Sherwin Tjia is a Canadian artist, and medical illustrator. He is the author of several

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. His latest '' Plummet'' was listed on the ''CBC'''s list of recommended winter reads, for 2020. According to ''

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'', in 2010, Tija was known as the creator of

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's strip spelling bee scene. In strip spelling bees players who spell words wrong have to start removing some of their music, accompanied by burlesque strip-tease music. In 2014 the ''

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'' described how Tija introduced porn karaoke to the New York area. In porn karaoke small teams have to improvise dialogue sung over silent clips of pornography. The premise of ''Plummet'' is that his protagonist is in a constant state of

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tjia, Sherwin Artists from Toronto Canadian graphic novelists Canadian illustrators Living people People from Scarborough, Toronto Year of birth missing (living people)