Foo Swee Chin

{{Short description|Singaporean comic book artist and illustrator}} {{Infobox comics creator

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'''Foo Swee Chin''' (often abbreviated '''FSc''') (born July 27, 1977) is a Singaporean comic book artist and illustrator.

She is the creator of several alternative comic books, including "A Lost Stock of Children" and "Mince," published by Neko Press, as well as "Chimney 25" and "Zeet", published by Slave Labor Graphics. FSc is also the co-creator of a Slave Labor Graphics title, "Nightmares & Fairy Tales," alongside writer Serena Valentino, illustrating issues 1–12, before stepping down in 2005. On June 4, 2008, Slave Labor Graphics released the first "MuZz" graphic novel, containing issues 01–09.

Chin has also collaborated with video game developer WayForward Technologies, providing creature designs for their horror game ''LIT''.<ref name=wwwint>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2008/11/wayforward_interview_lit|title=Wayforward Interview - LIT|date=November 19, 2008|website=Nintendo Life|access-date=2019-02-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170927211407/http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2008/11/wayforward_interview_lit|archive-date=2017-09-27|url-status=live}}</ref> FSc did cover art for Portland, Oregon's Indie/Folk/Punk band Insomniac Folklore on their 2010 Release "LP".

She has also illustrated and published works for 講談社, 飛鳥新社 and other Japanese magazines.「[http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/26681/volume1/ クレアボヤンス] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420164250/http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/26681/volume1/ |date=2016-04-20 }}」is an e-comic published by 太田出版 in 2011. Chin has her own manga blog which chronicles her travel experiences to Japan. The blog comic has since then been picked up and serialised at コミックエッセイ劇場 under the title name <<シンガポールのオタク漫画家、日本をめざす>>.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.comic-essay.com/episode/68/| title=シンガポールのオタク漫画家、日本をめざす｜フー・スウィ・チン｜コミックエッセイ劇場| access-date=2019-02-14| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102084005/http://www.comic-essay.com/episode/68| archive-date=2018-01-02| url-status=live}}</ref>

FSc also illustrated variant covers for Oni Press's Invader Zim comics #4 and #9.

Chin has also appeared in an episode of [https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/ NHK World]'s documentary [Spiritual Places in Nara] in 2017, and [https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/special/episode/201810140810/ Spiritual Exploreres- mt Fuji] in 2018.

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://fscwasteland.weebly.com/ FSc's homepage] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20091104133326/http://www.fscwasteland.com/ Archive of old website] *[http://comic-walker.com/global/singapore/jp/ FSc's manga blog] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405211309/http://comic-walker.com/global/singapore/jp/ |date=2016-04-05 }}

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