Fiction
The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye (New 2019 Hardcover)
Winner of the Eisner Award for Best Writer/Artist 2017
by Sonny Liew
Description
'The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye is a biography showcasing the life and work of Chan Hock Chye, a pioneering but largely forgotten comics artist in Singapore. With a career spanning more than five decades, from pre-independent Singapore through its three Prime Ministers, Chan’s work reflects the changing political and economic environment in Singapore.
Containing Chan’s original illustrations, paintings and sketches, this is a groundbreaking work and labour of love aimed at recapturing the portrait of an artist, whose deep passion for comics and country is given a fitting tribute by award-winning comics artist Sonny Liew.
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Endorsements
"A touching, thoughtful meditation on Singapore’s relentless progress ... The book does not shy away from controversial periods in the nation’s history."
— The Economist
— The Economist
Unique and unprecedented... a masterpiece... This book is a joyous, beautiful, million-faceted thing – a celebration of the comic book medium, a technical masterclass, a thrill ride, a Bildungsroman and an unflinching retrospective of the post-war-into-modern era. I love it, and I'm in awe of it.”
— Mike Carey, author of Lucifer, The Unwritten and The Girl with All the Gifts
Reviews
“Part graphic novel, part art book, part narrative essay, The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye by Malaysian-born, Eisner Award nominated comic artist and illustrator Sonny Liew is a look at Singapore unlike any other before. 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 honouring comics as a storytelling medium.”
— Kenny Mah, The Malay Mail
“Liew's magnum opus... will surely rank among the finest examples of local literature.”
— TimeOut Singapore
Author Biography
Sonny Liew is a comics artist, painter and illustrator whose work includes the New York Times bestseller The Shadow Hero with Gene Luen Yang (First Second Books), My Faith in Frankie with Mike Carey (DC Vertigo), the Jane Austen adaptation Sense & Sensibility (Marvel Comics), and a Doctor Fate series with Paul Levitz (DC Comics).
He has received Eisner nominations for his art on Wonderland (Disney Press) and The Shadow Hero, as well as for spearheading Liquid City (Image Comics), a multi-volume comics anthology featuring creators from Southeast Asia. His Malinky Robot series is a 2004 Xeric grant recipient and winner of the Best Science Fiction Comic Album Award at the 2009 Utopiales SF Festival. Born in Malaysia, he lives in Singapore, where he sleeps with the fishes.
Epigram Books
Singapore's largest independent publisher of fiction and non-fiction for all ages. Check out our latest catalogue here: July – December 2018 (PDF.)
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- Publisher Epigram Books
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9789811700811
- Publication Country or regionSingapore
- FormatHardback
- Primary Price 45.90 SGD
- Pages316
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Copyright Year2018
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