A Comics Anthology
Book — Prose / Short Story, Anthology

Looming milestones and missed connections. Resisting mainstream expectations and doing life at your own pace.
What does DELAY mean to you? Writers and illustrators from Southeast Asia take on this theme in a comics anthology curated by guest editors Charis Loke and Paolo Chikiamco.
From explorations of identity and inner worlds to the twists and turns of modern life, these stories offer restoration, room for reflection, and invite us to reclaim time in our own ways.
• A Day in the Life by Cesar Miguel Escaño (PH) & Ferdee Bambico (PH)
• Ad Astra by Nicolette “Wanlingnic” Lee (SG)
• Astray by Farid Nad (MY)
• DELAYED by Peter Lin (SG) & Angela Wu (SG)
• Fish Curry Tastes Better the Next Day by Paati/பாட்டி Philosophy (SG)
• Limerence Station by Eliot Lime (SG)
• Ma, Pa, Delayed Ako by Hansel Dimapilis (PH)
• Syncopation by Aime Marisa (MY) & Bonnibel Rambatan (ID)
• The Adventures of Sunday Domingo feat. Yaya Precy by Julius Villanueva (PH)
• The Other World by Cathlyn Vania (ID)
• Time For That Later by Wayne Rée (SG), Nadia Daeng (SG), & Abigail Goh Tian-I (MY)
Editor Charis Loke Paolo Chikiamco
Format Paperback, English
Page(s) 252
ISBN/ISBN13 9819413362/9789819413362
Published Date Oct 06, 2025
Publisher Difference Engine
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Format Comics
Audiences Young Adult, Middle Age
Writing Focus Essay / Opinion, Experimental
IdentitySelf DiscoveryReflection
As seen as
— Soni Wadhwa in Delay: A Comics Anthology, edited by Charis Loke and Paolo Chikiamco (Asian Review of Books, Feb 24, 2026)