In Deserted Buildings (2008), Tangtrakulwong work with manga, or Japanese comics, to summon the specter of deserted buildings. For this work, he removes images from mangas, leaving only the negative space of the hollowed out panels. He explains, "In general, we tend to look at the images and read words from manga. The book has been viewed only in pictures and words, not in the layout where a manga artist designs and arranges (in addition to the narrative). Without any characters or scenes in these manga, the books appear to be deserted buildings."