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August 7, 2026

Unpacking the Magical Girl genre

What is the Magical Girl genre? Cute, whimsical, and magical. Originally targeted at young adolescent girls, the Magical Girl genre has now taken popular culture (...)

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May 29, 2026

[PRESS RELEASE] SUGAR, SPICE, BUT NOT EVERYTHING IS NICE: MONSTER MAYHEM STRIKES IN MAGICAL SWEET GULA

29 May 2026, Singapore — Johanes Park and Jessica Leman, the Indonesian husband-wife creative team behind Magical Sweet Gula, will be serving up a second (...)

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April 19, 2026

[PRESS RELEASE] Level Up: Difference Engine Launches Multi-Medium Video Games Anthology featuring Nebula and World Fantasy award-winning creators

19 April 2026, Singapore — Singapore-based independent comics publisher Difference Engine is thrilled to launch Free to Play: A Video Games Anthology, its first collection (...)

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February 10, 2026

Dance, dreams, and statelessness: creator chat with Aime and Bonni

Tell us about yourselves and what "Syncopation" is about! Aime: I’m Aime, an advocate on the issue of statelessness in Malaysia, specifically in the Sabah (...)

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January 28, 2026

[PRESS RELEASE] BIGGER, BOLDER WORLDS: DIFFERENCE ENGINE PRESENTS FOUR NEW TITLES IN 2026

28 January 2026, Singapore — Difference Engine is thrilled to announce its 2026 catalogue featuring four titles by creators from Singapore, Southeast Asia, and for (...)

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November 4, 2025

[PRESS RELEASE] Consortium to Distribute Award-Winning Singaporean Graphic Novel Publisher Difference Engine

4 November 2025 — Difference Engine will begin distribution with lauded independent distributor Consortium, an Ingram company, effective January 1st, 2026.  Consortium strives to share (...)

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September 19, 2025

✂️ Yap & Scrap ✂️Junk Journalling with LONGKANGBRAIN

We know you have old receipts in that one compartment of your bag or leftover packaging from used-up tissue packs and boxes of snacks. Typically (...)

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September 6, 2025

[PRESS RELEASE] It’s About Time: Finding New Rhythms in “DELAY: A Comics Anthology”

6 September 2025, Singapore — The wait is nearly over: Following a successful open call drawing over 80 comic pitches from creators across Southeast Asia, (...)

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July 24, 2025

Revealing the creators for Free to Play: A Video Games Anthology

Building on video game culture, experimentation, and play, Difference Engine will be bringing a new collection of stories in Free to Play: A Video Games (...)

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July 15, 2025

[PRESS RELEASE] It’s (Not Always) Fine: New Graphic Medicine Anthology “How Are You Feeling?” Centres Lived Experiences

15 July 2025, Singapore — Difference Engine’s DE Shorts range of comics is getting upsized in the Singapore-based Southeast Asian comics publisher’s newest title, How (...)

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