The comic collection

A little less literal.

The island’s everyday absurdities, drawn out. Each comic comes with a story.

An illustrated detour

Let the island
surprise you.

One comic. A whole story behind it.

A blue Singapore taxi followed by a grey paper sickness-bag taxi at a taxi stand

Jerky Driving: Why Singapore Taxi Rides Make Me CarsickRead the story →

A blue Singapore taxi followed by a grey paper sickness-bag taxi at a taxi stand

Jerky Driving: Why Singapore Taxi Rides Make Me Carsick

Read the story →Fig. 02

Illustration of an emergency cabinet containing a grill spatula beneath the words In Case of Burger Emergency, Break Glass

When I Want a Proper Burger in Singapore, I Go to Wildfire

Read the story →Fig. 03

Editorial comic of a hotel bed balanced across two moving trucks on a quiet Singapore condominium access road

How We Moved House in Singapore — and Learned About False Economy

Read the story →Fig. 04

Editorial comic of a Singapore schoolboy sitting on a giant potato in a calm school canteen

Apocalypse, Singapore-Style: One Day Without Milk and Eggs

Read the story →Fig. 05

Editorial comic of a twelve-compartment cabinet displaying everyday Singapore oddities, including a taxi roof light and a high-CO2 room

12 strange things about Singapore I still can’t get used to

Read the story →Fig. 06

Airy editorial illustration of Alexander Vertinsky as Pierrot imagining a storm over the Singapore River, with a banana and lemon on his desk

Singapore in Song: Unraveling Vertinsky’s ‘Banana-Lemon’ Metaphor

Read the story →Fig. 07

Editorial comic of a giant tissue box with wheels parked like a vehicle in a quiet Singapore HDB car park

The Singapore parking-space story that set people talking

Read the story →Fig. 08

Editorial comic of a giant nasi lemak jigsaw puzzle with a mismatched egg piece on a hawker-centre table

Strange ingredients of Nasi Lemak

Read the story →Fig. 09

Editorial comic of a man touching both terminals of a small Krona battery with his tongue

My choice: Chili oil wonton

Read the story →Fig. 10

Editorial comic of an electronics explorer dusting off a retro game console displayed like an archaeological find at Sim Lim Square

Sim Lim: A time capsule of electronics

Read the story →Fig. 11

Editorial comic of a shopper facing a giant blank rice bag in a Singapore supermarket aisle

Rice shopping confusion

Read the story →Fig. 12

Editorial comic of a Roman-style condominium pool arch repaired with a giant adhesive bandage

Villa Marina: Vintage condo in Siglap

Read the story →Fig. 13

Editorial comic of a long single-file queue of residents waiting at one tiny entrance gate beneath an enormous condominium facade

City Square Residences: Little India 🇮🇳

Read the story →Fig. 14

Editorial comic of a real-estate picture frame making a tiny condominium pool look like a tropical resort

Palmera Residence: One apartment viewing

Read the story →Fig. 15

Editorial comic of rainbow-bread ice cream and a premium ice-cream tub balanced on a seesaw in Singapore

Why ice cream in bread is not for me

Read the story →Fig. 16

Editorial comic of a giant stone statue holding an elevator while blocking a father with a folded stroller

Annoying elevator etiquette

Read the story →Fig. 17

Editorial comic of a shopper facing endless museum shelves of whole eggs receding into the distance

Egg lover’s paradise

Read the story →Fig. 18

Editorial comic of three children and a backpack-wearing horse studying at outdoor desks on Dempsey Hill

Invictus International School (Dempsey Hill)

Read the story →Fig. 19

Airy editorial comic of an open durian producing separate aroma visions of beef goulash and a cream-filled chocolate éclair

Durian taste anomaly

Read the story →Fig. 20

Editorial comic of the mythological Atlas carrying a globe while an Atlas Bar doorman points to a formal dress-code sign

Atlas Bar in Singapore: an Art Deco favourite

Read the story →Fig. 21

Editorial comic of an ordinary pint displayed on a museum pedestal behind a velvet rope in a Singapore bar

Expensive beer in bars

Read the story →Fig. 22

Editorial comic of a giant pink piece of chewing gum wedging open MRT train doors in Singapore

Chewing gum ban in Singapore

Read the story →Fig. 23

Editorial comic of a Juicy Fruit packet carrying a suitcase and passport being refused by an automated airport gate in Singapore

Singapore rules: myth versus reality

Read the story →Fig. 24

Editorial comic of a crowned xiao long bao dumpling sitting alone in a bamboo steamer beside vinegar and ginger

The best dumplings: Xiao Long Bao

Read the story →Fig. 25

Editorial comic cutaway of a Singapore condominium tower with a glowing garbage chute from kitchen to bin

Garbage chute right in the kitchen

Read the story →Fig. 26

Editorial comic of a parent tapping an oversized bank card against a maple-tree payment terminal as a child enters school

CIS — Canadian International School (Tanjong Katong)

Read the story →Fig. 27

Editorial comic of four school backpacks camping in line outside a locked Singapore school gate before dawn

Singapore public schools

Read the story →Fig. 28

Editorial comic of a Shiba Inu lying on a therapist's couch while an older dog takes notes

A local news story that became unexpectedly big

Read the story →Fig. 29

Editorial comic of a century egg celebrating its 100th birthday in a light Peranakan room, wearing glasses and a knitted shawl beside a cane and cake

Century eggs

Read the story →Fig. 30

Editorial comic of a Singapore condominium tower unfolding a swimming pool, treadmill and barbecue

What is a condo?

Read the story →Fig. 31

Editorial comic of a family crossing calm water on a raft made from six suitcases toward a Singapore condominium pool

How did I move to Singapore?

Read the story →Fig. 32

Editorial illustration of motionless wind indicators on a high-floor East Coast balcony overlooking the sea

There’s no wind on the East Coast

Read the story →Fig. 33

Editorial comic of a commuter in a laurel wreath hailing three Singapore taxis that bow like Roman courtiers

How to hail a taxi

Read the story →Fig. 34

Editorial comic of a fried egg cooking on a thermometer while a fish swims inside a hygrometer

Hot and humid

Read the story →Fig. 35

Editorial comic of an empty-handed burglar politely backing away from a completely open shop behind a Closed, please do not enter sign

Safe Singapore: No locks!

Read the story →Fig. 36

Editorial illustration of a stingray hovering like a UFO over a banana-leaf plate and a bowl of sambal

Tasty BBQ stingray

Read the story →Fig. 37

Editorial comic of a tiny Singapore island stretching out a giant arm to shake a newly arrived traveller's hand

Hello, Singapore

Read the story →Fig. 38

Editorial comic of a lowercase i offering a flower to the number 2 while the number 1 stands between them

i12 Katong — what does this name mean?

Read the story →Fig. 39

Editorial illustration of the upper deck as a small cinema, with another bus filling the view

Seeing Singapore from the top of a double-decker bus

Read the story →Fig. 40

Editorial comic of a fair-haired man riding his recovered turquoise bicycle at night while his childhood self smiles from a Singapore pavement

My bicycle was stolen in Singapore

Read the story →Fig. 41

Cartoon of a collapsed Singapore apartment block with a stack of bomb shelters still standing

A bomb shelter inside my Singapore apartment

Read the story →Fig. 42

Editorial comic of a carrot groom and cake-slice bride holding a plate of Singapore chai tow kway

Fried carrot cake in Singapore: no carrot, no cake

Read the story →