Yep! Strange Symmetry is back! First page loaded this week. Update will continue every Saturday. If you haven’t read the first chapter, come on over to comics.dloartwork.com to check it out!

Phew! It has been quite a hectic few months. While working on some illustrations, I was also helping out my friend Svetlana’s, working on Witch and Wizard volume 2. Now that the work is done, I can get back on drawing some of my pages.

Recently, I did an interview with a new online magazine called Inspired Viewpoints. Although the issue was supposed to be out in March, the site was temporary down, so I stopped checking. Now, it is finally up. Anyone interested in being a comic artist might want to read my up and down journey and perhaps purchase a copy of the mag. Here’s the link: http://inspiredviewpoints.weebly.com/magazines.html

To those who donated as a sustaining reader (recurring), I have sent out email to notify you to leave me with your current address. But if your paypal email is not updated, I might not have reach you. Please send me your address to get a free copy of the book. Thanks.

For all those who are interested in buying the first volume of Magic Restore, the eShop is now open! 218 pages with color inserts. The cost is $20+ shipping. Rates depend on where you live. I am only accepting paypal at the moment. The book will ship as soon as I receive the order. Be aware that there’s no cancellation once you confirm the payment. Thank you all for your support!

Although I have been busy lately, I am finally starting the storyboarding stage of “Strange Symmetry” 2nd chapter. More new stuff coming soon!

Well, this past weekend of New York Comic Con was a blast! Our Bento Comics table sold quite a bit of books, especially the Sherlock Holmes Anthology. I met a lot of great people, from editors to artists and Con goers. It was no less memorable than SDCC a couple of years ago. There are a few complaints, but let’s get to some pics first!!!

This is the moment before chaos. On Friday, we arrived on a rainy day, and everyone began their own set up. Meanwhile, Con goers slowly coming into the show floor.

couple of minutes later, the crowd took over.

Here’s our Bento table display. There were a lot of us showing stuff. The poster for our anthology certainly attracted lots of attention. Thanks to Myung Hee Kim, who did the cover of our newest book. Also showing is Tacto on the left, Queenie on the right, Svet was hiding behind the poster, Dan Hess, George Alexopoulos not in pic, and Leisl Adams. I also met the artist Rem who just came out with something new by Yen Press.

There were so many great costumes in the show, I didn’t have much opportunity to take pictures of all the great ones. But I stopped and harassed a few to post for me.

The sheer enthusiasm of the fans are amazing. Some of the costumes were so elaborated and incredibly made, I wonder how much they spent on them.

But among all of them, the one that took my prize of the cosplay award was this wonder?? woman:

If you don’t know how angry the fans were when Jim Lee redesigned Wonder Woman with her wearing pants, well… just check out this fan’s respond!

I am not much of a Star Wars fan, but toys have changed a lot since my star wars days…

And even I don’t watch Gundam anymore, just looking at the models make me drool.

One of the people at the artist alley I enjoyed talking to were Jose Calderon and Daphne Lage of Dream Weaver Press. I picked up some samplers from them. Their works are quite awesome.

After the con is over, I have some time to reflect on their new structure. NY Anime Festival is now swallowed up with NYCC. That is supposed to be a good thing. But the way they segregated the anime fans to level 4 of the convention center, clearly showed how they undermined Anime fans. Most of Anime panels were held on the last day. The artists alley were congested. Meanwhile, they have all these anime events and panels held at an open area with sunlight overwhelming the image projection.

That clearly shows the bias of the management.

Unlike SDCC, everything was much more integrated. Events were more exciting. Panels were not just about self promotion, but intended to share and to interact. NYCC, as fun as it was, I gave you the thumbs down for your small minded and unfair treatments.