LOOMING MILESTONES, AND MISSED CONNECTIONS. RESISTING MAINSTREAM EXPECTATIONS, AND DOING LIFE AT YOUR OWN PACE. A BOOK OVERDUE, A POSTPONED RENDEZVOUS. A SINGLE MOMENT, SUSPENDED AND SEPARATED. WHAT DOES DELAY MEAN TO YOU? Difference Engine invites writers and illustrators to submit story pitches to our comics anthology, which will be published in 2025! DELAY: A Comics Anthology is an […]
This International Women’s Day, join us for a conversation about the power of women's voices in comics with creators from Difference Engine, an independent comics publisher based in Singapore. Tackling big topics through small but powerful publications within the DE Shorts imprint, Andeasyand (Creator of A Drip. A Drop. A Deluge: A Period Tragicomedy), Vinita […]
Sink your teeth into a first look at Difference Engine's new webcomic Tiger Girls, launching in July! Together with Illustration Arts Festival, we're bringing you a special live chat with Claire Low, the illustrator of Tiger Girls, as well as DE’s very own Charlene Shepherdson. The conversation will be moderated by illustrator Dan Wong! Be […]
Speculative comics are graphic narratives with a touch of science fiction and fantasy, but what makes them speculative are the questions they ask about our present world. How do speculative comics take familiar cultural myths and folklore from the past and combine them in ways that are strange and surprising? How might these combinations help […]
The glow in your chest when you find the perfect meme to explain the day you just had. The laughter that bubbles up when your friends share the same. We have all experienced how images and narratives go hand-in-hand to move our emotions. Join writing and visual art powerhouse Tania De Rozario in this four-week […]
Calling all creators! Difference Engine invites you to submit pitches for our upcoming anthology Free to Play, which will be published in 2026. Spearheaded by a dynamic team of avid gamers and multidisciplinary writers — Adan Jimenez, Daryl Lim Wei Jie, Joses Ho, and Natalie Wang — this print publication spanning fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, […]
Too big. Too small. Wanting to feel special. Never feeling enough. Let's talk about the gooey and messy parts of growing up at the book launch of To the Last Gram by debut creators Shreya Davies and Vanessa Wong ❤️🔥 Growing up as a young Indian girl in 1990s Singapore, To the Last Gram follows Divya’s coming-of-age journey as […]
