IN THE MIND OF A COMIC ARTIST: 2008

Saturday, December 20, 2008

WAJAH BARU UTOPIA™

Finally... I'm back with UTOPIA™ magazine. Masa mula dilancarkan dalam majalah GEMPAK™ hinggalah ia diterbitkan sebagai stand-alone magazine, Ayour bersama team asal (termasuk editor Kit) dah merasai susah-payah memikirkan camner nak create image UTOPIA™ yang mampu menarik perhatian pembaca majalah hiburan tapi dalam masa yang sama mengajak sekali menghayati selitan-selitan komik Gempak Starz™. Sekarang Ayour kembali menerajui majalah UTOPIA™ bagi tahun 2009 dengan wajah & konsep baru.

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

WONDERFUL GIRL...

While browsing to check over fans talk abt me, I passed over her blog. TQ for blogging these pics. Chibi Ma Lady... keep blogging ya! Thanx for event review! Check it at....

http://chibimoni.blogspot.com/2008/07/wonderful-peoples.html

Thursday, October 30, 2008

MANA PERGI FAKHRUL ANOUR?!

Ramai dok tanya apa dah jadi dengan Fakhrul Anour ni? Senyap jer tak melukis komik. Dah jadi 'THE COFFIN' ke?! Excuse me weihhh! Hidup lagi kawan ni. Sebenarnya, Ayour bukan taknak melukis, memang nak produce komik² baru. Memang dah ada dah stok² komik kat rumah tu untuk di submit kepada Slaium (Editor Komik GEMPAK STARZ™). Dia (Slaium) pun dah tengok & dia sendiri dah fed up nak tunggu. Lagi fed up tentulah Mr. Botak. Namun trimas kepada diorang yang sabar jer memandangkan alter ego Fakhrul Anour iaitu Ayour tengah busy dengan projek² baru GEMPAK STARZ™. Apa² hal where was I back in 2007, 2006, 2005 & 2004?! Haaa... Don't ask... just check over it at http://www.myspace.com/fakhrulanour

Dalam tempoh 30 minit, Ayour siap warnakan artwork yang Ayour lukis untuk salah 1 cerpen kolum Pentas Realiti back in.... errr 2003? Guna Adobe Photoshop jer...

A NEW REVOLUTION FOR MALAYSIA COMIC INDUSTRY

8 years in this Malaysia Comic Industry, 1 thing I have to say... I'm lucky to be here with Art Square Group who really works their best to ensure that our local comic industry grows larger not only in our own land but also to other region. Started with GEMPAK™ magazine 10 years ago, there are pros & cons but I'm grateful nothing can breakdown the majority of souls in this team. Whatever people said or demands that we have to bare, slowly we are making progress & improvement. There are things we need to sacrifice but with God's will, we are moving forward & POPCORN™ is our latest prove.

With local price of RM15.90, do u think it's expensive? In my years of experience, with a comic magz with such printing quality & size, I would say this is affordable. Browsing at Kino looking for similar magz with such price, only POPCORN™!

10 years GEMPAK STARZ™ has been doing comic magazines for majority readers of 7 - 25 years old, Mostly for casual readers who prefer fun drawing & commercial storyline. Now after long demands from our local profesional comic artists, finally we published an international standard magazine only for such artists. Most importantly, we not only prefer to buy the artworks & own the copyright but we also publish artworks for those who doesn't want to sell it so they can own the copyright (but free promotion!). Clearly said, POPCORN™ can be your platform to promote your high quality talent in a bigger level. For GEMPAK STARZ™, all we have to do is to ensure that POPCORN™ can reach where we want it to be reach... even US market!

More on POPCORN™ in GEMPAK™ issue 215 (1st November 2008) & issue 216 (15th. November 2008). Especially during its' first launched during '100% GEMPAK STARZ™' exhibition at Dasein Academy, Wangsa Maju, Setapak KL.

