The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye (10th Anniversary Edition)
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Get ready for a surprise with this book!
⭐ Features three unique cover designs, packed at random.
⭐ Cover designs are randomly assorted and can’t be requested. We hope you enjoy the surprise!Optional add-on: Striking 5th-anniversary poster (594 x 841mm) for only $10 (U.P. $52.90). Available while stocks last—don’t miss out!
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Celebrate 10 years of Singapore’s groundbreaking graphic novel—an international sensation, now with exclusive bonus material.
Sonny Liew’s triple Eisner Award–winning The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye chronicles the life of Chan Hock Chye, a pioneering but largely forgotten comics artist whose career spanned over five decades, mirroring Singapore’s political and social transformation. Translated into nine languages, this internationally acclaimed work blends fact and fiction, reimagining history through Chan’s striking illustrations, paintings and sketches. Now returning in a special edition, featuring new material marking its 10th anniversary, The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye is a must-have for collectors and new readers alike.
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“A hugely ambitious, stylistically acrobatic work...”
—New York Times Book Review“A landmark work in Singapore comics history.”
—The Straits Times“A touching, thoughtful meditation on Singapore’s relentless progress...The book does not shy away from controversial periods in the nation’s history.”
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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), Sense & Sensibility (Marvel Comics), Dr. Fate with Paul Levitz (DC Comics), Red Lines with Cherian George (MIT Press) and The Pandemic Cookbook with Hsu Li Yang (Epigram Books). He has received Eisner nominations for his art on Wonderland (Disney Press), 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 in Nantes. He received the Singapore National Arts Council’s Young Artist Award in 2010. Born in Malaysia, he lives in Singapore, where he sleeps with the fishes.
Cover Type: Hardcover
Page Count: 344
Year Published: 2025
Size: 255mm x 170mm
Language: English