Tuesday, April 13, 2004

High heels and high kicks: Malaysia's The Star reports on a local publisher that offers its violent and "mature-themed" comic for free online. China Doll's -- yes, there's an unnecessary apostrophe -- is about a boy genius who creates the world's "first android pop stars, supermodels and action heroes."

Adolescent male power fantasy, you say? Objectification of women, you say? Never! China Doll's was inspired by real llife. Really:

"[Creator Suffian Abdullah] witnessed a car accident involving two vehicles when one of the passengers alighted. 'It was a young Chinese girl smoking a cigarette and dressed in a school uniform. Her shirt was tied at the midriff. Tied in two ponytails, her hair was bleached blond. She was wearing blue contact lenses,' says Suffian.

"That girl inspired the China Dolls and Suffian found himself drafting a story and character notes that very day. 'By the time I went to bed that night, I had created all the players and plotted the first story,' he says. "