#The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye

[smokefalls]

Do we become so lost in the patterns and rhythms of our everyday lives that we fool ourselves into believing that they might somehow last forever?

Sonny Liew, The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye

[dk-thrive]

Do we become so lost in the patterns and rhythms of our everyday lives that we fool ourselves into believing that they might somehow last forever?

— Sonny Liew, The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye (Pantheon, March 1, 2016)

[smashedpages]

Happy birthday to Sonny Liew!

[ceezedby]

The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye by Sonny Liew is probably the best contemporary literary work to have ever come out of Singapore, and despite winning an Eisner, it will probably never receive the national recognition it deserves because it is a "comic book" and it challenges assumptions about national history and the price of political pragmatism.

[dr-archeville]

Amidst all the craziness of San Diego Comic-Con, with its plethora of movies, shows, and hype, it’s easy to forget the reason the convention exists in the first place: comic books.  Luckily, the Eisner Awards is here to remind us what Comic Con is really about, and highlight the best in the comic book industry.

Saga came out as the top winner of the night, nabbing four awards, but here is a complete list of this year’s winners:

Best New Series: Black Hammer, by Jeff Lemire and Dean Ormston

Best Limited Series: The Vision, by Tom King and Gabriel Walta

Best Continuing Series: Saga, by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples

Best Graphic Album—Reprint: Demon, by Jason Shiga (First Second)

Best Reality-Based Work: March, by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell

Best Graphic Album—New: Wonder Woman: The True Amazon, by Jill Thompson

Best Writer: Brian K. Vaughan (Paper Girls, Saga)

Best Writer/Artist: Sonny Liew (The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye)

Best Penciller/Inker—Individual or Team: Fiona Staples (Saga)

Best Coloring: Matt Wilson (Cry Havoc, Paper Girls, The Wicked + The Divine; Black Widow, The Mighty Thor, Star-Lord)

Best Painter/Multimedia Artist: Jill Thompson (Wonder Woman: The True Amazon; Beasts of Burden: What the Cat Dragged In)

Best Lettering: Todd Klein (Clean Room, Dark Night, Lucifer; Black Hammer)

Best Digital Comic: Bandette, by Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover

Best Webcomic: Bird Boy, by Anne Szabla

Best Cover Artist: Fiona Staples (Saga)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material: Moebius Library: The World of Elena, by Jean “Moebius” Giraud et al.

Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia: The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, by Sonny Liew

Best Humor Publication: Jughead, by Chip Zdarsky, Ryan North, Erica Henderson, and Derek Charm

Bill Finger Award: William Messner-Loebs and Jack Kirby

Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism: The AV Club

Best Comics-Related Book: Krazy: George Herriman: A Life in Black and White, by Michael Tisserand

Best Academic/Scholarly Work: Superwomen: Gender, Power, and Representation, by Carolyn Cocoa

Best Publication Design: The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, designed by Sonny Liew

Best Short Story: “Good Boy,” by Tom King and David Finch, in Batman Annual #1

Best Single Issue/One-Shot: Beasts of Burden: What the Cat Dragged In, by Evan Dorkin, Sarah Dyer, and Jill Thompson

Best Anthology: Love Is Love, edited by Sarah Gaydos and Jamie S. Rich

Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award: Anne Szabla, writer/artist of Bird-Boy

Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award: Joe Ferrara, for work in prostate cancer awareness, and Mark Andreyko, for the Love Is Love anthology.

Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 8): Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea, by Ben Clinton

Best Publication for Kids (ages 9-12): Ghosts, by Raina Telgemeier

Best Publication for Teens (ages 13-17): The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, by Ryan North and Erica Henderson

Hall of Fame - Judges’ Choices: Milt Gross, H.G. Peter, Antonio Prohias, Dori Seda 

Hall of fame - Voters’ Choices: Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez, George Perez, Walter Simonson, James Starlin

Will Eisner Spirit of Retailer Award: Comicazi, Somerville, MA

Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips: Chester Gould’s Dick Tracy, Colorful Cases of the 1930s, edited by Peter Maresca

Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books: The Complete Wimmin’s Comix, edited by Trina Robbins, Gary Groth, and J. Michael Catron

Congrats!

[darkmattersproj]

Singapore’s Sonny Liew wins three Eisner awards LINK: Best Writer/Artist, Best Publication Design and Best US Edition of International Material in Asia

[laesbilla]

El arte  de Charlie Chan Hock Chye, Sonny Liew, Dibbuks, 2017, EEUU-Singapur

Una biografía ficticia de un hombre, el dibujante del título y real de un lugar, el Singapur entre los 40 y los 90, sobre cuyo desarrollo se añade un ensayo sobre el propio medio a través de los diferentes estilos de dibujo y las reproducciones de  (supuestas) revistas de época, bocetos, planchas, etc…, una reflexión sobre la identidad. Con algo de alarde técnico y un trabajo de investigación que se adivina monumental sostiene el complejo edificio hasta su último tercio donde la minuciosidad política se vuelve tediosa y las tiras recreadas farragosas, tragándose todo ello al personaje central.

