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some movies i watched this year.. one of my faves was probably charisma (by kurosawa kiyoshi). this is just new watches but also special mention to peking opera blues restoration.. was rly happy to get to see that in a theater
December 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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some close-ups...
a close-up of a panel of a field of grain, vines on a wall, and stylized gut-like pattern close-up of a panel of a mountain's reflection in water, with a twisting rope and a maple seed overlaid close-up of a panel with a stylized comet, a pattern of red dots & lines, and a cracked goblet over flames close-up of a panel with a rotting peach, and a moon pattern over tree branches
December 29, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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gathering / winding / echoing / wearing / turning / anchoring - forgot i never posted the full set of prints from my residency this past summer. you can see them on my site: formyths.com/promises

5 color risograph prints (mint, bright olive green, medium blue, bright red, hunter green)
six riso prints, with borders of stylized, symbolic panels around a central image
December 29, 2025 at 9:22 PM
formyths.bsky.social
put some 2026 calendars up for sale (US shipping only, will ship after dec 25) @ shop.formyths.com

if you're outside the US or want to DIY also made a printable version @ formyths.itch.io/2026-calendar
calendars made of dates arranged in a maze-like pattern on a grid
December 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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2nd edition of Skinning, with red endpapers + single color riso black ink interiors. 16 pages, 5.5×7in, saddle stitched
cover for Skinning by A Liang Chan, with drawings of fire and a figurine of an animal missing its head in panels, in red and black ink on pale brown paper. interior pages, including an intense red endpaper, and comic panels printed in black ink. interior pages, with single small illustrated panels on the left, and comic pages on the right. back cover, with a panel showing a single tooth on the ground. text: "A Liang Chan 2024, formyths.com, second edition 2025"
December 19, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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calendar for externalizing the relentless passage of time (fill in each box per day etc).... risograph printed with blue + black ink on light blue + kraft tone cardstock
a calendar made of numbers arranged in a continuous maze-like pattern on a grid, riso printed in blue ink on light blue cardstock the same calendar in black ink on kraft brown, with some of the days colored in
December 4, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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will also have a curated selection of riso prints (may be slightly different) - i never really fully unpack tabling stock though so i may have more options behind the table, just ask
December 1, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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going on a coast to coast comics tour this month @ MICE dec 6-7 and then CALA dec 13-14. will have my new mini minicomics collection Formless Formless, 2nd editions of Skinning, print editions of 2021 comic Viscera, + the 2 other new not technically comics books i made this year....
A Liang Chan / @formyths 2025 December Shows: Massachusetts Indie Comics Expo @ 47A, december 6-7; Comic Arts LA @ 40A, december 13-14. the text in laid out in an ASCII art book selection of available books
December 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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the man without a map (1968, dir. teshigahara hiroshi) #watching
the top of a man's face is just visible over an extremely blurred close-up of a shoulder a man in a suit kneels facing another kneeling man, whose shadow forms a 3rd figure on the empty wall to the right passerby walk by large glass windows, buildings visible on the other side and reflections of a mountain scene making the depth unclear a woman's face extremely out of focus so it's just a blur, a fountain running in the background
November 29, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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new minicomic(s) - Formless Formless is a collection of 1-10 page exercises and experiments, partly made to try to get back into making comics again. About: a dream, a deal, fish, telling stories, remembering, or more. 24 pages, 5×7in, risograph printed in black (interiors) + bright gold (covers)
riso-printed cover for Formless Formless by A Liang Chan: the title is in spiky vertical almost illegible lettering in gold-brown, under small panels in black with snippets of scenes. Interior cover with table of contents and a fragmented comic of meeting someone you don't remember in a dream. A comic spread: "Sympathy" in lettering made of broken branches. A villager walks through a forest and finds a goose-like bird with an arrow through its neck, which begins to speak. A comic spread: on the left is a full page of the sky over the ocean, a silhouette looking out over the perfectly centered horizon. On the right, 3 people on an island go about various tasks, and meet on a terrace for a meal.
November 25, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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was possessed and will have something new for mice..
riso printed comic pages in progress on a work table
November 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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new professional artist portrait
pixelated scribbly trackpad drawing of a person with short hair hunched over reading
November 15, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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18 / 25-11 / everlasting

is it over yet? 4 colors - lime, raspberry, medium blue, black. november's monthly riso print. will be taking december off so this is the last print for the year, more info @ patreon.com/formyths
ruined rows of arches rise around a darkened pool, the last colors of sunset fading into purples, blues, and black. a jagged constellation hangs in the night, reflected in the dark water below.
November 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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exiled / i've heard the ammonite murmur / transcending dimensions / back home
fountain pen sketch of theater seats with someone looking at their phone in green ink sketch of a DIY screening space interior in gray ink sketch of the exterior waiting area of a theater sketch of an emergency exit near the stage, and rows of seated people with a blotch of ink
November 3, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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17 / 25-10 / transcribe

