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藥島
藥島
Karmaket (藥島) is a Taiwanese graphic creator/comic artist. Born in Changhua, Taiwan in 1994, he graduated from Shih Chien University with a degree in Communications Design. He has participated in the filming of many music videos, commercials, Taiwanese featured films. He worked as a storyboard artist, assistant to director and was involved in the making of post-production animation and promotional materials. He is now a freelance artist and manga artist. IG @karmarket.
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Souls devoured and limbs forsaken.
When memories become a prison and your vision is stripped away.
The gods are dead and your lover cuts you open.
Death envelopes and then abandons you.
Flesh and blood dispersed; organs scattered. Can you put it all back together?
Reminiscent of Junji Ito’s disturbing yet intricate art style and H. P. Lovecraft’s eerie stories, Rest in Pieces uses grotesque imagery paired with Karmaket’s own dark-humored, poetic narrative style to tell stories of human relationships and haunting loneliness. This title includes the following short stories: “Apparitions of the Universe”, “Phantom Limb”, “Housing for Rent”, “Mosquito Man”, “King of Salt Lake”, “The Anatomy of Love”, “Deep Diving”, “Stay with You”, “Rest in Pieces”, “Blood Red Bullion”, “Somewhere on Fire”
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