![]() ![]() I do care more about how a human being is, rather than what county a person comes from. That was how I solved my own identity. ![]() All of them are having a certain amount of exposure worldwide.Īfter moving around a lot, I felt very unfamiliar/confused about my own identity. We have artists doing different styled comics, like Korean webtoons (when the comic is drawn in super long stripe and user-friendly for smartphone users which audiences can keep swiping the screen upward to read the comics drawn below), traditional Kung-Fu comics, Japanese manga, one-panel comics, independent comics. The comic scene in Hong Kong nowadays is much more diverse, and also influenced by different cultures. But for me, it's an impression of an older era. What does the comic art scene look like in Hong Kong?įor Hong Kong comics, I guess most foreigners would think our comics are strongly related to kung fu fighting, gangster cultures, and the drawings are usually very realistic and detailed. This thinking helped me break out of limiting beliefs imposed upon me because of cultural differences I had to face when growing up. I found the language of comics interesting and kept exploring it until now, as an art form. For example, I never thought that comics are art for kids and teenagers only, just because the common narrative is a character with supernatural powers that fights against evil characters, it did not have to be limited to that. I refused to base my judgment of art on stereotyped impressions that society at large had. I suffered discrimination and bullies when I was still in mainland China, rather than being sad and isolating myself, I kept asking where that hate came from, and how that hate is related to society and global relationships among different nations. And that curiosity helped my creativity. I built up lots of curiosity when I was still young (most kids are supposed to be like that, I guess). They also were more positive towards me and my background. Hong Kong is more influenced by Japanese pop culture, like movies, Jpop, manga, anime, etc. Hong Kong came with its own cultural shock. I have spent most of my life in Hong Kong since I was 9 years old. I was forced to understand the impact of world history on the Chinese people, who seemed to have hatred towards the Japanese because of what happened during WWII. I was shocked by the cultural difference. At the age of around 7, I was already pretty sure I would treat art as my profession.Īfter that, I stayed in Mainland China for a year. I started drawing when I was 3 years old. If you get anything out of this, just know that there is a perfect internship for you, and all it takes is a little networking and putting yourself out there.During my time in Japan, I was exposed to Japanese Manga and started to fall in love with comics. That is the story about I found my perfect internship. Luckily, I received an internship with them, as a high school student! Since starting here, I have worked on everything from editing videos to formatting comic books for the service. Not just because Marty was on the board of 21CL, because I had the confidence to go out and network at an event where not may high school students are. Being a part of 21st Century Leaders definitely gave me a leg up. ![]() ![]() After speaking to the CEO Matty Fleishmann further, I found out that he was on the board for 21st Century Leaders. We spoke on the phone, and I started working the following Monday. I spoke to their CCO Matty Ryan and we exchanged business cards, and within the next few days I received an email stating that they wanted to speak to me further about an internship. When walking down the aisles of booths, you could look and see what kind of intern the companies were looking for, and coincidently, Farrago was looking for a Social Media Marketing and Graphic Design Intern: exactly what I was searching for. Max with Farrago Comics CEO, Marty Fleischmann.įarrago is a digital distribution comic book service housed inside an IOS and Android app, and can be best described as Spotify for comic books. ![]()
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