Most Popular Books by Sonny Liew

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From a bestselling graphic novelist comes “a hugely ambitious, stylistically acrobatic work” (The New York Times Book Review) that brings us on a uniquely moving, funny, and thought-provoking journey through the life of an artist and the history of a nation. Meet Charlie Chan Hock Chye. Now in his early 70s, Chan has been making comics in his native Singapore since 1954, when he was a boy of 16. 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. 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.

Warm Nights, Deathless Days: The Life of Georgette Chen is Eisner-nominated comic artist Sonny Liew’s response to the legacy of one of Singapore’s most prominent pioneer artists Georgette Chen (1906 – 1993). The result is a moving portrait of Chen’s life, thoughts, and dreams, a charming chronicle of her days as a precocious young painter to her winning of Singapore’s prestigious Cultural Medallion in 1982. Richly illustrated in a soft, milky palette, the comic captures the quiet space of art and friendship that Chen sheltered amid a turbulent backdrop of political turmoil and personal hardship. This book is the third title in the National Gallery’s Dreaming Art Series, presenting original illustrated stories by contemporary practitioners in the arts in response to key works in the National Collection.

This comic by award-winning graphic novelist Sonny Liew and Hsu Li Yang from National University of Singapore Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health answers questions and dispels the myths and misconceptions about antibiotics. Can antibiotics be used to treat the common cold? How much antibiotics should we be taking? In this easy-to-read book, Liew and Hsu break down the complexity of the medication, effects of overusage and its adaptation in the farming industry.

Let your imagination take flight with the fifth volume of this groundbreaking graphic novel fantasy anthology series, featuring short stories from some of today’s most legendary artists, including the series editor, Amulet creator Kazu Kibuishi! “The beautiful art throughout is a pleasure.”—Publishers Weekly From a couple’s perilous voyage across a floating monster bridge to the earthbound adventures of a girl who claims to be from Pluto, this fifth volume of Flight collects the voices of brilliant illustrators and animators before they launched to fame. This reissued comics anthology is full of memorable and gorgeous tales from multiple New York Times bestselling authors and Eisner Award–winning artists, including: • Kazu Kibuishi, New Yorak Times bestselling author of the Amulet series • Svetlana Chmakova, New York Times bestselling author of Awkward and the Dramacon series • Sonny Liew, Eisner Award–winning author of The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye • Steve Hamaker, Eisner Award–winning colorist of Bone by Jeff Smith • Chris Appelhans, director of Wish Dragon and K-Pop Demon Hunters • Graham Annable, Academy Award–nominated co-director of The Boxtrolls • And more!

A lively graphic narrative reports on censorship of political cartoons around the world, featuring interviews with censored cartoonists from Pittsburgh to Beijing. Why do the powerful feel so threatened by political cartoons? Cartoons don''t tell secrets or move markets. Yet, as Cherian George and Sonny Liew show us in Red Lines, cartoonists have been harassed, trolled, sued, fired, jailed, attacked, and assassinated for their insolence. The robustness of political cartooning--one of the most elemental forms of political speech--says something about the health of democracy. In a lively graphic narrative--illustrated by Liew, himself a prize-winning cartoonist--Red Lines crisscrosses the globe to feel the pulse of a vocation under attack. A Syrian cartoonist insults the president and has his hands broken by goons. An Indian cartoonist stands up to misogyny and receives rape threats. An Israeli artist finds his antiracist works censored by social media algorithms. And the New York Times, caught in the crossfire of the culture wars, decides to stop publishing editorial cartoons completely. Red Lines studies thin-skinned tyrants, the invisible hand of market censorship, and demands in the name of social justice to rein in the right to offend. It includes interviews with more than sixty cartoonists and insights from art historians, legal scholars, and political scientists--all presented in graphic form. This engaging account makes it clear that cartoon censorship doesn''t just matter to cartoonists and their fans. When the red lines are misapplied, all citizens are potential victims.

