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I have always been enticed by the storytelling aspect of comics, and I am slowly working to improve my art and story-telling abilities. Currently, I'm working on China Comics as time allows. As I grow more confident in my story-telling abilities, I hope to move onto longer stories with plot and character development.

While my previous attempt at collaborating with a writer didn't quite work out, I am still open to the possibility of short writer/artist or artist/artist collaborations.

	China Comics (Nov 2008-Present) My current active project. The goal is to have anecdotal yet informative comics about China that is limited to 1 page. Covers a wide range of topics, from milk to shopping to discussions of race. I draw a new one every 2 weeks or so, as time and inspiration allows.
	Journal-esque comics (2002-Now) Small snapshots of daily life, often with humor and caricatures (chibi form). Strangely enough, the only comics of mine that has a consistent style and pacing. Emergency Pants [March 2007] Japan Trip (Day 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7) [March 2006] Two strips from 2002
	Carnation Grows Up (2004-2006) I started this collaboration project with a writer friend in the summer of 2004, and worked on it sporadically for about a year. By summer of 2005, I had finished the prologue chapter (24 pages of single-panel). We submitted to Girl-a-Matic, where it then ran from October 1, 2006 to the end of March, 2007. By then I was suffering burnout for various reasons, and stopped after I finished Chapter 1 (25 pages of multiple-panel). The Girl-a-matic archives have been lost during a re-structuring, so this is its new resting place.
	Martial Arts comics (2001-2005) I've always loved martial arts stories. And so, the desire to draw them. The furthest I've gotten was 8 pages. It often always involves a cross-dressed girl and a non-cross-dressed girl. And swords. And eating noodles. 8-hour comic [April 2005] 5 pages [July 2003] (1 2 3 4 5) (also in color, in grayscale) 1 page [2001]
	Miscellaneous comics These are all the *other* random comics. Go figure Kate Beaton style comics: Kate Beaton has an extraordinary style of humor that can be quite infectious sometimes. [Aug 2009-Present] --- Bromance of the 3 Kingdoms --- Investigating babies Urbana: character sketches + 1 page [Dec 2003-Mar 2004] 3 pages (1 2 3) involving specialized powers by evolution (no mutants here) [Nov 2003] Mao comic-- fan comic for "Strings of Fate" involving Mao poetry [Jan 2001]