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colorful risograph printed stickers, in small ovals & rectangles, arranged in a group
spiral bound books with assorted riso prints being assembled
a riso print: a panel with an exterior view of a tree-shadowed wall and an open window, curtains blowing back to reveal the room inside. in the lower right, a small oval panel of a falling match. both are set against a dark brown frame with scattered points of orange and light green.
upcoming shows 2026: Stationery Fest (NY) July 30-August 1, Anime NYC August 20-23, Small Press Expo (MD) September 12-13. will have curated stock at show. info in text art of a table
"online store open until july 17, shop.formyths.com" on a printed sticker over a grid of riso prints
a drawing divided into panels: an owl watches from the shadows of trees; a torso splits open into surreal viscera; hands held over a pool liked a ringed slab of mineral; a winding path on a mountainside.
"online store open until july 17, US + some international shipping available, shop.formyths.com" on a printed sticker
a riso print divided into 3 panels: on the left, an elevated concrete roadway arcs across a sky fading into orange; smoke pours from holes in a three-legged incense holder. in the right half, yellow-brown fields stretch into erosion, and a small inset panel features a grub.
a riso print: a blurry, grainy grid of indistinct symbols and images in grays, light blue-green, and bright orange, above bands of black gradients getting progressively shorter.
graphic for "MOCCA fest 2026 @ table 44, Mar 28-29 11am-6pm" with ASCII text art book and a show map
a zine cover, "Waiting" by A Liang Chan: a drawing of an opening sketchbook, with the title falling through the pages, on brown kraft paper. Around the spine is a strip of neon yellow paper, with drawings of 2 fountain pens and "observational sketches 2024-2025" written vertically in a box.
fanart of the nausicaa manga: small inset panels of fires raging, the fungal forest, and the white glider in a blue sky, over a background of columns of petrified fungi, slowly collapsing into still water and darkness.
a riso print divided into 3 panels: a scrap of cloth caught on thorny branches and a small inset of an opened egg; a wooden ladle spilling water; bare trees reflected in a pond, the last remnants of snow on brown-green ground.
a drawing of 8 galloping horses, drawn with jagged outlines & stylized in various to mimic distance, printed in a bright red-orange and muted green
a close-up of a panel of a field of grain, vines on a wall, and stylized gut-like pattern
six riso prints, with borders of stylized, symbolic panels around a central image
calendars made of dates arranged in a maze-like pattern on a grid
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.
a calendar made of numbers arranged in a continuous maze-like pattern on a grid, riso printed in blue ink on light blue cardstock
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
the top of a man's face is just visible over an extremely blurred close-up of a shoulder
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.
riso printed comic pages in progress on a work table
pixelated scribbly trackpad drawing of a person with short hair hunched over reading
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.
fountain pen sketch of theater seats with someone looking at their phone in green ink
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.
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
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
a printed stencil placed on a riso scannerbed
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
2 risograph prints. one is a collection of images: a molted cicada shell and a bundle of plant stalks trailing off into tendrils & tied by a yellow ribbon over panels of train tracks surrounded by grass & trees under a reddish sky; the dark entrance to a tunnel; a shadowy crowd. the other shows foliage hangs around a looming cave mouth—total darkness hides whatever may be inside. in a small panel above, slashes of red spill out into swirls of teal & ochre.
using a white color pencil to lighten areas of a grayscale printout
A close up of some of the portraits from the film poster, with different characters facing away in various scenes from the film.
a risograph poster for Yi Yi, a film by Edward Yang. Small scenes of different characters facing away from the viewer are arranged in a grid, only the backs of their heads visible. Below the grid is a larger scene: empty wooden chairs in a room, a doorway open to daylight outside.
A Liang Chan / @formyths @ MOCCA fest 2025 @ table 18, Mar 15-16 NYC - a promo graphic featuring a table map
the cover for Acrophobia, by A Liang Chan, a tall, narrow zine: sunset clouds, framed in an oval, are printed on slate blue paper. The title & author in small black bubbled text at the top and bottom. A faint pattern of asterisks stretches over everything.
a riso print in light lime and pastel warm grays: icon-like silhouettes of creatures in the sea, beasts on the earth, and birds in the air are arranged in layers, a spiral unfurling above.
a riso print in dark blue: a snake coils in a labyrinthian design, overlaid with the shadow of a branch, a halved plum in the upper right corner. crop & registration marks in red from a previous project are visible on one edge.
Goodbye Dragon Inn, directed by Tsai Ming-Liang
a red envelope with a gold foil design of a curling snake, framed by tree roots. a sheet of 5 stickers in red in gold features hands holding cards, nasi lemak, a sponge cake, beef jerky, and a bowl of pho.
3 tall, narrow zine prototypes are laid out on a wood table
a spiral bound riso-printed comic, Skinning by A Liang Chan, photographed in tree shade. the cover features flames against a blue sky & a headless figurine of a beast.
8 colorful risoprints from the past year, with various scenes & illustrations
a photo of a riso test print page, different spreads of text & drawings in black ink all layered on top of each other
bandcamp purchase page: Chemistry by Prune deer; Dennis by Sega Bodega; Raven's Letter by Rats & Pears; Moon and Moon by Lur: ; The Servile & The Clod by No Party for Cao Dong
a riso printed illustrated film poster for Sonatine, a film by Kitano Takeshi: a man in a white button up, a gun in one hand, stands knee-deep in the sea, facing towards towering clouds in muted greens & blues. an orange frisbee hangs above, and a border of paper wrestlers stand beneath
a riso print: a hazy, out of focus sunset scene with a suggestion of a landscape in intense oranges and yellows, shifting to much darker areas near the top and bottom. a narrow black panel underneath shows points of movement charted along a path.
a wide shot of a rocky area with sparse tall grasses - a girl throws a stick to a black dog, almost silhouetted against a pink-purple sunset sky.
a comet sweeps over scattered flames, suspended between a starry night sky & a nervous system. symbols (an eye, a sickle, a drop of blood, texts on a phone, a mushroom, lightning, a mirror, a bird) are arranged in small panels around the scene.
a night shot in cool teals: a silhouette of a man leaping over the edge of a boat, light reflected on the water behind him gleaming through his legs.