The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye

The Art of Charlie Chan Hock ChyeA 2017 Eisner Award Winner for Best Writer Artist, Best US Edition of International Material Asia, and Best Publication Design Winner of the Singapore Literature Prize 2016 A New York Times bestseller An Economist Book of the Year 2016 An NPR Graphic Novel Pick for 2016 A Washington Post Best Graphic Novel of 2016 A New York Post Best Books of 2016 A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2016 A South China Morning Post Top 10 Asian books of 2016 An A. V.

A 2017 Eisner Award Winner for Best Writer/Artist, Best US Edition of International Material--Asia, and Best Publication Design
Winner of the Singapore Literature Prize 2016
A New York Times bestseller
An Economist Book of the Year 2016
An NPR Graphic Novel Pick for 2016
A Washington Post Best Graphic Novel of 2016
A New York Post Best Books of 2016
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2016
A South China Morning Post Top 10 Asian books of 2016
An A.V. Club Best Comics of 2016
A Comic Books Resources Top 100 Comics of 2016
A Mental Floss Most Interesting Graphic Novel of 2016

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, bringing us on a uniquely moving, funny, and thought-provoking journey through the life of an artist and the history of a nation.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Published: 03/01/2016
ISBN: 9781101870693
Pages: 320
Weight: 2.40lbs
Size: 10.20h x 6.90w x 1.30d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 01/04/2016
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2016
Shelf Awareness 03/15/2016
Booklist 05/15/2016 pg. 39

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 180942 / Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye
Reading Level: 5.6 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 4