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Sean Lam
Sean Lam is a Singaporean author and artist. He is best known for his two part graphic novel adaption of New York Times bestselling Larry Niven's sci-fi novel Ringworld and a 32-page Pope Benedict manga comic where 300,000 copies were distributed for World Youth Day 2011 in Madrid. He is also the creator of the graphic novel Geungsi.
Lam was born in Singapore. As a young adolescent, he was fascinated with drawing. In the 1980s, he was exposed to varied art from a diverse range of graphic novels, ranging from Western comics to Japanese manga and Chinese manhua, which led him to develop a strong interest in this form of art and storytelling. He graduated from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) and specialized in traditional and digital art, graphic novel and story writing. Aside from his art career, he is also known to be an avid mixed martial arts and Tai Chi practitioner.
Lam's first foray into the comic industry was It Takes a Wizard, a 480-page single volume manga, written by German writer Thomas R. Hart, and published by Seven Seas Entertainment, an American publisher of original manga-style comics in 2009. Two years later, Macmillan Publishers published his two-part graphic novel adaption of the sci-fi novel Ringworld by Larry Niven, namely Ringworld: The Graphic Novel, Part One and Ringworld: The Graphic Novel, Part Two.
In an interview in 2011, Lam talked about his hopes to bring changes to the art scene in Singapore and to attract and trigger children's creativity through comic and manga art, saying “Young children are usually fascinated by the art when they pick up the book. I hope that my artwork can help them understand the emotional background of the setting and characters, and bring them into that world to learn about the wonderful stories of faith and goodwill.”
He then went on to develop several bible-themed graphic novels with American publisher Manga Hero, which includes Paul: Tarsus to Redemption, Judith: Captive to Conqueror, Many Are Called, and Habemus Papam! manga. He released a 32-page Pope Benedict manga comic which was distributed in August during World Youth Day 2011 in Madrid. This was followed by an expanded version of the graphic novel which went deeper into the life of Pope Benedict XVI. In 2012 he won an award for Judith: Captive to Conqueror at the Angoulême Christian Comics Festival in France. A 48-page paperback, Pope Francis: I Believe in Mercy, was later created to celebrate the appointment of Pope Francis.
In 2015, he collaborated with the Four Lords from San Diego as the main comic artist for The Curseborn Saga manga, and together held a book signing at the Los Angeles Anime Expo for the launch of the first volume, followed by another at San Diego Comic-Con in 2018, where his team got an exclusive interview by ABC 10 News. They are currently in works on the second volume of the comic and an art book with a consolidation of all his current concept arts and character designs for the story planned for release sometimes towards end of 2018 or early 2019.
Throughout the 20s to present, Lam worked closely with his chief editor Junzi (also known as kingB, a contemporary artist and author ) over many past works, including his two new original comic series namely the Red Dot(later renamed Geungsi) and Goddess Punch, both which were introduced exclusively on his social media platform Instagram. Both works aim to appeal to both local Singaporeans as well as the international audience. Apart from working on graphic novels, Sean has held in-house art gallery showcasing his popular online series of Red Dot and Silent Night series artworks which he has also shared on his Instagram.
During the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore, he started art therapies and free art workshops for children sharing his latest children's illustrated storybook series Growing Up with you, a series of heart-warming local stories.
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Sean Lam
Sean Lam is a Singaporean author and artist. He is best known for his two part graphic novel adaption of New York Times bestselling Larry Niven's sci-fi novel Ringworld and a 32-page Pope Benedict manga comic where 300,000 copies were distributed for World Youth Day 2011 in Madrid. He is also the creator of the graphic novel Geungsi.
Lam was born in Singapore. As a young adolescent, he was fascinated with drawing. In the 1980s, he was exposed to varied art from a diverse range of graphic novels, ranging from Western comics to Japanese manga and Chinese manhua, which led him to develop a strong interest in this form of art and storytelling. He graduated from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) and specialized in traditional and digital art, graphic novel and story writing. Aside from his art career, he is also known to be an avid mixed martial arts and Tai Chi practitioner.
Lam's first foray into the comic industry was It Takes a Wizard, a 480-page single volume manga, written by German writer Thomas R. Hart, and published by Seven Seas Entertainment, an American publisher of original manga-style comics in 2009. Two years later, Macmillan Publishers published his two-part graphic novel adaption of the sci-fi novel Ringworld by Larry Niven, namely Ringworld: The Graphic Novel, Part One and Ringworld: The Graphic Novel, Part Two.
In an interview in 2011, Lam talked about his hopes to bring changes to the art scene in Singapore and to attract and trigger children's creativity through comic and manga art, saying “Young children are usually fascinated by the art when they pick up the book. I hope that my artwork can help them understand the emotional background of the setting and characters, and bring them into that world to learn about the wonderful stories of faith and goodwill.”
He then went on to develop several bible-themed graphic novels with American publisher Manga Hero, which includes Paul: Tarsus to Redemption, Judith: Captive to Conqueror, Many Are Called, and Habemus Papam! manga. He released a 32-page Pope Benedict manga comic which was distributed in August during World Youth Day 2011 in Madrid. This was followed by an expanded version of the graphic novel which went deeper into the life of Pope Benedict XVI. In 2012 he won an award for Judith: Captive to Conqueror at the Angoulême Christian Comics Festival in France. A 48-page paperback, Pope Francis: I Believe in Mercy, was later created to celebrate the appointment of Pope Francis.
In 2015, he collaborated with the Four Lords from San Diego as the main comic artist for The Curseborn Saga manga, and together held a book signing at the Los Angeles Anime Expo for the launch of the first volume, followed by another at San Diego Comic-Con in 2018, where his team got an exclusive interview by ABC 10 News. They are currently in works on the second volume of the comic and an art book with a consolidation of all his current concept arts and character designs for the story planned for release sometimes towards end of 2018 or early 2019.
Throughout the 20s to present, Lam worked closely with his chief editor Junzi (also known as kingB, a contemporary artist and author ) over many past works, including his two new original comic series namely the Red Dot(later renamed Geungsi) and Goddess Punch, both which were introduced exclusively on his social media platform Instagram. Both works aim to appeal to both local Singaporeans as well as the international audience. Apart from working on graphic novels, Sean has held in-house art gallery showcasing his popular online series of Red Dot and Silent Night series artworks which he has also shared on his Instagram.
During the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore, he started art therapies and free art workshops for children sharing his latest children's illustrated storybook series Growing Up with you, a series of heart-warming local stories.