--the comic Catalyst is a fantasy story about a woman who isn't so young anymore, her illness, and her obsession with curing it. Once upon a time, little Kai' was content to live in the isolated Iredean mountains, with the center of her life based in her little village and her big brother Rune. That was many months ago. Now, the woman named Elei has lured her and Rune far away, and Kai is the rope in a tug of war, loved, hurt and betrayed; all for a Gift she cannot see, use or care about. Catalyst is my highschool project. Take it with a grain of salt, because when I wrote it, I was an emo, angsty punk who wore black all the time in a tropical country (which makes no sense.) I've been plodding along with it ever since, and I guess I've gotten kinda fond of it, even if it has no sense of humour. :D It's longish, and will be ending pretty soon. --contact Just to prevent my inbox from getting too clogged up, all comments in the Guestbook! You're not missing much, really. =D However, if you have a question or wish to send me something for the comic, feel free to email me (yes, I actually check my mail a lot) at enaikelt (at) gmail.com (Please send links instead of images or attachments.)		--the artist Name: Esther Chuah Alias: Crystal Websites: DeviantArt helloooo! :D It's me! It's me! My name is Esther. :3 I'm a computer programmer and kind of like an artist on the side. I'm in my early twenties and I'm Malaysian, but I'm working in Wisconsin right now. Aside from art and code, I also enjoy tango, East Coast swing, trashy romance novels, shopping, nail polish, swimming, manga, and XKCD (which is profoundly nerdy of me to like enough to list here.) And if you name me a Disney song I can probably sing it.
	--faq / random comic facts I love random facts. =D Always have. Here are some of mine. If I could go back and redo Catalyst all over again, - I'd make Elei dark skinned. I admit it, I just selected a skin-like colour one day, and said "This will be the skin colour for all my characters!" - I'd rewrite the whole story, from the bottom up. It wasn't intended to end or develop this way at first, and it shows. I'd also get rid of about four chapters, torment Rune more, and make Kai' less of a wimp. - I'd give someone PYROMANIA. ;D Or maybe not. I used to draw stupid comics all the time in highschool. Unlike Catalyst, they were actually pretty funny. To this day I'm not sure how Catalyst got all serious. I like funny comics.