漫畫藝術的顛峰之作 用虛構追求真實、足以平衡主流史觀、你所不知的新加坡現代史 ◎榮獲美國漫畫界最高榮譽艾斯納「最佳作家／畫家」、「最佳出版設計」、「最佳美國版國際漫畫亚洲作品」等三大獎 ◎《經濟學人》《華盛頓郵報》《出版人週刊》年度好書 ◎本書由新加坡、美國、法國、瑞典、中國等多國翻譯出版 ◎採循原書設計，以特殊開本印刷，完整呈現漫畫風格與細節 ◎中文世界唯一未經刪節、完整翻譯出版 【大時代的小人物】 漫畫家陳福財出生於1938年的新加坡，受手塚治虫影響，立志成為一名漫畫家。成長於新加坡政治社會動盪時期，打從少年時代起就將新加坡的建國故事畫進漫畫裡，並經常融入對時局的解讀。例如以動物為主角的漫畫《136小隊》，帶頭的猴子即是象徵日軍侵佔新加坡時率先逃跑的白人指揮官。他還創造出了《阿發超級鐵人》與《蟑螂俠》等腳色，他們是新加坡獨立建國和社會經濟改革過程中，幫助人民的超級英雄化身。陳福財是個如你我一般平凡的小人物，靠漫畫勉強維生，身邊親友一一離去，即使到國外參加漫畫展也備受冷落，但他從未喪失對漫畫的熱情，以及用漫畫傳達關懷與觀點的初衷。不過，在此向各位看倌聲明，這位漫畫家其實是本書作者劉敬賢筆下的虛構人物！ 【戲說新加坡史】 本書作者劉敬賢也是一名新加坡漫畫家，曾在美國漫畫產業DC和漫威工作，為了畫自己想畫的漫畫，他返回漫畫產業不發達的新加坡，繪製屬於家鄉的故事。今日新加坡雖是世界金融中心，但長期一黨獨大，以威權體制與嚴刑峻罰聞名，往往讓人覺得經濟層面很先進，但政治社會還停留在過去。他認為有必要以不同視角去詮釋新加坡的過去與未來。 劉敬賢以畫中畫的形式，創造了陳福財這個漫畫家及其漫畫作品。我們在《入侵》這篇漫畫裡看見李光耀早年與左派領導人林清祥合作以脫離英國獨立的故事。在虛構人物陳福財的補述中，也可一窺當年馬來亞與新加坡合併背後的政治盤算，以及林清祥與李光耀最終決裂且入獄的真貌。在這些層層疊疊的虛實交錯裡，對新加坡歷史有了多層次的不同解讀。可以說，今日新加坡是如何建國，今日的特殊體制是怎麼誕生的，以及2016年政治強人李光耀過世後，新加坡的路線又會開往哪個方向，都可以在這本漫畫中得到一些啟示與答案。 【極為真實的虛構自傳】 這是一本極具創造性的漫畫，劉敬賢以陳福財的晚年口述、生平經歷和繪製的漫畫作品等三條線，搭配照片、素描、畫中畫，以立體又細緻的方式，重新講述了新加坡建國的歷史。雖是虛構的傳記，卻塑造出非常真實的人物，而劉敬賢的批判敘事也與現實世界緊密貼合。此外，配合陳福財的人生閱歷，其畫中畫的多幅作品也展現出不同年齡時期的風格與技巧。也許正因為是漫畫，才能達成如此淺顯易懂卻極為深刻的表現形式。 【出版即勝利，新加坡出版與言論自由的敲門磚】 在新加坡，漫畫產業一直不被重視，但在2017年本書卻榮獲美國漫畫界的奧斯卡獎，而且一次領回了三大獎項。不過，因為作者在漫畫中賦予太多非官方的歷史解讀，引發官方緊張，讓本書的補助一度遭到撤銷，沒想到卻成為超級暢銷書。這個事件也印證了新加坡至今依舊緊張的政治氛圍。若要了解今日新加坡從何而來，了解新加坡的社會文化，這都不可錯過這本兼具藝術與歷史的精采大作。 本書因為提到共產主題，在中國出版時，內容遭到刪改，彷彿呼應新加坡的言論審查與威權體制。本次貓頭鷹的繁體中文版將完整呈現原書內容。 ◎各方推薦（依姓氏筆畫排序） 吳平稑 《不要忘記我》譯者 李取中 《大誌雜誌》《The Affairs 週刊編集》總編輯 阮光民 漫畫家 林韋地 季風帶文化創辦人 翁稷安 暨南大學歷史系助理教授 張辰漁 世界柔軟影像文化-總監 陳怡靜 大人的漫畫社創辦人 黃珮珊 慢工文化總編輯 ◎各方讚譽 圖像小說是新加坡英文社群盛行的創作形式，而劉敬賢是其中的佼佼者，這本《漫畫之王陳福財的新加坡史》英文原版出版後在新加坡引起巨大的轟動，內容非常有趣，對新加坡的官方史觀也有強力的批判和反思，非常樂見這本經典在台灣出版繁體中文版，讓台灣讀者可以看到這本好書。─林韋地／季風帶文化創辦人 這本由架空漫畫裡的人物所構築出來的新加坡史比我們所認知的世界更為真實也更具啟示，同時也展現了透過漫畫的表現手法如何為原本陌生且隱晦的歷史脈絡描繪出一條更為清晰的路徑。─李取中／《大誌雜誌》《The Affairs 週刊編集》總編輯 獨一無二……空前絕後的傑作。一本讀來開心、面貌多變的美麗書籍。不僅是對漫畫的謳歌，也是一堂技巧大師課、一場驚心動魄的旅程、一本深具啟蒙意義的小說，更是對戰後至現代的堅定回顧。我愛它，敬畏它。──麥克．凱里（Mike Carey）／《路西法》（Lucifer）、《未竟之謎》（Thu00ade Unwritten）作者 一部足以匹敵辰巳嘉裕《劇畫漂流》的精彩作品……帶著《卡瓦利與克雷的神奇冒險》（The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay）的迷人風格。毫無疑問是一等一的漫畫傑作。──漫畫網站The Beat 本書是圖像小說、是畫冊、也是敘事散文，讓我們看見截然不同的新加坡……充滿對新加坡今昔的諷刺評論，讓漫畫成為說故事的出色媒介。本書切合時事又懷舊雋永，無疑是多層次的敘事佳作。──The Malay Mail《馬來郵報》 本書以一系列漫畫插曲記錄舊時代的暴動與抗議事件，篇篇都是向世上偉大漫畫家致敬的傑作，也是挑戰不可言說、為官方歷史無名氏平反的良心之作。──《紐約時報》 作者探索新加坡的戰後祕辛與現實，對於將建立秩序置於個人意見之上的政策提出嚴厲批判。透過引人入勝的分鏡技巧，這本結合有力陳述和精湛畫工的作品讓人只想一頁接一頁讀下去。無限迷人，為圖像小說拓疆展界，高度推薦給喜歡政治諷刺漫畫或Chris Ware、Art Spiegelman作品的讀者。──Library Journal《圖書館學刊》 本書不僅在民間野史和官方主流史觀之間取得巧妙平衡，更藉由說故事之口提出一則則關於新加坡去殖民化與後殖民時代的歷史叩問……作者穩穩地將個人經驗置於規模更宏大的國家集體敘事中，讓主人翁不再是歷史旁觀者，進而成為編織歷史的線軸。──菲力普浦荷頓（Philip Holden），《後殖民寫作雜誌》