[mylkbread]

26022017 I really like this week's spread! There's something about having all the boxes neatly laid out that makes me feel much calmer. The only issue is that I don't have much space left to doodle but hey, functionality > aesthetics. I read two books this month and they both broke my heart and completely blew me away.

[bruce-wqyne]

Sonny Liew is nominated for an Eisner award. A Singaporean. Nominated. For a fucking Eisner award. The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye is honestly one of the best comics I have ever read. I am so proud right now holy shit A FUCKING EISNER AWARD

[comicsforgrownups]

Episode 73: Best of 2016

Subscribe on iTunes or on RSS, or listen online here. In this episode we discuss:

Libby’s Dad by Eleanor Davis

What Is Obscenity? by Rokudenashiko

Irmina by Barbara Yelin

March Book 3 by Congressman John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell

The Arab of the Future Vol. 2 by Riad Sattouf

Patience by Daniel Clowes

The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye by Sonny Liew 

Rosalie Lightning by Tom Hart

[smokefalls]

What was life after all, but a constant battle between our hopes and harsh reality?

Sonny Liew, The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye

[jaggedwolf]

when you get this you have to post 3 books or songs you would recommend then send this ask to 10 of your favourite followers 🌃

Book recs from across the years, tilted towards the more obscure:

You've read The Art Of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, right? A fictional cartoonist is a delightfully meta way to cover that timespan of Singapore's history and it left me with a feeling of oh, you're allowed to do this???

Santa Olivia! My original rec post remains accurate, I should give it another reread, I'm due for one

This is probably the slot for a long biography. I will cheat and let both Turing and Grant share the slot. I like that the Turing bio is so detailed it goes through the math of some of his work, and I found the Grant one very accessible despite knowing literally nothing of the man beforehand. (Seriously. I'd wandered into the library hoping it would have Chernow's Washington bio and instead it only had Grant's. I was like sure, why the hell not, and ended up learning a bunch about a president who was a very good general but very prone to being scammed and also the dude legit just wanted to be a math professor after he graduated West Point, I did not expect that.)

[suffercerebral]

i was tagged by @desert-scng !!!

rules: tag 9 people u wanna know better/catch up with and answer the questions

last song listened to: love is a losing game by amy winehouse

last movie watched: pineapple express anfjsndnskjd

currently reading: the art of charlie chan hock chye by sonny liew. it's a required read for the art "learning community" i'm part of at my school lmao. i haven't actually started it yet but it seems very interesting !!

currently watching: malcom in the middle lmaooo

currently craving: to pet a cat. i'm not gonna see my lil stinks for 3 months and i'm kind of freaking out about it 🥴

i'm not going to tag nine people but i tag @dilf-frank @romanticinterlude @tearsofblood @broompeople @gui1ttripping !!!

[robbmommaerts]

A few years back I drew this promotional image to help get the word around about @sonny_liew ‘s graphic novel “The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye”. If you’ve never picked up the book, you really should. Sonny is a genius with skills that intimidate the hell out of me. A huge book, packed with amazing art & words. #robot #kidcartoonist #theartofcharliechanhockchye #sonnyliew #imagination #giantrobot #robothero #robbmommaerts #inkdrawing #cartoonistsofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CCtLL3zl65k/?igshid=1amx8bxldb0ex

[galoots]

Ooh: a question. what are your favourite comics (other than duck comics ofc). comic nerd solidarity!

COMIC NERDS!! 

Oh man I love a lot of comics. In no particular order I love Tove Jansson’s Moomin, Ernie Bushmiller’s Nancy, O Human Star, Michael DeForge’s work, Jillian Tamaki’s work Emil Ferris’s My Favorite Thing is Monsters (seriously A MUST READ!), Anna & Froga, Barefoot Gen, Walt & Skeezix (its from the 1920s but my god its really cute), My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness and the sequels My Solo Exchange Diary vol. 1 and 2, Jason Lutes Berlin, The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye (Another Must Read), Osamu Tezuka (of course), haven’t read all of Guy Delisle’s stuff but Hostage and Pyongyang were really good, Oh my god Bone of course (I’ve got a gorgeous signed copy of the full color hardback omnibus), Bryan Lee O’Malley of Scott Pilgrim fame, Peanuts (does this even need mentioning), Wandering Son or Hourou Musuko in Japanese, Oyasumi PunPun, uhhh and like a million other comics as well. I like old stuff like Krazy Kat and Little Nemo because I’m a comics history nerd. Gee, just so much stuff. 

[shipping-receiving]

For 'not from US ask': 1., 11. And 25.??

1. favourite place in your country?

Hmm. This is such a difficult question lol. I think I’ll give a blanket shout out to all our national parks (which are much smaller and much more ‘artificial’ than what you’d get elsewhere). It’s hot and humid in Singapore all year around, so not always pleasant to be out in the sun, but I think our parks are well maintained by hardworking, passionate people.

11. favourite native writer/poet?

Maybe Boey Kim Cheng, a writer who lives in Australia now. He has a great book of essays called Between Stations. I should also mention Sonny Liew – I wrote about his graphic novel The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye for my masters dissertation.

25. would you like to come from another place, be born in another country?

Not particularly, but I do consider myself to have been born into a lot of privilege within Singapore’s context.

“hi I’m not from the US” ask set