Lost and Found in Camden: Book Now Available on Amazon.com

"Lost and Found in Camden," collection of eleven stories written by eleven authors about one hot wet August weekend in Camden Lock Market, is now available on amazon.com. It's also available on Netgalley.

I had a wonderful opportunity to contribute to this project as a cover illustrator. I'd like to give many many thanks to all the contributors,  Ann E. Hacker, Anita Bihovsky, Beth Baugh, D-L Nelson, Tamara Efran, Victoria Chanin, Elke Klein, Hillary Theriault, Janice Jakubowitcz, Suzen Ziegahn, Barbara Inglis, for this opportunity.

All royalties from this project will be donated to Deutsche Krebshilfe e.V. (German Cancer Aid) for the member who passed away with cancer.


The stories are interesting and easy to get into, with lots of vivid description of the Camden market. Reading this book sure will make you want to go get lost in its wonders.


Ms. Angie Young has given a very nice review of the book in her blog, The Little Reading Cabin. Please visit her blog here.

Tibetan Folk Tales

I love eastern mythology, and lately I've been captivated by Tibetan folk tales. It's filled with exciting fantasy tales, and it has such a kind philosophy underneath. I'm getting lots of ideas and inspirations for my next graphic novel. I highly recommend the wonderful book by Fredrick and Audrey Hyde-Chambers, the collection of authentic Tibetan folklore.

Anton Chekhov

Since I read about him in Haruki Murakami's “1Q84,” and have heard in general that he is one of the true masters of writing, I have been reading Anton Chekhov this past couple of weeks. (BTW, I am extremely dissatisfied with “1Q84,” but I won't talk about it here.) I expected Chekhov's stories to be depressing, boring, and difficult to read, but it was actually a pure joy reading his stories. They are extremely enjoyable. They are worm, and depicts human nature of caring and loving. Some stories such as “Death of a clark,” “Chameleon,” and “Tragic Actor” are really funny, as Chekhov points out human elements that make us so vulnerable and imperfect, but lovable at the same time.

His stories show me that there are great conflict, tension, human drama with intensity in our daily lives. It's surprising to realize that a moment of an ordinary person's life can be more dramatic than, say, an alien invasion, or a volcano erupting.

I've enjoyed all of his stories so far, but I particularly loved “Difficult People,” and “The Student.”