A digest-sized, black-and-white trade paperback reprinting the 4-issueVertigo miniseries from writer Mike Carey (LUCIFER) and artists Sonny Liew andMarc Hempel, MY FAITH IN FRANKIE tells the story of a girl who discovers thathaving your own personal deity isn''t all it''s cracked up to be - particularlywhen you''re trying to get a boyfriend and your god turns out to be jealous! Butas Frankie moves precariously into adulthood and her god Jeriven tries to winher back, sinister forces are at work that could spell disaster far beyond abroken heart, and Frankie and Jeriven will both have to do some fast growing-upif they''re going to survive

All-new stories featuring every fan-favorite character from the hit show Adventure Time. Final Collection of Adventure Time Comics. WHAT CAN OOO DO? Strange peril strikes the beloved world of Ooo again and no citizen is safe! Between Ice King’s heart calling it quits to the entire Breakfast Kingdom getting locked out of their homes when Finn and Jake drop the key to the city in the Cappuccino River, mystery and chaos ensue in this Adventure Time Comics collection. Be sure to catch the latest batch of hilarious tales based off of Cartoon Network’s hit show! Featuring work by Sonny Liew, Matt Frank, Cristina Rose Chua, Jack Sjogren and many more!

Korean-American Jen Dik Seong, known as Dixie to her friends, puts most of her money and energy into the martial art of hapkido, but she nearly loses her competitive edge when she falls for fellow hapkido enthusiast Adam--a boy who soon makes it obvious he is not worthy of her affection.

The Shadow Hero is based on the adventures of the Green Turtle, who solved crimes and fought injustice just like any other comics hero of the 1940s. But this mysterious masked crusader was hiding something more than your run-of-the-mill secret identity . . . The Green Turtle was the first Asian American superhero. Now, New York Times-bestselling author Gene Luen Yang has created a riveting, hilarious, and moving origin story for the Green Turtle. With artwork by the unmatched Sonny Liew, this gorgeous graphic novel about heroism and heritage is also a loving tribute to the long, rich tradition of American superhero comics. The sixth and final issue of The Shadow Hero, "Enter the Green Turtle," sees our hero Hank learning the identity of the woman in red...and finally finding his place as a superhero!

Cartoon Network''s award-winning animated series Adventure Time will conclude this fall with Season 10-but this October, KaBOOM! proudly continues telling the stories of Finn and Jake in a new Season 11 comic series! In the aftermath of The Great Gum War, Finn, Jake and the entire land of Ooo begin to pick up the pieces with some new and unexpected friends. Written by Eisner Award-winning writer Sonny Liew (The Art of Charlie Hock Chye) and illustrated by Marina Julia (Lumberjanes: Faire and Square), this is the only place fans can get new stories in the land of Ooo!

Finn, Jake and their new friend continue on their scavenger hunt around Ooo, marveling at the changes around them in the wake of the War. The Emmy Award-winning series continues with a new season!

First published in 1813 - The classic story of the Dashwood family who are forced by reduced circumstamces to move to the west of England.