Work-Life Balance: Malevolent Managers and Folkloric Freelancers

"Think you’re stuck working with monsters in your office? Rée & Chee’s Work-Life Balance takes a whole new look at the possibility, using an interesting text/comics balance rarely seen."
—Paul Levitz, DC Comics President & Publisher (2002 - 2009)

"I read Work-Life Balance in one single sitting, then I went back and read all my favourite bits again! This is a tongue-in-cheek paean to the supernatural world of Asia and beyond, lovingly recreated in Benjamin Chee’s breathtakingly intricate set pieces and character designs. The story is full of fun, fast-paced action; taking a breath now and then to ponder upon all the things we (not just momoks) have to sacrifice in pursuit of making a living.”
—Meihan Boey, author of The Formidable Miss Cassidy (Epigram Books Fiction Prize 2021 Co-Winner)

Benjamin Chee works as an artist in games, and creates comics in his free time. He created Charsiew Space, a story about smugglers in spaceships cooking forbidden pork. He has published six other titles since then, and has also been collected in anthologies such as LONTAR Issue #5, Liquid City Vol. 3, Asian Monsters and SOUND: A Comics Anthology. Find him online at www.charsiewspace.com.

Wayne Rée is the co-creator of the prose/comics mash-up, Work-Life Balance, and the short comic about mental health, Worlds Apart: A Conversation About Mental Health. His work’s been included in several fiction publications, most notably Infinite Worlds Magazine and LONTAR Issue #10. He is also the co-creator of the narrative podcast, Ghost Maps. Find him online at www.waynereewrites.com.