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formyths @ nycc c36 @formyths.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

27 / 26-10 / bone (5/6) evening softening form; an unmeant harvest; shiver in the quiet. octobers's monthly risograph print patreon.com/formyths

a risograph print split into 4 quarters: clockwise from the top left: a hole torn in a chain-link fence over dirt, and an inset panel of a pupa-like shape; a rounded comb; two halves of a split gourd; halo around a sun in a chilly sky with wisps of clouds.

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formyths @ nycc c36 @formyths.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

26 / 26-09 / surplus / dirt beneath the nails of hands like yours. september's monthly risograph print patreon.com/formyths

a risograph print: in the main panel, an overgrown stone well amid stylized yellow-green landscape, mirrored by a black oval in the opposite corner. in smaller top panels: a gradient moving from black, a brief flash of red, then sky blue; a red cord in endless tangle.

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formyths @ nycc c36 @formyths.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

gut - 4 color risograph print (lime, aqua, bright red, brown) #dorohedoro #ドロヘドロ

risograph print of Nikaido from Dorohedoro, emerging from the hollowed half of a muscled, masked devil form. Tubes or guts rise tangling to the left, eight lizard heads growing in an arc above. A door hangs in the air, surrounded by drawings of gyoza, a chef knife, coins, a devil tumor, a clock. In the background, an oval of a void; a red horizon fading through green into darkness.

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formyths @ nycc c36 @formyths.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

"and in the end you shall outlive them" risograph, 2nd edition reprint in sunflower, light teal, burgundy red, black

willows hang like curtains over a once-grand white hall, now sinking into still dark water, grasses growing by its edges. below, a white egret-like bird, 2 heads alert and a 3rd missing from a bleeding neck, perches on twisting orange growths arching from the water.

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formyths @ nycc c36 @formyths.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

made some risograph sticker sheets! will be available @ stationery fest in in nyc @ table g13, july 30-aug 1 - will try to have any leftover online in oct/nov. sticker sheets range in size from ~3.375-4.25in by 5.5in + are 3-4 ink colors each

colorful risograph printed stickers, in small ovals & rectangles, arranged in a group

stickers on a notebook cover to show size (pretty small)

4 sheets of risograph stickers: symbols, with designs like a labyrinth, looping paths, doorways, thorns; sky, with various clouds, weather, & phenomena; forest, with trees, plants, and scribbled creatures; and emotions, with scenes like a spilled vase and curtains fluttering over an open window.

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formyths @ nycc c36 @formyths.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

put together some proof of concept sampler books with b-grades/miscuts/proofs/etc from my 2024-2025 monthly riso prints... ~3 copies will be avail @ endless editions table @ brooklyn art book fair this weekend

spiral bound books with assorted riso prints being assembled

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formyths @ nycc c36 @formyths.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

24 / 26-07 / chance the future hovers just out of sight. 4 color risograph print (fluorescent orange, mint, bright olive green, brown). Monthly print for anyone who signs up for the print subscription for July @ patreon.com/formyths

a riso print: a panel with an exterior view of a tree-shadowed wall and an open window, curtains blowing back to reveal the room inside. in the lower right, a small oval panel of a falling match. both are set against a dark brown frame with scattered points of orange and light green.

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formyths @ nycc c36 @formyths.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

next few shows: Stationery Fest (NY) - 7/30-8/1 Anime NYC - 8/20-23 Small Press Expo (MD) - 8/12-13 will be curating what i bring for different shows, eg more books at book shows - if you're not sure if i'm going to have something you can email me + i'm happy to figure out if pickup will work

upcoming shows 2026: Stationery Fest (NY) July 30-August 1, Anime NYC August 20-23, Small Press Expo (MD) September 12-13. will have curated stock at show. info in text art of a table

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formyths @ nycc c36 @formyths.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

23 / 26-06 / minor rot (3/6) someone long ago has already felt this same way. 3 color risograph print (light lime, copper, medium blue). monthly print for june, more info + sign up @ patreon.com/formyths

a riso print divided into 3 panels: on the left, an elevated concrete roadway arcs across a sky fading into orange; smoke pours from holes in a three-legged incense holder. in the right half, yellow-brown fields stretch into erosion, and a small inset panel features a grub.

