Happy Lunar New Year

Wishing Everyone
A Happy and Prosperous Lunar New Year.



 

Club membership is free

 

I’m growing old, frail and vulnerable. So I sought out some protection and joined a club called Black Society in 2011. Every year, this club organizes a reunion dinner where all the ‘Big Brothers’ (老大) from various estates get together to dine, laugh and share their stories and happenings in past year. One big brother asked me why I’m always quiet and never share anything. I told him I’m just a ‘small fry’ and had nothing to share but my drawings. When I showed them this drawing, some big brothers gave me their thumbs-up, others laughed till tears flowed out from their eyes. One 老大told me: “…your caricatures are so much better than the Straits Times!” and immediately used my drawing as the club’s icon.

A Tribute to the Master of Old Master Q

      
I grew up reading Old Master Q (老夫子) comics in class. Our teachers were always puzzled why students sometimes broke into laughter in class when lessons were being taught. Now this comic series that has had entertained millions of people around the globe has passed an era with the passing of its creator and cartoonist Alfonso Wong Kar Hei in the United States last Sunday. His son has taken over this comic strip but surely it won’t be the same. As a matter of fact, all good things come to an end. I see no Chinese cartoonist is able to replicate and match this artist’s creativity and success.