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Jun 21, 2011
Singapore's own superhero slammed
By Sara-Ann K
Mr Aravind Menon, Mr Sathya Sandira and Mr Alexander Zhao are the creators of Salvation Sam, a comic book that follows the story of a Chinese-Indian superhero named Sam. -- ST PHOTO: CHEW KIM CHOO
'I JUST hope we don't go bankrupt,' Alexander Zhao deadpanned as he talked about the future of Salvation Sam, a western style comic he and co-writer Aravind Menon created.
Thanks to an angel investor who seeded the money, 40,000 copies of their first comic book were printed and given out for free, with a retail version due later this year.
But the race of the comic's main character Salvation Sam, a superhero based in Sacramento, California, has received negative feedback from netizens, like Bluehawk168 who commented on citizen journalism website STOMP: 'I would like to see superheroes in comics about Singapore not elsewhere.'
Salvation Sam's creator were quick to jump to his defence and rectify such misconceptions.
'The character is supposed to be 'chindian'. His parents are Chinese and Indian. It is because the writers are Chinese and Indian which is why we chose that,' quipped Aravind in an interview with RazorTV.
The writers further revealed plans to bring the story back to Singapore and feature 'Singlish' as well as more of their favourite local food in future issues, considering 'his (the character's) parents still live in Singapore and they would kill him if he didn't come visit.'
Singapore's own superhero slammed
By Sara-Ann K
Mr Aravind Menon, Mr Sathya Sandira and Mr Alexander Zhao are the creators of Salvation Sam, a comic book that follows the story of a Chinese-Indian superhero named Sam. -- ST PHOTO: CHEW KIM CHOO
'I JUST hope we don't go bankrupt,' Alexander Zhao deadpanned as he talked about the future of Salvation Sam, a western style comic he and co-writer Aravind Menon created.
Thanks to an angel investor who seeded the money, 40,000 copies of their first comic book were printed and given out for free, with a retail version due later this year.
But the race of the comic's main character Salvation Sam, a superhero based in Sacramento, California, has received negative feedback from netizens, like Bluehawk168 who commented on citizen journalism website STOMP: 'I would like to see superheroes in comics about Singapore not elsewhere.'
Salvation Sam's creator were quick to jump to his defence and rectify such misconceptions.
'The character is supposed to be 'chindian'. His parents are Chinese and Indian. It is because the writers are Chinese and Indian which is why we chose that,' quipped Aravind in an interview with RazorTV.
The writers further revealed plans to bring the story back to Singapore and feature 'Singlish' as well as more of their favourite local food in future issues, considering 'his (the character's) parents still live in Singapore and they would kill him if he didn't come visit.'
