Media Mentions
Difference Engine and its creators has been featured in the press. Check out some of the stories we’ve been featured in!
2023
The Straits Times (May 18, 2023)
Arts Picks: Animated short Madu, The Glasshouse’s tete-a-tetes, and Difference Engine book launches
Feature of our joint book launch for Afterlife: The Boy Next Realm and Two Tails
The Straits Times (Jan 21, 2023)
Book review: Mothers put under the spotlight in two new local picture books
Feature of Bearing Witness
2022
The Straits Times (Nov 23, 2022)
Singapore Writers Festival: Hits and misses
A listicle featuring If You Spy With Your Little Eye: A Found Comic Scavenger Hunt commissioned by Singapore Writers Festival 2022
The Straits Times (Nov 5, 2022)
Demonic co-workers abound in Work-Life Balance, a mix of prose and comics
Feature of Work-Life Balance: Malevolent Managers and Folkloric Freelancers
Frankfurt Book Fair Magazine (Oct, 2022)
Insights From Frankfurt Invitation Program Fellows
Article with insights on the publishing industry from our publisher, Felicia Low-Jimenez
The Straits Times (Jul 3, 2022)
Fun With Kids: New dinosaur-themed indoor playground, Disney+ animated series Baymax!, graphic novel
Feature of Amazing Ash & Superhero Ah Ma: Coming of Age
2021
The Straits Times (Nov 17, 2021)
Tragicomic menstrual tales from Singapore in new comic book
Feature of A Drip. A Drop. A Deluge: A Period Tragicomedy
The Straits Times (Oct 3, 2021)
A listicle featuring Marvellous Mammals: A Wild A to Z of Southeast Asia
Mothership (Sep 27, 2021)
Feature of Marvellous Mammals: A Wild A to Z of Southeast Asia
Publishers Weekly (Jun 16, 2021)
Bologna Conference Seeks Answers from the Pandemic
Highlights insights from a panel that includes our publisher, Felicia Low-Jimenez
How We Read (Jan 25, 2021)
Podcast on comics, with our publisher Felicia Low-Jimenez as an episode guest
The Straits Times (Jan 25, 2021)
Book Nook: How comics help kids love reading
Article with recommended reads which includes The Makers Club: Game On!
The Star (Jan 23, 2021)
Malaysian illustrator Charis Loke co-edits new anthology of South-East Asian comics
Feature of SOUND: A Comics Anthology
The Straits Times (Jan 23, 2021)
New comics anthology puts on the page the sounds of South-east Asia
Feature of SOUND: A Comics Anthology
2020
The Straits Times (Nov 22, 2020)
5 new local children’s books to check out over the school holidays
A listicle featuring Amazing Ash & Superhero Ah Ma
Asian Books Blog (Oct 29, 2020)
Interview with creators Melanie Lee & Arif Rafhan for Amazing Ash & Superhero Ah Ma
The Straits Times (Aug 31, 2020)
The Rise of Women in Local Comics
Featuring Difference Engine, with mentions of The Makers Club: Game On! and Amazing Ash & Superhero Ah Ma
Asia One (Jun 25, 2020)
Singapore’s Makers Club creates comic to inspire kids to explore coding video games
Feature of The Makers Club: Game On!
Geek Culture (Jun 25, 2020)
The Makers Club Comic Inspires Kids In Singapore To Explore Video Games & Coding
Feature of The Makers Club: Game On!