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Celebrating his friend's last days of bachelorhood, Arif Rafhan gathers the boys to head off for an epic trip around Southeast Asia. Naïve about life, they stumble through and get themselves mixed up in some unexpected experiences. Based on real adventures of the author, Reality Bitchslap documents his eye-opening journey outside his comforts. Done in quirky black-and-white illustrations, this hilarious coming-of-age comic relays events and awkward situations we all can relate to when travelling abroad.
Arif Rafhan is a comic artist, pre-production visualiser, mural artist and teacher based in Malaysia. His work spans from web comics, non-fiction graphic novels and collaborations with doctors, to mural in libraries, streets and corporate offices. His pre-production work involves both local and international clients (Cartoon Network, Sony Animation Pictures). As a doodle teacher at a private school in Kuala Lumpur, he participated in producing a seamless blueprint of art/science education for the school. Since 2018, he has worked with the cartoonist, Lat, as an inker on several projects. More of Arif’s work can be seen on his social media platform, Superdoofus. In all, he has worked on more than 10 books, including Amazing Ash & Superhero Ah Ma and Reality Bitchslap.

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Reality Bitchslap