Grandma

Fishball (born June 1990) is a freelance artist based in Malaysia. After publishing My Giant Geek Boyfriend (2017) her comic works got picked up by Webtoon to be one of their featured works and an animation series in 2019. Regularly adding to the web series, Fishball chronicles her life as a geek, gamer and comic artist navigating the Malaysian life with her 6'5" geeky boyfriend. Grandma captures the relationship between Fishball’s geek boyfriend and his fussy Grandma as he attempts to create one of her classic recipes, soy sauce chicken specially for her.

This work features in Mangasia: Wonderlands of Asian Comics, a Barbican International Enterprises exhibition, curated by Paul Gravett. Mangasia presents a vivid journey through the art of Comics and visual storytelling across Asia. From its historical roots to the most recent digital innovations, the exhibition looks to popular Japanese ‘Manga’ and beyond, highlighting key creators, characters and publications.