Sherwin Tjia

Sherwin Tjia
Born
Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Other namesSherwin Sullivan Tjia
Occupation(s)Artist, and medical illustrator

Sherwin Tjia is a Canadian artist and medical illustrator.[1][2]

He is the author of several graphic novels. His latest Plummet was listed on the CBC's list of recommended winter reads, for 2020.[3]

According to The Globe and Mail in 2010, Tjia was known as the creator of Toronto's strip spelling bee scene.[4] In strip spelling bees players who spell words wrong have to start removing some of their clothes, accompanied by burlesque strip-tease music. In 2014 the New York Daily News described how Tjia introduced porn karaoke to the New York area.[5] In porn karaoke small teams have to improvise dialogue sung over silent clips of pornography.

The premise of Plummet is that his protagonist is in a constant state of freefall.[6][7]

Publications

  • Sherwin Tjia (2005). The World is a Heartbreaker. Coach House Books. ISBN 9781552451533.
  • Sherwin Tjia (2009). Pedigree Girls. Insomniac Press. ISBN 9781897415917.
  • Sherwin Tjia (2011). You Are a Kitten!. Conundrum Press. ISBN 9781894994972.
  • Sherwin Tjia (2011). You Are a Cat!. Conundrum Press. ISBN 9781894994569.
  • Sherwin Tjia (2012). Serial Villain. Conundrum Press. ISBN 9781894994675.
  • Sherwin Tjia (2013). You Are a Cat in the Zombie Apocalypse!. Conundrum Press. ISBN 9781894994774.
  • Sherwin Tjia (2001). Gentle Fictions. Insomniac Press. ISBN 9781894663137.
  • Sherwin Tjia (2019). Plummet. Conundrum Press. ISBN 9781772620405.

References

  1. ^ Chandler Levack (November 3, 2011). "Sherwin Tjia pushes Toronto out of its comfort zone". Blog TO. Retrieved January 29, 2020. In between his day job as a medical illustrator, this Scarborough-born artist (who has since relocated to Montreal) coordinates events across Montreal, Toronto and Ottawa with a twist.
  2. ^ "AELAQ And Quebec Writers' Federation Team Up For A Holiday Book Fair". Broadway World. November 6, 2019. Retrieved January 29, 2020. Sherwin Tjia, poet, illustrator, and author of graphic novel Plummet.
  3. ^ "The CBC Books winter reading list: 40 books to read to kick off 2020". CBC Books. January 28, 2020. Retrieved January 29, 2020. Canada was the promised land, but when he didn't fit in and life was more difficult than he expected, Ali turned to drugs and partying before finding his way.
  4. ^ Ryan Bigge (May 14, 2010). "Strip spelling bees are the latest hipster twist on burlesque". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved January 29, 2020. 'You spell exquisitely,' says Sherwin Tjia, founder and host of the Honeysuckle Strip Spelling Bee, as the crowd of 80 roars in rowdy approval. A visibly tipsy Tjia manages to tap at his laptop and switch to a soundtrack of raunchy R&B, since the penalty for misspelling a word at this particular spelling bee is removing a third of one's clothing.
  5. ^ Justin Rocket Silverman (March 26, 2014). "'Porn and Karaoke': They supply the porn, you supply the dialogue". New York Daily News. Retrieved January 29, 2020. "It's more funny than sexy," says Sherwin Sullivan Tjia, a Montreal event planner who invented the smut-a-long after seeing a film about actors who do voice-over work in the porn industry.
  6. ^ Jane van Koeverden (December 4, 2019). "Sherwin Tjia imagines what it would be like to fall forever". CBC Books. Retrieved January 29, 2020. Sherwin Tjia is an illustrator from Montreal. He spoke to CBC Books about Plummet, his 11th book.
  7. ^ Dan Brown (December 7, 2019). "COMICS: You'll fall for this graphic novel about a world of intense gravity". Stratford Beacon Herald. Retrieved January 29, 2020. Ever had one of those dreams where you're falling and falling and never know if you're going to hit the ground? Now comes a new graphic novel, Plummet, about a woman who's perpetually falling yet never reaches the earth below. That may sound like a slender premise, but in the hands of Montreal's Sherwin Sullivan Tjia, it becomes a metaphor for life and a way to explore the human condition.