Seas) The Osamu Tezuka Story: A Life in Manga and Anime, by Toshio Ban and Tezuka Productions, translated by Frederik L. Schodt (Stone Bridge Press) Princess Jellyfish, vols. 1–3 by Akiko Higashimura, translated by Sarah Alys Lindholm (Kodansha) Wandering Island, vol. 1, by Kenji Tsuruta, translated by Dana Lewis (Dark Horse)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips (at least 20 years old) Almost Completely Baxter: New and Selected Blurtings, by Glen Baxter (NYR Comics) Barnaby, vol. 3, by Crockett Johnson, edited by Philip Nel and Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics) Chester Gould’s Dick Tracy, Colorful Cases of the 1930s, edited by Peter Maresca (Sunday Press) The Realist Cartoons, edited by Paul Krassner and Ethan Persoff (Fantagraphics) Walt & Skeezix 1931–1932, by Frank King, edited by Jeet Heer and Chris Ware (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books (at least 20 Years Old) The Complete Neat Stuff, by Peter Bagge, edited by Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics) The Complete Wimmen’s Comix, edited by Trina Robbins (Fantagraphics) Fables and Funnies, by Walt Kelly, compiled by David W. Tosh (Dark Horse) Trump: The Complete Collection, by Harvey Kurtzman et al., edited by Denis Kitchen and John Lind (Dark Horse) U.S.S. Stevens: The Collected Stories, by Sam Glanzman, edited by Drew Ford (Dover)

Best Writer Ed Brubaker, Criminal 10th Anniversary Special, Kill or Be Killed, Velvet (Image) Kurt Busiek, Astro City (Vertigo/DC) Chelsea Cain, Mockingbird (Marvel) Max Landis, Green Valley (Image/Skybound), Superman: American Alien (DC) Jeff Lemire, Black Hammer (Dark Horse); Descender, Plutona (Image); Bloodshot Reborn (Valiant) Brian K. Vaughan, Paper Girls, Saga, We Stand On Guard (Image)

Best Writer/Artist Jessica Abel, Trish Trash: Roller Girl of Mars (Papercutz/Super Genius) Box Brown, Tetris: The Games People Play (First Second) Tom Gauld, Mooncop (Drawn & Quarterly) Tom Hart, Rosalie Lightning: A Graphic Memoir (St. Martin’s) Sonny Liew, The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye (Pantheon)

Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team Mark Brooks, Han Solo (Marvel) Dan Mora, Klaus (BOOM!) Greg Ruth, Indeh (Grand Central Publishing) Francois Schuiten, The Theory of the Grain of Sand (IDW) Fiona Staples, Saga (Image) Brian Stelfreeze, Black Panther (Marvel)

Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art) Federico Bertolucci, Love: The Lion (Magnetic) Brecht Evens, Panther (Drawn & Quarterly) Manuele Fior, 5,000 km per Second (Fantagraphics) Dave McKean, Black Dog (Dark Horse) Sana Takeda, Monstress (Image) Jill Thompson, Wonder Woman: The True Amazon (DC); Beasts of Burden: What the Cat Dragged In (Dark Horse)

Best Cover Artist (for multiple covers) Mike Del Mundo, Avengers, Carnage, Mosaic, The Vision (Marvel) David Mack, Abe Sapien, BPRD Hell on Earth, Fight Club 2, Hellboy and the BPRD 1953 (Dark Horse) Sean Phillips, Criminal 10th Anniversary Special, Kill or Be Killed (Image) Fiona Staples, Saga (Image) Sana Takeda, Monstress (Image)

Best Coloring Jean-Francois Beaulieu, Green Valley (Image/Skybound) Elizabeth Breitweiser, Criminal 10th Anniversary Special, Kill or Be Killed, Velvet (Image); Outcast by Kirkman & Azaceta (Image/Skybound) Sonny Liew, The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye (Pantheon) Laura Martin, Wonder Woman (DC); Ragnorak (IDW); Black Panther (Marvel) Matt Wilson, Cry Havoc, Paper Girls, The Wicked + The Divine (Image); Black Widow, The Mighty Thor, Star-Lord (Marvel)

Best Lettering Dan Clowes, Patience (Fantagraphics) Brecht Evens, Panther (Drawn & Quarterly) Tom Gauld, Mooncop (Drawn & Quarterly) Nick Hayes, Woody Guthrie (Abrams) Todd Klein, Clean Room, Dark Night, Lucifer (Vertigo/DC); Black Hammer (Dark Horse) Sonny Liew, The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye (Pantheon)

Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism The A.V. Club comics coverage, including Comics Panel, Back Issues, and Big Issues, by Oliver Sava et al. Comic Riffs blog, by Michael Cavna Critical Chips, edited by Zainab Akhtar (Comics & Cola) PanelPatter.com, edited by Rob McMonigal WomenWriteAboutComics.com, edited by Megan Purdy and Claire Napier

Best Comics-Related Book blanc et noir: takeshi obata illustrations, by Takeshi Obata (VIZ Media) Ditko Unleashed: An American Hero, by Florentino Flórez and Frédéric Manzano (IDW/Editions Déese) Krazy: George Herriman, A Life in Black and White, by Michael Tisserand (Harper) The Life and Legend of Wallace Wood, vol. 1, edited by Bhob Stewart and J. Michael Catron (Fantagraphics) More Heroes of the Comics, by Drew Friedman (Fantagraphics)

Best Academic/Scholarly Work Brighter Than You Think: Ten Short Works by Alan Moore, with essays by Marc Sobel (Uncivilized) Forging the Past: Set and the Art of Memory, by Daniel Marrone (University Press of Mississippi) Frank Miller’s Daredevil and the Ends of Heroism, by Paul Young (Rutgers University Press) Pioneering Cartoonists of Color, by Tim Jackson (University Press of Mississippi) Superwomen: Gender, Power, and Representation, by Carolyn Cocca (Bloomsbury)

Best Publication Design The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, designed by Sonny Liew (Pantheon) The Complete Wimmin’s Comix, designed by Keeli McCarthy (Fantagraphics) Frank in the Third Dimension, designed by Jacob Covey, 3D conversions by Charles Barnard (Fantagraphics) The Realist Cartoons, designed by Jacob Covey (Fantagraphics) Si Lewen’s Parade: An Artist’s Odyssey, designed by Art Spiegelman (Abrams)

Best Webcomic Bird Boy, by Anne Szabla Deja Brew, by Teneka Stotts and Sarah DuVall (Stela.com) Jaeger, by Ibrahim Moustafa (Stela.com) The Middle Age, by Steve Conley On Beauty, by Christina Tran

Best Digital Comic Bandette, by Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover (Monkeybrain/comiXology) Edison Rex, by Chris Roberson and Dennis Culver (Monkeybrain/comiXology) Helm, by Jehanzeb Hasan and Mauricio Caballero On a Sunbeam, by Tillie Walden Universe!, by Albert Monteys (Panel Syndicate)

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