some touch yet remains. 4 color bright olive green, copper, hunter green brown). october's monthly risograph print, more info @ patreon.com/formyths #riso
a riso print split into 2 panels: in the top, twisting pine branches partially cover mountains in the distance. below, a round pot with a short narrow neck decorated with a triangular design like stylized peaks, on a background of brown and dark green.
October 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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also just throwing this out there but i do enjoy doing hand lettering/ title treatment and may possibly be interested in doing it for other people #portfolioday
October 14, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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some new/old things i'm putting together for mice/cala - 2nd edition copies of Skinning (1 color black riso interiors), + a very limited print run of Viscera, my 2nd ever long form comic from 2021...
Skinning, a riso printed zine in black & red, and Viscera, a short comic - the cover is intense pink & black, with ribs framing a figure facing away
October 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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another "i have a newsletter" reminder.. i've started putting together a little watching/reading list at the bottom of each one if ur interested in this sort of thing ---> updates.formyths.com
read: Kiss of the Spider Woman, Manuel Puig; House of Leaves, Mark Z. Danielewski; The Gulf, Adam de Souza; Abara, Nihei Tsutomu; A Sunny Place for Shady People, Mariana Enriquiz watch: Transcending Dimensions + 9 Souls, Toyoda Toshiaki - really love 9 souls + what I've seen of Toyoda's earlier work + was excited to get to see him talk a little about his new film; Solaris, Andrei Tarkovsky read: Dawn, Octavia Butler; Blame!, Nihei Tsutomu; the Viriconium books, M. John Harrison; The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, Stephen Graham Jones watch: Cloud, Kurosawa Kiyoshi; Peking Opera Blues, Tsui Hark - a fave of mine so was super happy to get to see the restoration in theaters; Linda Linda Linda, Yamashita Nobuhiro - another fun restoration rewatch; Back Home, Tsai Ming-Liang
October 2, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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return to tradition (no computer riso).... will have 2nd edition copies of skinning (single color/saddle stitched) @ mice + cala later this year
a printed stencil placed on a riso scannerbed in progress riso comic pages in black ink
September 26, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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16 / 25-09 / eventual

the days loom long behind you. 4 colors (yellow, mint, bright olive green, copper). september's monthly print - more info @ patreon.com/formyths #riso
a riso print: a towering cloud in an ochre yellow sky, grasslands stretching below. an inset panel: a rabbit leaping through grass, in front of a smaller version of the cloud. another panel within: an oval divided into 12 sections like a clock.
September 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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promises - new zine / riso object made as part of my residency at the risolab, you can read more about it on my site formyths.com/promises

24 sheets, 4.25×5.5in
mist + brown ink (+ bright olive green, medium blue, bright red on endpaper)
single hole punch + ball chain loop with cover cut-out
a zine bound with a loop of ball chain like a ring of flashcards, with dark grey covers and "PROMISES" "A Liang Chan" arranged in a grid around a cutout to a colorful gradient. Lighter pages with brown ink are fanned out beneath. an interior page - an illustration of a tree bending over a winding river in a valley, 13 moons in an arch within, in a panel. "wearing smooth, each moment leavings its" is printed in reverse on the back of the page so it's faintly readable over the panel. more pages: a symbol of an endless spiral; an ancient-style pair of scissors closing over a thread; an abstracted design of guts
September 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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selfsame - 3 color riso print in fluorescent yellow, red, + federal blue
a riso print in moody dark blue-green, red, and yellow: in a large panel, lush trees & bushes give way to darkness, snaking red lines inscribed on the scene. smaller panels show fasciated plants & eyes, stretching hands, a cross section of flesh, a collection of seedpods & cells.
July 29, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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designed a poster for print slam 22 @ the sva risolab - riso printed with mist, light lime, and brown
a poster for print slam 22 @ the risolab, in brown, bright lime, and cool gray, featuring ASCII text art of a risograph printer, a pair of hands, eyes, a clock, and a door
July 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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12 / 25-05 / ladder

time unfurls. 3 color riso print (lime, bright red, cornflower). may's print, for anyone who's signed up for the print club by end of month: patreon.com/formyths #riso #art
a risograph print: the moon hangs between rocky cliffs, a winding path of moonlight reflected in the sea below. a small inset panel shows a ghostly figure, and tiny dashes of red are scattered over the lower left part of the scene. a top border has stylized patterns of raindrop ripples.
May 21, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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11 / 25-04 / uncertain

ruin, upheaval, catastrophe, revelation, possibility. 4 color riso print (fluorescent orange, light lime, cornflower, bright gold). april's print patreon.com/formyths #riso #art
a risograph print: on the left in golden-brown ink, lightning strikes amidst billowing clouds. on the right, oval frames contain a kaleidoscope of colorful, abstract glimpses in soft blurs.
April 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM