Five artists reflect on how COVID-19 has changed life in Southeast Asia.

Author Archives: James Tan
Born in Singapore, James Tan works as an illustrator and comic artist. He likes to draw and gets his inspirations while watching people and stirring his kopi siew dai at the kopitiam. Find him on Instagram as @jamestandraws.
An Otter’s Tale
An otter in Singapore can live a good life as a minor celebrity, but what of other wildlife on the island as the city-state continues to build and develop?
“No One Should Have to be Super in Order to be Human”
The story of a Singaporean family, adapted from Teo You Yenn’s book of essays “This Is What Inequality Looks Like”.
Malay in the Modern World
Singaporean cartoonist James Tan’s unnamed fictional protagonist explores what it means to be a Malay in the modern world.