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formyths @ nycc c36 @formyths.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

the print run of my 2022 dream journal is finally sold out + don't currently have plans to reprint but still like this project a lot so i've made the digital version (with all 300+ drawings) free/PWYW formyths.itch.io/dreamjournal

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formyths @ nycc c36 @formyths.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

22 / 26-05 / sequence sort for signs in the after-images. 3 color risograph print (fluorescent orange, mint, black). monthly print for may, more info + sign up @ patreon.com/formyths

a riso print: a blurry, grainy grid of indistinct symbols and images in grays, light blue-green, and bright orange, above bands of black gradients getting progressively shorter.

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formyths @ nycc c36 @formyths.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

new riso zine "waiting" - some observational fountain pen sketches from 2024-2025 drawn while filling time. 32 pages, riso printed with black, hunter green, + bright olive green to try to match the original drawing ink colors

a zine cover, "Waiting" by A Liang Chan: a drawing of an opening sketchbook, with the title falling through the pages, on brown kraft paper. Around the spine is a strip of neon yellow paper, with drawings of 2 fountain pens and "observational sketches 2024-2025" written vertically in a box.

interior of the zine: a written intro & an observational sketch from a restaurant.

sketches: the back of a table at an event, various trays of food on a table

sketches: a partly drawn riso duplicator, the interior of a theater

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formyths @ nycc c36 @formyths.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

finished reading the nausicaä manga recently and unsurprisingly liked it a lot.. 4 color risograph print (cornflower, bright olive green, bright red, hunter green)

fanart of the nausicaa manga: small inset panels of fires raging, the fungal forest, and the white glider in a blue sky, over a background of columns of petrified fungi, slowly collapsing into still water and darkness.

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formyths @ nycc c36 @formyths.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

19 / 26-02 / bruise - 3 color risograph print (light lime, copper, medium blue) february's monthly print (sign up by the end of the month to get this one) → patreon.com/formyths

a riso print divided into 3 panels: a scrap of cloth caught on thorny branches and a small inset of an opened egg; a wooden ladle spilling water; bare trees reflected in a pond, the last remnants of snow on brown-green ground.

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formyths @ nycc c36 @formyths.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

year of the horse 🔥🐎 2 color risograph print (moss + fluorescent red)

a drawing of 8 galloping horses, drawn with jagged outlines & stylized in various to mimic distance, printed in a bright red-orange and muted green

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formyths @ nycc c36 @formyths.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

some movies i watched this year.. one of my faves was probably charisma (by kurosawa kiyoshi). this is just new watches but also special mention to peking opera blues restoration.. was rly happy to get to see that in a theater

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formyths @ nycc c36 @formyths.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

gathering / winding / echoing / wearing / turning / anchoring - forgot i never posted the full set of prints from my residency this past summer. you can see them on my site: formyths.com/promises 5 color risograph prints (mint, bright olive green, medium blue, bright red, hunter green)

six riso prints, with borders of stylized, symbolic panels around a central image

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formyths @ nycc c36 @formyths.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

put some 2026 calendars up for sale (US shipping only, will ship after dec 25) @ shop.formyths.com if you're outside the US or want to DIY also made a printable version @ formyths.itch.io/2026-calendar

calendars made of dates arranged in a maze-like pattern on a grid

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formyths @ nycc c36 @formyths.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

2nd edition of Skinning, with red endpapers + single color riso black ink interiors. 16 pages, 5.5×7in, saddle stitched

cover for Skinning by A Liang Chan, with drawings of fire and a figurine of an animal missing its head in panels, in red and black ink on pale brown paper.

interior pages, including an intense red endpaper, and comic panels printed in black ink.

