A girl navigates her first period while a woman anticipates her last. A mother loses her baby before she can hold him. A friend opens up about her struggles with mental health. The How Are You Feeling? anthology collects the first three issues of Difference Engine’s DE Shorts imprint: A Drip. A Drop. A Deluge: A Period Tragicomedy, Bearing Witness, and Worlds Apart: A Conversation about Mental Health. From humorous anecdotes drawn from difficult conversations, contrasting encounters and shared conundrums, to deeply personal experiences, this trilogy of comics seeks to open up dialogue about relatable issues that remain difficult to talk about.
Andeasyand (Nurulhuda Izyan) (Writer & Illustrator)
Andeasyand is Nurulhuda Izyan who wrote and illustrated A Drip. A Drop. A Deluge: A Period Tragicomedy. She peddles puns and observations surrounding mental health, the period cycle, and everything in between through illustrations and long captions. When she isn’t, she is making a crafty mess. She is currently working on Unbecoming Maya, a coming-of-age young adult comic slated for release in 2026.
Griselda Gabriele (Illustrator)
Griselda Gabriele, illustrator of Bearing Witness, is a Singapore-based Indonesian artist with experience in editorial illustration, comics, and visual development for games and animation. Her work and interests include a wide range of topics such as Southeast Asian arts and culture, gender-sensitive journalism, and information literacy.
Nurjannah Suhaimi (Illustrator)
Nurjannah Suhaimi is the co-creator of Worlds Apart: A Conversation about Mental Health. She is a designer based in Singapore, and a visual communications graduate from Nanyang Technological University, the School of Art, Design, and Media. As a self-motivated and proactive person, she takes pride in being able to adapt in stressful situations, and is always seeking new experiences to keep her on her toes!
Vinita Ramani (Writer)
Vinita Ramani, author of Bearing Witness, is a writer and editor She has previously worked as a journalist for various local and regional publications, and as a publicist for film festivals, both in Singapore and abroad.
Wayne Rée (Writer)
Wayne Rée is the co-creator of Worlds Apart: A Conversation About Mental Health. He is also the co-creator of award-winning title Work-Life Balance. He has spoken on multiple panels regionally and internationally, and in 2023, he started writing his first novel while he was a resident at the National Centre for Writing in Norwich. Find him at www.waynereewrites.com.
