Difference Engine

Getting your TBR list ready for 2026? We’ve got four new comics to spice up your shelf! 📚 Check out our full catalogue at differenceengine.sg/DEcatalogue #BookSky #books #comic

They say books are a portal to another world, so what more on Halloween where the veil between dimensions grows thin? 👀🔮 If you're yearning for something beyond this mortal coil, these comics might be the ride you need into another realm ✨ Check them out at differenceneengine.sg #booksky

Clocking in for another shift 🫡 Co-creator of "Work-Life Balance" Benjamin Chee (@charsiewspace.bsky.social) returns to OzAsia Festival this October for a conversation about reconnecting with your inner reader. Check out ozasia.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au for more details ✨

❗ Patch update: International servers are now available “Free to Play: A Video Games Anthology” is now available worldwide from bookshop.org and other major online retailers 📚 #booksky #anthology

To be born a girl in the Year of the Tiger is a death sentence.🐯 Happy Book BirthdayTIGER GIRLS from Felicia Low-Jimenez, Claire Low, and Taylor Esposito! Discover your fate at your local book store today More Info Here: https://bit.ly/4gZ88x6 @differenceenginesg.bsky.social

Today on SOLRAD, we feature an exclusive excerpt of The How Are You Feeling? anthology, which collects the first three issues of Difference Engine’s DE Shorts imprint solrad.co/exclusive-ex... @differenceenginesg.bsky.social

Like a scrapbook that brings together beautifully mismatched pieces, even your messiest feelings and memories have a meaningful place in your story. “How Are You Feeling? A Comics Anthology” is now available worldwide on bookshop.org and major online retailers. #booksky #mentalhealth

No RNG, no min-maxxing, just feelings 🎮✨ If you need a break from the endless scroll, grab a copy and see where your core memories take you. 🕹️ “Free to Play: A Video Games Anthology” is available for preorder worldwide at major online bookstores (link in bio) #booksky #videogames

And we’re back with a sim…sala…bim! 🪄 Here's part 2 of us taking a closer look at the iconic power magical girls bring through magic spells, outfit transformations, and embracing the cute and feminine as comfort and resistance 💫 Read the full blog post at differenceengine.sg/unpacking-th...

Lock in, chat. Here’s what the message boards have to say about “Free to Play: A Video Games Anthology”. The verdict — touching grass is great, but sometimes the best stories come from logging on and choosing your own adventure 🎮 🕹️ Available for preorder worldwide (link in bio) #booksky #anthology

There are so many fantasic titles in this presentation, we had to make it official. That's right, it's our #GN&MangaShowcase! Join us 8/18 for new 💭📚from @levinequerido.bsky.social, #SquareEnix, @boom-studios.com, @viz.com, @differenceenginesg.bsky.social, and Maverick Publishing: bit.ly/4fGyq86

Aligning satellites and fixing radio frequencies 🛰️ … Dial into our panels at @laworldcon.bsky.social from anywhere in the world and sync up with our creators for a whirlwind of science and speculative fiction! 🎟️ Tickets at www.lacon.org (link in bio) #LAWorldcon #worldcon2026

Book lover Aqilah (@aqilahreads on IG) might just be the IRL magical girl that everyone needs, and her incandescent whimsy is an affirmation of how growing up doesn't mean that we’ve outgrown the magic of middle-grade comics ✨ Watch the reel on IG (link in bio)

Can pink be a clarion call and whimsy an underrated power? If you've ever had the sneaking suspicion that there was more to your childhood obsessions than what *the adults* said about it, we're here to restore that collective magic. Look out for "Magical Sweet Gula" releasing worldwide Sep 2026 💖

You’re not seeing double 🔥🔥 Women everywhere have always been marked by history, and we’re taking our fiercest fight to the rest of the world. Read “Tiger Girls” by Felicia Low-Jimenez and Claire Low in English and Danish, now available worldwide through @maverickogn.bsky.social and Bogoo.

I know I said I was taking a break from socials, but I'm popping back in to share a couple of things. First, this excellent, thoughtful, and plain lovely review of WORK-LIFE BALANCE on @pages-and-panels.com. www.pages-and-panels.com/reviews/work...

Ken Liu @kyliu99.bsky.social unpacks the unique video game lanugage that plays around with perspective and what players see or don’t see. 🕹️ “Free to Play: A Video Games Anthology” is available for preorder worldwide: bookshop.org/p/books/free... #booksky #writersky

ICYMI: Just announced, our YA imprint, Maverick, presents the first North American publication of Singaporean webcomic Tiger Girls! By Felicia Low-Jimenez and Claire Low, lettered by @tayloresposito.bsky.social. First look on @kcomicsbeat.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/4vM7VUq

To be born a girl in the Year of the Tiger is a death sentence.🐯 Maverick is proud to present TIGER GIRLS from Felicia Low-Jimenez, Claire Low, and Taylor Esposito available 9/15! More Info Here: https://bit.ly/4vM7VUq With thanks to @kcomicsbeat.bsky.social @differenceenginesg.bsky.social

Free to Play: A Video Games Anthology “Literature as a game. Gaming as literature. How are writers and artists interacting with video games, gaming, and notions of play?” (adult) @differenceenginesg.bsky.social Booth 3631 #ALAAC26 differenceengine.sg/comics/free-...

Marvellous Mammals: A Wild A-Z of Southeast Asia “Where else, for example, will “A” stand for the annamite striped rabbit?” @differenceenginesg.bsky.social Booth 3631 #ALAAC26 asianreviewofbooks.com/marvellous-m...