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

IN 'THE COFFIN' WITH ANANDA & EKACHAI

Seriously 8 years in this publishing line, as GEMPAK™'s sub-editor then editor, I guess my 1st job doing interview with celebrity was somewhere in 2002 (if not mistaken!). It was with Jason Lo at Snychrosound Studios, accompanied by my former 2nd editor (Kit). Since then... I less fond of such interview when Jason read less comics & said he hardly read GEMPAK™ for he was not so fluent with Malay language. Oppss...! But u are a great celebrity Jason. I love your musics! I have both of your album. Was it 2?!

How about Siti Nurhaliza?! Nope! I just accompanied Hype!'s editor, Megat for the interview in Bangkok during MTV Asia Awards 2006. But I did interviewed Slank, Indonesia most legendary rock band. Trust me, my interview always turns to become like friends reunion.

Therefore same goes to my interview with Ananda Everingham & Ekachai Uekrongtham during their promotion tour of 'THE COFFIN' at Berjaya Time Square. Me accompanied by my 2 writers; Kero & Harry was the last group to be given an exclusive interview along with The Star Two team. Anyway, all I can say Ekachai Uekrongtham & Ananda Everingham are my cliques! They really talk about comic, manga, anime & videogames! Wanna find out more? I'll let u know soon.... where to get it!

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MIND OF A COMIC ARTIST

Have you ever thought that a comic artist's mind is much more deeper than anyone of you can ever imagine? This is what makes me complicated & that's why I want you to know me here. What do I have in mind? Something to share before I leave. But thoughts recorded here remain, till terminate... till death do us part.

[MINDA SEORANG ARTIS KOMIK
Pernahkah kau terfikir bahawa minda seorang artis komik begitu mendalam berbanding sesiapa yang kau terbayangkan? Inilah yang membuatkanku rumit & kerana itu aku mahu kau mengenaliku di sini. Apa yang ku fikirkan? Sesuatu untuk dikongsi sebelum aku pergi. Tetapi ingatan-ingatan yang terakam kekal di sini, sehingga padam... hingga maut memisahkan kita.]

SYMBIOTIC OF LOVE

'Being cute doesn't mean you're adorable, being handsome doesn't mean you're tough, being gorgeous doesn't mean you're attractive, being pretty doesn't mean you're sweet! Once again I want to remind you that I'm not taken by anyone physical beauty unless for flirt favor. But if I'm taken by the beauty of your heart, compared to your physical beauty, then I'm glad for the great package of you! Though love doesn't need a package to lure me... '

[SIMBIOTIK CINTA
Tampak genit tidak bermaksud kamu menarik, tampak tampan tidak bermaksud kamu gagah, tampak mengagumkan tidak bermaksud kamu memikat, tampak cantik tidak bermaksud kamu manis! Sekali lagi ku berpesan bahawa aku tidak mudah terpedaya dengan keindahan fizikal sesiapa kecuali atas alasan berpoya-poya. Tetapi jika aku terpikat dengan keindahan hatimu, berbanding keindahan fizikalmu, maka aku bersyukur dengan pakejmu yang hebat! Walaupun cinta tidak perlukan pakej untuk mengumpanku...]

PANDICULATION

There are those who claimed I have the charisma that can attract people to get into the crowd & listen to my words. Yes, I believe I do have such power... alhamdulillah. I can even make people fall in love with me desperately while I'm still walking gracefully towards my dream unassuaged by their sincerity. But this charisma is God's gift, I will not use it by force demand, only by fair request & I agree to fulfill.

[PANDIKULASI
Mereka bilang aku punya karisma yang bisa memikat manusia hadir berkelompok mendengar bicaraku. Ya, aku percaya aku punya kuasa itu... alhamdulillah. Malah aku bisa bikin manusia jatuh cinta padaku sesungguhnya sedang aku terus berjalan penuh gaya ke arah mimpiku, tidak terpujuk oleh ketulusan mereka. Namun karisma ini anugerah-Nya, tidak akan ku rela bila dipaksa, hanya dengan seadil permintaan & aku redha memenuhinya.]

