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sdiaz 's review for:
The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye
by Sonny Liew
A really cool book both visually and from a story telling perspective. I have to be honest and I fully believed the narrative that a modern-day fan (Sonny Liew) of an unheralded historic artist (Chan Hock Chye) worked to showcase his art and show how pertinent it had been to the history of singapore. The whole time I was reading it I was aware of the talent but was saying to myself that of course he had never been successful as he had undertaken such complex and adult-themes in comic form aimed at kids and teenagers and along comes Liew and shows him how to do have something to say and make it popular. Thinking that I had fully enjoyed the book and the lessons I had learned on the history of Singapore.
Only afterwards did I learn that there was another layer, that Hock Chye was made up and was simply an alias for Liew to tell the story he wanted to. His mimicry of all the classical drawing styles was superb, to the point that I never suspected.
Bravo sir! Well played, you achieved your aim admirably. The four stars is simply because much of the history is hard to follow, with old socialist organizers as heroes that often times have secondary stand ins in the comics.
Only afterwards did I learn that there was another layer, that Hock Chye was made up and was simply an alias for Liew to tell the story he wanted to. His mimicry of all the classical drawing styles was superb, to the point that I never suspected.
Bravo sir! Well played, you achieved your aim admirably. The four stars is simply because much of the history is hard to follow, with old socialist organizers as heroes that often times have secondary stand ins in the comics.