Amazing Ash & Superhero Ah Ma: End of an Era “will certainly resonate with many, to see the physical demands of reining in grandparents who try to ‘run off’, well-represented too” @differenceenginesg.bsky.social Booth 3631#ALAAC26 www.lilbluebottle.com/amazing-ash-...

Meet MAGICAL SWEET GULA “a magical girl with the power to turn the things around her into cakes and sweets!” @differenceenginesg.bsky.social Booth 3631 #ALAAC26 www.philippinebooks.com/products/mag...

Add a little ✨Southeast Asia✨ to your kid’s reading list with the “Amazing Ash & Superhero Ah Ma” series, and “Marvellous Mammals: A Wild A to Z of Southeast Asia”! These books are now available worldwide from bookshop.org and other major online retailers 📚 #booksky #kidlit

Ishani Anwesha Joshi reviews HOW ARE YOU FEELING? A COMICS ANTHOLOGY, available from @differenceenginesg.bsky.social www.graphicmedicine.org/comic-review...

YOUR INVENTORY IS FILLING UP AGAIN Written by Wen-yi Lee @wenyilee.bsky.social A relationship captured in texts, polaroids, plastic bottles: an overburdened inventory that is also how full our hearts are ❤️‍🔥 🕹️ “Free to Play: A Video Games Anthology” is available for preorder worldwide (link in bio)

FAST TRAVEL by Adriana X. Jacobs @axjacobs.bsky.social The flame renews you and you’re back in your armour fighting for your life. You die. You reset. What is this feeling that you’ve felt before? ✨ “Free to Play: A Video Games Anthology” is available for preorder worldwide (link in bio).

SHADOW STONE by Erica Eng Go back to the feeling of being a young gamer exploring new worlds with people you’ve never met before. You might not win, but maybe you’ll find a new friend along the way. ✨ “Free to Play: A Video Games Anthology” is available for preorder worldwide (link in bio).

See all the pixels of “Free to Play: A Video Games Anthology” gathered into print, wrapped in @d.daddystar’s (IG) otherwordly landscape inspired by oracles, orcs, open worlds, and everything in between. 🕹️ “Free to Play: A Video Games Anthology” is available for preorder worldwide (link in bio)

snake on a train Written by Judith Huang Judith Huang’s visual poem captures the enduring tragedy of Snake, chasing down blips to feed a never-ending hunger. 🕹️ “Free to Play: A Video Games Anthology” is available for preorder worldwide (link in bio) #poetry #writingcommunity

IT'S DANGEROUS TO GO ALONE Written & illustrated by Anthony Falleroni Your backseat gamer is naggy, but as the game gets tougher, you realise that maybe they're also an encouragement 💕 🕹️ “Free to Play: A Video Games Anthology” is available for preorder worldwide (link in bio) #comics #videogames

THE WRITER AS GAMER Written by Alvin Pang Using the choose-your-own-adventure format as an analogue to life, Alvin Pang reflects on a creative life logged in game hours. 🕹️ “Free to Play: A Video Games Anthology” is available for preorder worldwide (link in bio)

PF Anderson reviews Delay - A Comics Anthology edited by Charis Loke and Paulo Chikiamco, published by @differenceenginesg.bsky.social www.graphicmedicine.org/comic-review...

For @kcomicsbeat.bsky.social, I reviewed TO THE LAST GRAM, a fraught but hopeful narrative about living with a serious eating disorder. I've been really impressed with the work @differenceenginesg.bsky.social is publishing, and this is paradigm example of what they're putting out!

BOYS AND GIRLS ACROSS DEAD WORLDS by Alex K. Masse Alex K. Masse revisits their past selves in the form of MMO game avatars and online spaces that have reckoned with, rejected, or embraced their queerness. ✨ “Free to Play: A Video Games Anthology” is available for preorder worldwide (link in bio)

DON'T START WITHOUT ME by Kenneth Lam The low dim of a LAN shop. An online game interrupted by a phone call on dial-up. These poems are of a coming-of-age found in video games, their rituals and intimacies. ✨ “Free to Play: A Video Games Anthology” is available for preorder worldwide (link in bio)

GOD OF WAR by Maya Escobar Kratos, God of War, blusters with toxic masculinity. But with Maya’s humorous observations, maybe under all that ⚡️Big God Energy⚡️is just a flawed man learning to be a father. ✨ “Free to Play: A Video Games Anthology” is available for preorder worldwide (link in bio).

Fanbase Press' Barbra Dillon Interviews @charisloke.bsky.social and @anitero.bsky.social on the Release of the Graphic Novel Anthology, ‘Delay,’ with @differenceenginesg.bsky.social

Fanbase Press' 05/07/26 newsletter: Interviews w/ @charisloke.bsky.social & @anitero.bsky.social (@differenceenginesg.bsky.social) and @amittishler.bsky.social & Elliot Sperl (@humanoids.com), Anaheim Library's AnaCon, & more! Sponsor: Q Con (@prismcomics.bsky.social) mailchi.mp/fanbasepress...

A SEAT AT VENBA'S TABLE by Varsha Sivaram Food can bring people together… or poke at the seams. Varsha Sivaram reflects on the short narrative cooking game Venba from their parents’ eyes — and hands. ✨ “Free to Play: A Video Games Anthology” is available for preorder worldwide (link in bio).