If it weren't for the Internet, we wouldn't get to discover most of the new comics we rave about today. And this week, marvel at the work of Malaysian cartoonist Hwei Lin Lim and her short story Dear Wonderful World.

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You can read the rest of Dear Wonderful World over on Hwei's LiveJournal, and then pore over her website for the other works she's done in her young career.

Lim comes to comics from an unlikely background: She is a trained electrical engineer with a degree from London's Imperial College, and worked for several years as an IT/management consultant for Accenture. There's a lot of talent on display in her online portfolio, so I encourage readers (and publishers) to take a good look at what she's doing.