The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye (Pantheon Graphic Novels)
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| Rating | : | 4.92 (567 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1101870699 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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That fact brings a sadness—or rather, another layer of sadness—to the book. It will leave you speechless….While Charlie Chan Hock Chye may be Singapore’s greatest comics artist, Sonny Liew is on his way to becoming the greatest in the world.” —Cedar Rapids Gazette “A multilayered masterpiece of comic-book and real-world history, a portrait of the postwar world made in a thrilling postmodern style. By reflecting on the life and work of a comic creator whose career spanned half a century, The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye comments wryly on Singapore′s past and present while honoring comics as a storytelling medi
SONNY LIEW is a comics artist, painter, and illustrator whose work includes the New York Times best seller The Shadow Hero with Gene Luen Yang, My Faith in Frankie with Mike Carey, Malinky Robot, and a new Doctor Fate comics series with Paul Levitz. . Born in Malaysia, he lives in Singapore, where he sleeps with the fishes
Kind Reader said This is an extraordinary and extraordinarily affecting graphic novel. This is the most unusual and thoroughly satisfying graphic novel I have read in years. Caution! No superheroes. No confessional memoirs. No thinly disguised allegories. The fictional Charlie Chan Hock Chye presents his evolution as a creator of somewhat politically charged comics in the style (s) of a wo. Highly recommended. This is an unusual graphic novel, entirely based on the history of Singapore since WW2. There are detailed descriptions (illustrations and text) of political figures. The plot consists of a retrospective of a Singapore cartoonist whose work commented on current events. Brush up on Singapore history when . "A Stunner" according to Robert C. Berring. A stunning and complex work designed as a work within a work. One learns the modern history of Singapore, the saga of a dreamer who lives to draw his comic books and a good bit of politics. I have given this to friends who love comics and to those who are interested in the history of South Asia.
Now in his early 70s, Chan has been making comics in his native Singapore since 1954, when he was a boy of 16. With The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye Sonny Liew has drawn together a myriad of genres to create a thoroughly ingenious and engaging work, where the line between truth and construct may sometimes be blurred, but where the story told is always enthralling, bringing us on a uniquely moving, funny, and thought-provoking journey through the life of an artist and the history of a nation.. As he looks back on his career over five decades, we see his stories unfold before us in a dazzling array of art styles and forms, their development mirroring the evolution in the political and social landscape of his homeland and of the comic book medium itself. Club Best Comics of 2016A Comic Books Resources Top 100 Comics of 2016A Mental Floss Most Interesting Graphic Novel of 2016Meet Charlie Chan Hock Chye. Winner of the Singapore Literature Prize 2016A New York Times bestsellerAn Economist Book of the Year 2016An NPR Graphic Novel Pick for 2016A Washington Post Best Graphic Novel of 2016A New York Post Best Books of 2016A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2016A South China Morning Post Top 10 Asi