It was an honor and a pleasure to visit the prestigious National University of Singapore  with khun Cue and 15 junior students in the International Program of Communication Management (Faculty of Communication Arts, Chulalongkorn University), and to give a short lecture on the development of Thai Comics during the first half of the 20th century. Our warm thanks to our host Associate Professor Dr. Ian Gordon, Head of the Department of History (NUS), and to Associate Professor Dr. Titima Suthiwan, Director of the Centre for Language Studies (NUS). We also want to thank Singaporean comics scholar Lim Cheng Tju for his presentation on “Consumption of Manga and Anime in Singapore”! Glad we were able to share perspectives on South-East Asian Comics, Manga and… Superman (as Dr. Ian Gordon is the author of Superman: The Persistence of an American Icon)!

Singaporean comics scholar Lim Cheng Tju holding his presentation on “Consumption of Manga and Anime in Singapore”.

Yours truly introducing CommArts “Graphic Writing” course to our hosts.

Slide from the presentation on Thai Comics (and localized American superheroes).

Discussion with Associate Professor Dr. Ian Gordon, Head of the Department of History (NUS).

This faculty field trip also gave me the opportunity to prepare our CommArts students for next semester’s Creative/Graphic Writing for Printed Matter course! Comics Shopping Day in Singapore!

Comics Shopping Day in Singapore; at GnB Comics, at Comics World, and at Kinokuniya.

Comics Shopping Day in Singapore; at GnB Comics, at Comics World, and at Kinokuniya.

Comics Shopping Day in Singapore; at GnB Comics, at Comics World, and at Kinokuniya.