interior pages, with single small illustrated panels on the left, and comic pages on the right.

back cover, with a panel showing a single tooth on the ground. text: "A Liang Chan 2024, formyths.com, second edition 2025"

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formyths @ nycc c36 @formyths.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

calendar for externalizing the relentless passage of time (fill in each box per day etc).... risograph printed with blue + black ink on light blue + kraft tone cardstock

a calendar made of numbers arranged in a continuous maze-like pattern on a grid, riso printed in blue ink on light blue cardstock

the same calendar in black ink on kraft brown, with some of the days colored in

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formyths @ nycc c36 @formyths.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

will also have a curated selection of riso prints (may be slightly different) - i never really fully unpack tabling stock though so i may have more options behind the table, just ask

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formyths @ nycc c36 @formyths.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

going on a coast to coast comics tour this month @ MICE dec 6-7 and then CALA dec 13-14. will have my new mini minicomics collection Formless Formless, 2nd editions of Skinning, print editions of 2021 comic Viscera, + the 2 other new not technically comics books i made this year....

A Liang Chan / @formyths 2025 December Shows: Massachusetts Indie Comics Expo @ 47A, december 6-7; Comic Arts LA @ 40A, december 13-14. the text in laid out in an ASCII art book

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formyths @ nycc c36 @formyths.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

the man without a map (1968, dir. teshigahara hiroshi) #watching

the top of a man's face is just visible over an extremely blurred close-up of a shoulder

a man in a suit kneels facing another kneeling man, whose shadow forms a 3rd figure on the empty wall to the right

passerby walk by large glass windows, buildings visible on the other side and reflections of a mountain scene making the depth unclear

a woman's face extremely out of focus so it's just a blur, a fountain running in the background

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formyths @ nycc c36 @formyths.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

new minicomic(s) - Formless Formless is a collection of 1-10 page exercises and experiments, partly made to try to get back into making comics again. About: a dream, a deal, fish, telling stories, remembering, or more. 24 pages, 5×7in, risograph printed in black (interiors) + bright gold (covers)

riso-printed cover for Formless Formless by A Liang Chan: the title is in spiky vertical almost illegible lettering in gold-brown, under small panels in black with snippets of scenes.

Interior cover with table of contents and a fragmented comic of meeting someone you don't remember in a dream.

A comic spread: "Sympathy" in lettering made of broken branches. A villager walks through a forest and finds a goose-like bird with an arrow through its neck, which begins to speak.

A comic spread: on the left is a full page of the sky over the ocean, a silhouette looking out over the perfectly centered horizon. On the right, 3 people on an island go about various tasks, and meet on a terrace for a meal.

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formyths @ nycc c36 @formyths.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

was possessed and will have something new for mice..

riso printed comic pages in progress on a work table

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formyths @ nycc c36 @formyths.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

18 / 25-11 / everlasting is it over yet? 4 colors - lime, raspberry, medium blue, black. november's monthly riso print. will be taking december off so this is the last print for the year, more info @ patreon.com/formyths

ruined rows of arches rise around a darkened pool, the last colors of sunset fading into purples, blues, and black. a jagged constellation hangs in the night, reflected in the dark water below.

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formyths @ nycc c36 @formyths.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

exiled / i've heard the ammonite murmur / transcending dimensions / back home

fountain pen sketch of theater seats with someone looking at their phone in green ink

sketch of a DIY screening space interior in gray ink

sketch of the exterior waiting area of a theater

sketch of an emergency exit near the stage, and rows of seated people with a blotch of ink

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formyths @ nycc c36 @formyths.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

17 / 25-10 / transcribe some touch yet remains. 4 color bright olive green, copper, hunter green brown). october's monthly risograph print, more info @ patreon.com/formyths #riso

a riso print split into 2 panels: in the top, twisting pine branches partially cover mountains in the distance. below, a round pot with a short narrow neck decorated with a triangular design like stylized peaks, on a background of brown and dark green.

