A review by thelibraryofminds
The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye by Sonny Liew

4.0

I picked this book up because of the oh comics podcast picking it as their book of the month and I'm so glad they did because I probably wouldn't have picked it up otherwise? It's a fictional memoir of this comics artist, but through it liew is really telling a tale of the history of Singapore-and he does it through multiple styles, showing his mastery of so many different types of art. Through the story of this comics artist who wants to tell his own story, he conveys singapore's history and political upheaval. There's a lot here that I never knew, and it's just brilliantly done- to the point that it seemed so real. So so interesting.