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Bibhu Mohapatra Fall 2019: Beauty is the elixir for an embittered world
15 February 2019 12:32 PM | No CommentsMid-winter of discontent, the footwear has flattened. The fur has fauxed. And yet Bibhu Mohapatra leans into opulence for his Fall/Winter 2019 collection.
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PyeongChang 2018: Virtue, Moir win gold in ice dance
03 February 2019 4:14 AM | No CommentsTessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada became the most decorated figure skaters in Olympic history. Check out our photos and videos from South Korea.
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Film Review: Lee Lik-chi’s “The Lucky Guy” (行運一條龍)
27 January 2019 1:17 PM | No CommentsStephen Chow fans who have not seen his 1998 film “The Lucky Guy” can rejoice: the movie will be re-issued on DVD and Blu-Ray in time for the Lunar New Year.
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Jeju Noodle Culture Street (국수거리) gogi-guksu – South Korea
13 January 2019 12:39 PM | No CommentsJeju Noodle Culture Street is a walkable stretch of 11 restaurants celebrating a dish unique to the island: gogi-guksu, or Japanese-style noodles with pork soup.
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Meniscus Magazine’s Top 10 articles of 2018
02 January 2019 6:05 PM | No CommentsThree reviews of Korean films made it to the list (proving the continued global influence of South Korean cinema) as well as three articles about food (proving that our readers are very hungry people).
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Books & Literature Archive
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Graphic Novel Review: Paper Girls, Vols. 1-2
Rex BaylonPosted on June 17, 2017 | No CommentsPaper Girls is a work of unparalleled beauty that plumbs the depths of teenage ennui to present us with a story of four girls. -
Graphic Novel Review: Monstress, Vol. 1
Rex BaylonPosted on June 17, 2017 | No CommentsMonstress, Vol. 1, is a mature work of fantasy and the steampunk genre. It takes the historical and makes it mythic. -
Singapore Contemporary 2017 / PHOTO17: Daido Moriyama
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on May 14, 2017 | No CommentsDaido Moriyama made his mark after capturing scenes of post-war Japan, searching for the sinister and the haunting in a teetering urban landscape. -
Art Stage Singapore 2017: Sai Hashizume – Beautiful Stranger
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on May 13, 2017 | No CommentsThe book examines a decade of work by Sai Hashizume, who places her viewers as uncomfortable near-participants in hyperreal pieces resembling photography. -
Graphic Novel Review: Bitch Planet, Vol. 1
Rex BaylonPosted on May 12, 2017 | No CommentsKelly Sue DeConnick’s graphic novel Bitch Planet (2014-ongoing), is an unabashed celebration to the harridan, hellcat vixens of the female sex. -
Graphic Novel Review: Daytripper
Rex BaylonPosted on May 10, 2017 | No CommentsDo any of us really take full advantage of all that life we’ve been given to live? That is the question which plagues the main character in Daytripper. -
Graphic Novel Review: Kill or be Killed, Vol. 1
Rex BaylonPosted on May 9, 2017 | No CommentsEd Brubaker and Sean Phillips' most recent collaboration is a vigilante thriller in the vein of ‘70s classics like Taxi Driver or Death Wish. -
Graphic Novel Review: “Deadly Class” Vols. 1-3 (Issues 1-16)
Rex BaylonPosted on November 28, 2015 | No CommentsLike the '80s high school milieu it is set in, Deadly Class is a brutal heartbreaking read that will be an essential part of any comic fan's library. -
Graphic Novel Review: “Velvet” Vols. 1-2 (Issues 1-10)
Rex BaylonPosted on November 23, 2015 | No CommentsIt's not such a leap that Ed Brubaker would yet again craft an engaging noirish thriller for his readers in Velvet, an ongoing series that began in 2013. -
Book Review: The Knockoff by Lucy Sykes and Jo Piazza
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 26, 2015 | No CommentsWith an assured, comedic and terrifying look at the tech changes sweeping the fashion industry, Sykes and Piazza leave no stone unturned in The Knockoff.