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formyths @ nycc c36 @formyths.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

also just throwing this out there but i do enjoy doing hand lettering/ title treatment and may possibly be interested in doing it for other people #portfolioday

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formyths @ nycc c36 @formyths.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

some new/old things i'm putting together for mice/cala - 2nd edition copies of Skinning (1 color black riso interiors), + a very limited print run of Viscera, my 2nd ever long form comic from 2021...

Skinning, a riso printed zine in black & red, and Viscera, a short comic - the cover is intense pink & black, with ribs framing a figure facing away

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formyths @ nycc c36 @formyths.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

another "i have a newsletter" reminder.. i've started putting together a little watching/reading list at the bottom of each one if ur interested in this sort of thing ---> updates.formyths.com

read: Kiss of the Spider Woman, Manuel Puig; House of Leaves, Mark Z. Danielewski; The Gulf, Adam de Souza; Abara, Nihei Tsutomu; A Sunny Place for Shady People, Mariana Enriquiz
watch: Transcending Dimensions + 9 Souls, Toyoda Toshiaki - really love 9 souls + what I've seen of Toyoda's earlier work + was excited to get to see him talk a little about his new film; Solaris, Andrei Tarkovsky

read: Dawn, Octavia Butler; Blame!, Nihei Tsutomu; the Viriconium books, M. John Harrison; The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, Stephen Graham Jones
watch: Cloud, Kurosawa Kiyoshi; Peking Opera Blues, Tsui Hark - a fave of mine so was super happy to get to see the restoration in theaters; Linda Linda Linda, Yamashita Nobuhiro - another fun restoration rewatch; Back Home, Tsai Ming-Liang

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formyths @ nycc c36 @formyths.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

return to tradition (no computer riso).... will have 2nd edition copies of skinning (single color/saddle stitched) @ mice + cala later this year

a printed stencil placed on a riso scannerbed

in progress riso comic pages in black ink

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formyths @ nycc c36 @formyths.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

16 / 25-09 / eventual the days loom long behind you. 4 colors (yellow, mint, bright olive green, copper). september's monthly print - more info @ patreon.com/formyths #riso

a riso print: a towering cloud in an ochre yellow sky, grasslands stretching below. an inset panel: a rabbit leaping through grass, in front of a smaller version of the cloud. another panel within: an oval divided into 12 sections like a clock.

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formyths @ nycc c36 @formyths.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

promises - new zine / riso object made as part of my residency at the risolab, you can read more about it on my site formyths.com/promises 24 sheets, 4.25×5.5in mist + brown ink (+ bright olive green, medium blue, bright red on endpaper) single hole punch + ball chain loop with cover cut-out

a zine bound with a loop of ball chain like a ring of flashcards, with dark grey covers and "PROMISES" "A Liang Chan" arranged in a grid around a cutout to a colorful gradient. Lighter pages with brown ink are fanned out beneath.

an interior page - an illustration of a tree bending over a winding river in a valley, 13 moons in an arch within, in a panel. "wearing smooth, each moment leavings its" is printed in reverse on the back of the page so it's faintly readable over the panel.

more pages: a symbol of an endless spiral; an ancient-style pair of scissors closing over a thread; an abstracted design of guts

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formyths @ nycc c36 @formyths.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

selfsame - 3 color riso print in fluorescent yellow, red, + federal blue

a riso print in moody dark blue-green, red, and yellow: in a large panel, lush trees & bushes give way to darkness, snaking red lines inscribed on the scene. smaller panels show fasciated plants & eyes, stretching hands, a cross section of flesh, a collection of seedpods & cells.

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formyths @ nycc c36 @formyths.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

designed a poster for print slam 22 @ the sva risolab - riso printed with mist, light lime, and brown

a poster for print slam 22 @ the risolab, in brown, bright lime, and cool gray, featuring ASCII text art of a risograph printer, a pair of hands, eyes, a clock, and a door

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formyths @ nycc c36 @formyths.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

12 / 25-05 / ladder time unfurls. 3 color riso print (lime, bright red, cornflower). may's print, for anyone who's signed up for the print club by end of month: patreon.com/formyths #riso #art

a risograph print: the moon hangs between rocky cliffs, a winding path of moonlight reflected in the sea below. a small inset panel shows a ghostly figure, and tiny dashes of red are scattered over the lower left part of the scene. a top border has stylized patterns of raindrop ripples.

