A dash of M.S.G (Macho Sino Girl) | A dash of M.S.G (Macho Sino Girl)

Nov.25.2009 Walking on Water I've known parent-child relationship. I've sated on the love of a man for a woman. I've experienced the regard of a mentor for a student. Rarest of all is the physician-patient communion. With a true healer, the unity goes beyond the mere verbal, even beyond touch. It is nearest to...	Feb.23.2009 Ecstasy (For Gina and Ryoma Collia-Suzuki) You can build some pretty intense friendships in Redroom--across a continent and a body of water. Gina and Ryoma Collia-Suzuki and I have shared our treasures, our dreams, our fears I introduce to them--and to you--my childhood and the lay of the land. ************* In the first five years of...
Jun.26.2008 Lear: Is 'thank you' redemption enough? Please watch Youtube video of Belle's Chinese "King Lear" a graphic novel in the making I need help with a question. Author and playwright James Whyle wrote ringingly clear about King Lear: Belle, we can't deny that terrible things happen in the story. But what is the journey...	Jun.09.2008 #4 graphic novel-in-progress: Flying Out the Window I continue to work on my graphic novel, "Forget Sorrow: A China Elegy," to be published by WW Norton and Company. I got tired of the talking heads in this section, so I threw the scene of the last panel outdoors with kids playing ball. In this panel, I directed the dialog bubble to...
Jan.05.2008 A dash of M.S.G. (Macho Sino Girl) When I lived in Beijing in the bad ol' 80's, a bunch of us Chinese-American women expats called ourselves the M.S.G. or Macho Sino Girls. When I drink too much gunpowder tea at night, I have an itch to draw cartoons to amuse myself, signing it--what else. . .