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Kwento Comics and Lumpia With A Vengeance Collab at HiFi Kitchen for Free Comic Book Day
Filipino American comic book creators and special guests come together to give away a free digital comic book copy and promote tasty Filipino food and beverages at HiFi Kitchen on May 6, 2023.
LOS ANGELES, April 27, 2023 (CarryOnHarry.com)
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In celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Kwento Comics will team up with Lumpia With A Vengeance to host “Free Komiks Day” at HiFi Kitchen in Historic Filipinotown on Saturday, May 6, 2023, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. The event will celebrate Filipino-American comic book creators and geek culture with exclusive content, special guests, and Filipino food.
Kwento Comics, the creators of The Mask of Haliya graphic novel series, will be releasing a free digital copy of Issue 1 of The Mask of Haliya. Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer Waverley Lim, head writer Kaitlyn Fae Fajilan, and editor/writer Jenapher Zheng will be in attendance.
Kid Heroes Productions, creators of the award-winning independent films Lumpia and Lumpia with a Vengeance, will be giving a free digital comic book from their book line expanding on the Lumpia universe. They will be selling limited copies of a HiFi Kitchen exclusive trade paperback with cover art by Brian “beee” Bello, featuring chef Justin Foronda with characters from the films. Cast members Katrina Dimaranan (Jemini), Earl Baylon (George), Meriden Angeles (Merasol), artist Brian “beee” Bello, and director Patricio Ginelsa will be in attendance.
Kwento Comics and Kid Heroes Productions will have physical copies of their comics available for purchase, in addition to Free Comic Book Day exclusives. HiFi Kitchen will offer special “comic-themed” menu items in collaboration with both comic creators.
Attendees can RSVP on Eventbrite at https://bit.ly/3Natqe8.
About Kwento Comics
Kwento Comics is the first all-women, all-Asian comic book company highlighting Filipino and Asian mythology through the medium of graphic novels. Their stories aim to inspire young women everywhere as they follow our female heroines who learn to spark the warrior goddess within.
About Kid Heroes Productions:
Kid Heroes Productions is a Los Angeles-based production company founded by Patricio Ginelsa that specializes in unique film/video/comic book projects. Lumpia With A Vengeance completed a remarkable theatrical release last fall after an unprecedented film festival and comic book convention circuit run. The film has spun off its own comic book series, published independently.
About HiFi Kitchen
Since 2018, HiFi Kitchen tests the boundaries of classic Filipino Angeleno dishes while strengthening FilAm representation in Historic Filipinotown of Los Angeles, CA. Chef and owner Justin Foronda set out to offer the comfort of home-cooked meals he was raised on while drawing inspiration from the local flavors of Los Angeles. Their menu is the product of years of taste testing and remixing, spanning a variety of dietary lifestyles with vegan & gluten-free options.
Source: Kwento Comics
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Two new consciousness‑style paperbacks on Amazon
Two new consciousness‑style paperbacks on Amazon, Author Ruby Dosanjh has released, expanding a growing body of atmospheric, introspective fiction. The titles — Likewise and Otherwise — explore the quiet emotional shifts that happen between two people who are paying attention.
The first release, Likewise, is a story about subtlety and mirrored feeling. It follows the second meeting that changes the first, the presence that fits too perfectly, and the kind of recognition that arrives without language. Described as “a quiet echo,” the book offers a soft, atmospheric experience for readers who sense emotional shifts before they can name them. Some connections linger — not because they’re forced to, but because they belong.
The second paperback, Otherwise, moves into deeper territory. It traces the moment reflection becomes truth, when two people think of each other without stopping and without softening it into something smaller. What begins as quiet awareness grows into something unmistakable — familiar, unsettling, and impossible to ignore. Otherwise follows the slow, honest shift from noticing to knowing, and the quiet courage it takes to stop pretending nothing is happening.
Together, the releases mark a clear evolution in Ruby Dosanjh’s one‑word consciousness series — stories that move gently, speak quietly, and leave a lasting imprint. Both paperbacks are now available worldwide on Amazon.
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How To Read People Like A Book Enters Competitive Body Language Genre
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Sebastian Clark has released "How To Read People Like A Book: The Subtle Art of How to Analyze People and Speed-Reading to decode Body Language, Intentions, Thoughts, Emotions, Behaviors, and Connect Effortlessly!", first published in 2022, according to an announcement received by Studio CarryOnHarry.
The book lands in a crowded shelf of nonverbal-communication guides. Its own marketing places it alongside Allan and Barbara Pease’s "The Definitive Book of Body Language," Joe Navarro’s "What Every BODY is Saying," and Thomas Erikson’s "Surrounded by Idiots" — three long-running titles that have anchored the popular body-language genre for years. Clark’s book positions itself as a newer entry covering similar ground: understanding facial expressions, gestures, posture, and vocal tone to reveal someone’s actual thoughts.
According to the announcement, the book walks through strategies applicable across various contexts including professional environments, social gatherings, and interpersonal connections — with the stated aim of helping readers spot emotions and intentions that go unspoken. Listed topics include facial expression and gesture analysis, context-specific body language decoding, interpreting non-verbal communication, reading vocal cues for emotional undertone, and trusting intuitive reads of subtle signals. The work is categorized within social science studies.
No further biographical detail on Clark accompanied the announcement, and independent listings for the title largely repeat the same publisher description rather than adding new information about the author or the book’s reception since 2022.
Studio CarryOnHarry Perspective
At Studio CarryOnHarry, we’re interested in whether books like Clark’s deliver on their practical promise. The appeal of body-language guides lies less in theory and more in real-world application—the job interview where you’re trying to gauge whether the hiring manager is genuinely interested, the first date where mixed signals leave you uncertain, the negotiation where knowing if the other party is bluffing matters financially. Clark’s positioning across "professional environments, social gatherings, and interpersonal connections" suggests he’s aware readers want transferable skills, not just academic frameworks. The question worth asking: does his approach to vocal cues, facial analysis, and contextual interpretation actually equip readers to make better decisions in these high-stakes moments? Or does it risk reinforcing the confidence-without-accuracy trap that plagues intuitive people-reading? For readers considering this purchase, the gap between what body language can reliably tell us and what we wish it could tell us deserves scrutiny.
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