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formyths @ nycc c36 @formyths.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

11 / 25-04 / uncertain ruin, upheaval, catastrophe, revelation, possibility. 4 color riso print (fluorescent orange, light lime, cornflower, bright gold). april's print patreon.com/formyths #riso #art

a risograph print: on the left in golden-brown ink, lightning strikes amidst billowing clouds. on the right, oval frames contain a kaleidoscope of colorful, abstract glimpses in soft blurs.

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formyths @ nycc c36 @formyths.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

i'm A, would love to draw some more collections of symbols & glimpses in any form (covers, posters, etc) #portfolioday formyths.com andformyths@gmail.com

2 risograph prints. one is a collection of images: a molted cicada shell and a bundle of plant stalks trailing off into tendrils & tied by a yellow ribbon over panels of train tracks surrounded by grass & trees under a reddish sky; the dark entrance to a tunnel; a shadowy crowd. the other shows foliage hangs around a looming cave mouth—total darkness hides whatever may be inside. in a small panel above, slashes of red spill out into swirls of teal & ochre.

risograph printed cover art for Side Story: an assemblage of panels showing glimpses into different scenes and symbols: ruins in an arch, a doorway over the sea, a ladder against a tree, a kite in the sky; dice, knucklebone, hourglass, clover chain.

a comet sweeps over scattered flames, suspended between a starry night sky & a nervous system. symbols (an eye, a sickle, a drop of blood, texts on a phone, a mushroom, lightning, a mirror, a bird) are arranged in small panels around the scene.

a biological tree of life poster: small panels show examples of animals from different phyla, including spiralia (octopus, giant clam), chordata (birds, mammals, fish), amblacraria (urchins, sea stars), and porifera (sponges). behind them are curving branches of a symbolic tree, in shades of blue. other panel sequences show different cellular processes, and the sun & moon in endless procession.

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formyths @ nycc c36 @formyths.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

riso printed in sunflower, bright red, + blue! forgot to take any process pics except this one if u want a glimpse into the "risograph can't connect to computer so i have to print out each layer to scan in but also i don't own a printer" editing process

using a white color pencil to lighten areas of a grayscale printout

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formyths @ nycc c36 @formyths.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

printed by lucky risograph! original poster was a private commission that i really enjoyed getting to work on

A close up of some of the portraits from the film poster, with different characters facing away in various scenes from the film.

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formyths @ nycc c36 @formyths.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

yi yi (2000, dir. edward yang) - riso printed with sunflower, aqua, bright red, + black ink #riso #art

a risograph poster for Yi Yi, a film by Edward Yang. Small scenes of different characters facing away from the viewer are arranged in a grid, only the backs of their heads visible. Below the grid is a larger scene: empty wooden chairs in a room, a doorway open to daylight outside.

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formyths @ nycc c36 @formyths.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

i'll be @ MOCCA fest this weekend Mar 15-16 @ table 18.. will have my new zines, some new riso prints, + some other new things ?? stop by and find out

A Liang Chan / @formyths @ MOCCA fest 2025 @ table 18, Mar 15-16 NYC - a promo graphic featuring a table map

a promotional graphic with various riso prints, priced from $5-$30

a promotional graphic with zines & books, stickers, and charms

a promotional graphic with two 12 by 18 posters, with the note "depending on if I have space"

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formyths @ nycc c36 @formyths.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

made a new riso zine - Acrophobia is a collection of fragments—mostly writing with some drawings and photos—all falling at varying distances from the titular theme. 28 pages, printed with mist, fluorescent orange, sunflower, sky blue, and black ink