Rights Sold: Japanese Full Content Available in English   After the Myanmar military coup in 2021, its citizens stood unprecedentedly together, while a cross-national Milk Tea Alliance had formed online. Despite the lack of sufficient international support, the people of Myanmar saw themselves as taking one last stand.   This graphic novel is a collaboration between the French writer Frédéric Debomy, an expert on Burmese politics, and the comic artist Lau Kwong Shing, an eyewitness to Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movements. It is an account of the two years since the military coup in Myanmar, as well as the related historical and political contexts. The story opens with the coup d’état that began on February 1st, 2021. Comprising various interviews with the author, conversations among friends, and words from Myanmar’s public intellectuals and the government in exile, the narrative not only depicts the events that follow the coup, but also details changes in the social climate, differences between 88 Generation activists and Gen Z, and both domestic and international forces for change.   Compared to political protests in Ukraine and Hong Kong, Myanmar’s pro-democracy movement appears internationally isolated, and the military government has continued its oppressive measures. Still, transcending ethnic lines, the people of Myanmar have banded together to fight authoritarian forces. And, on the Internet, the subsequent emergence of the Milk Tea Alliance further demonstrates the formation of new connections, based on democratic values, across Asian nations.   1 Volume (end) 182 x 257 mm Black & White

One of the most distinctive voices among contemporary Hong Kong–Taiwan comic artists—Lau Kwong Shing’s new semi-autobiographical work.   A coming-of-age story exploring the politics of identity and how geography and history shape the labels imposed on human relationships.   “Long” is a Chinese boy born in Japan. After his father’s sudden career change, his family relocates to northeastern China—where, in the 1990s, memories of Japan’s wartime invasion remain vivid. Unable to speak Mandarin, Long canonly piece together the nature of hostility through curses he barely understands. Yet when the family later moves to  Hong Kong, the place of his birth, that same “from Japan” identity earns him a gaze of awe and curiosity instead.   How should one define oneself—and others?    Based on his own experiences growing up across shifting environments, Hong Kong comic artist Lau Kwong Shing depicts, through the eyes of a teenage protagonist, how a person’s sense of self is formed and reshaped amid changing labels, unfamiliar cultures, and the search for understanding in an ever-divided world.   Size: 14.8 x 21 cm 1 Volume (end)