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Artist Edd Lai is on a mission to bring some light into our lives and he's telling dark stories to do so. Mixing the real with the surreal, the 29-year-old from Taiwan is creating comics that are quite short yet totally immersive. And it's not just the Internet who's in love with Edd's work. "I have always enjoyed reading," Edd told. "And I like all kinds of books, including graphic novels. But it wasn’t until I was 19 that I started writing. I was lucky to have my novels published by several publishers that were searching for young writers. Since then, I’ve made writing my living, constantly pursuing this profession. I was also commissioned to write several screenplays for movies." More info:  Instagram  |  Facebook  |  Instagram  |  webtoons #1 eddlai608 "My greatest passion lies in graphic arts — I enjoy telling stories not only through words, but through pictures as well," the artist said. According to Edd, adding visuals allows h...

Have you ever been in a place very far north or south during the months when the sun barely sets? Unless you’ve already grown used to it, it’s both beautiful and frightening. In the unending daylight, brains accustomed to resetting themselves when it gets dark start to fuzz out confusedly; basic concepts on which our bodies depend, like time, no longer make a fundamental, corporeal sense. It’s disorienting and eerie, lending an otherworldly quality to everything. Ari Aster’s Midsommar, a confidently directed and operatic follow-up to 2018’s Hereditary, situates its tale of grief, breakups, and rites in northern Sweden, at the height of its endless sun season. It’s a smart choice for the story he wants to tell. Midsommar is obsessed with the passage of time and the cycle of seasons, and the ways humans scramble to make sense of life’s big changes (like death, aging, and breakups). Horror challenges our beliefs that the world can be controlled, an...