19 episodes
Episode 1
BIRD
Feb 13, 2016276 views
Episode 2
GODOT
Feb 14, 201693 views
Episode 3
TONGUE
Feb 14, 201659 views
Episode 4
MAP
Feb 14, 201662 views
Episode 5
DEAF
Feb 14, 201645 views
Episode 6
BATH
Feb 14, 201654 views
Episode 7
COCKROACH B
Feb 14, 201654 views
Episode 8
EMPTY
Feb 14, 201656 views
Episode 9
ESCALATOR
Feb 14, 201641 views
Episode 10
COCKROACH A
Feb 14, 201650 views
Episode 11
END
Feb 14, 201641 views
Episode 12
CAT
Feb 14, 201646 views
Episode 13
DRILL
Feb 14, 201647 views
Episode 14
FISH-MAN
Feb 14, 201653 views
Episode 15
HAND
Feb 14, 201654 views
Episode 16
KIDDING
Feb 14, 201655 views
Episode 17
SONG
Feb 14, 201648 views
Episode 18
SOUND TOUR
Feb 14, 201648 views
Episode 19
STARLIGHT
Feb 15, 2016444 views
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Graphic Novel Journal@Sean McGurr:[China X'perience] a graphic novel by SAM SEEN.
One of the great things about comics is that if the story telling is good, it doesn't matter if the artist and the reader share the same language. The ideas can be conveyed through images. Sometimes this can be a bad thing (as with the recent controversy over the Danish cartoons), but for Malaysian self-publisher Sam Seen's new book China X'perience (2006, Way Publications, Web site) the lack of words doesn't hinder the reading of the stories at all. The book is made up of nineteen short stories (approximately 2-4 pages) that, other than an English title and a short quote, are completely wordless. The lack of words adds to the surreal nature of the stories. In "Bath" a man looks into the drain while taking a shower and gets sucked in. "Fish Man" has a man swimming through the ocean. He eventually grows gills, scales, and a tail before becoming a fish. Other stories are even creepier involving disembodied arms, cockroaches, and murders. It is Seen's art that creates the mood. The protagonist looks to be the same in most of the stories: a bald man with a rarely expressive face. The relatively simple art, but clear story telling, puts the focus on the strange situations the character finds himself encountering. Seen obviously has a creative mind. Each of the stories is unique and has a dreamlike (or nightmare-like) quality. Ignore the title, these stories are universal, and hunt out this book.
China X'perience 3.5 stars (out of 5) posted by Sean McGurr.
March 02, 2006
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Graphic Novel Journal@Sean McGurr:[China X'perience] a graphic novel by SAM SEEN.
One of the great things about comics is that if the story telling is good, it doesn't matter if the artist and the reader share the same language. The ideas can be conveyed through images. Sometimes this can be a bad thing (as with the recent controversy over the Danish cartoons), but for Malaysian self-publisher Sam Seen's new book China X'perience (2006, Way Publications, Web site) the lack of words doesn't hinder the reading of the stories at all. The book is made up of nineteen short stories (approximately 2-4 pages) that, other than an English title and a short quote, are completely wordless. The lack of words adds to the surreal nature of the stories. In "Bath" a man looks into the drain while taking a shower and gets sucked in. "Fish Man" has a man swimming through the ocean. He eventually grows gills, scales, and a tail before becoming a fish. Other stories are even creepier involving disembodied arms, cockroaches, and murders. It is Seen's art that creates the mood. The protagonist looks to be the same in most of the stories: a bald man with a rarely expressive face. The relatively simple art, but clear story telling, puts the focus on the strange situations the character finds himself encountering. Seen obviously has a creative mind. Each of the stories is unique and has a dreamlike (or nightmare-like) quality. Ignore the title, these stories are universal, and hunt out this book.
China X'perience 3.5 stars (out of 5) posted by Sean McGurr.
March 02, 2006
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