ASPIRATION

You said "Maybe I'm not so lucky in love..." Truth is all those time when you're into someone, it was because of pleasure & admiration. Once you had it, you fell even deeper for the imperfect of perfection & you thought that's true love. Yet such love is breakable, turned you into despair for a pleasure of admiration & blinds your way to see your true love who is waiting in despair yet unbreakable...

[ASPIRASI
Kau berkata "Mungkin aku tidak bertuah dalam cinta..." Sebenarnya ketika kau taksub kepadanya, adalah kerana kesenangan & kekaguman. Bila sudah memiliki, kau merasa yang terdalam dengan ketidaksempurnaan yang sempurna & kau sangka itu cinta sejati. Namun cinta itu amat rapuh, menjadikan kau kecewa pada kesenangan mengagumi & membutakan jalanmu melihat cinta sejati yang sedang menanti dalam kecewa tidak terapuhkan...]

BURLESQUE

"3x I've made love confession & none replied that they love me too, still they stick on me like lovers. But I never stuck on them when being unanswered didn't develop my motivation, though funny how they got miserable for that. More than 3x I heard love confession from others & none I replied, but they stuck on me until they got miserable!"

[BURLA
"3x aku mengaku cinta & tiada seorang pun mengaku yang sama, namun tetap mereka terikat denganku bagaikan kekasih. Namun aku leraikan ikatan itu bila perakuan tanpa sambutan tidak membina motivasiku, walaupun kelakar melihat mereka porak-peranda kerana itu. Lebih daripada 3x aku mendengar perakuan cinta mereka namun tiada satu pun aku sambut, tetapi mereka terus terikat padaku sehingga porak-peranda!"]

INTENTION

"Let me put it this way... you're not God whom I verbally confess my love & I don't expect to get verbal reply, yet my heart still believe I'm loved without doubt cause God don't hate. So if I verbally confess my love to you, don't expect me to believe you love me too if you're not verbally reply me because I couldn't compare you with God!"

[NIAT
"Beginilah... kau bukan Tuhan yang bisaku perakui cintaku secara lisan tanpa mengharap balasan yang sama, namun hatiku masih percaya aku dicintai sesungguhnya kerana Tuhan tidak membenci. Maka jika aku mengaku cinta kepadamu secara lisan, jangan harap aku bisa percaya kau mencintaiku juga tanpa jawapan lisanmu kerana aku tidak tega membandingkanmu dengan Tuhan!"]

SIREN

"I only want to be happy with what I do & if you're not happy with it please help yourself & get out! As far as I know you need help & I need to do my work, so what's it gonna be? Try to ruin my life just because you're not happy with how good my life is not an option to make yourself happy, I promise you'll be worse! Think of spider, ant & bee; I may look easy to be crushed but please doubt the fragility."

[SIREN
Aku hanya ingin bahagia dengan apa yang ku lakukan & jika kau tidak bahagia kerana itu, maka sila bantu dirimu sendiri & keluar! Setahu aku, kau perlukan bantuan & aku perlu laksanakan tugasku, jadi apa kesimpulannya? Cuba menghancurkan hidupku hanya kerana kau tidak bahagia dengan caraku bukan caramu untuk bahagia, percayalah kau pasti merana! Fikirkan lelabah, semut & lebah; aku mungkin kelihatan senang dipijak namun sila ragui kerapuhan itu."]

REGIME

"I recall that a common piece of advice was to restrain oneself from excessive knowledge. Knowledge leads to unhappiness & makes people permanently dissatisfied. I eventually came to realize that the origin of such poisonous belief was some people's desire to have others fall into their power."

"Saya teringat pada satu nasihat yang menahan seseorang daripada ilmu yang berlebihan. Ilmu membawa kepada kesedihan & membuat orang tidak berpuas hati selamanya. Saya akhirnya menyedari bahawa asal-usul kepercayaan beracun itu adalah keinginan sesetengah orang untuk melihat orang lain jatuh ke dalam kuasa mereka."

— Pramoedya Ananta Toer (The Mute's Soliloquy)

IN THE MIND OF A COMIC ARTIST