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Cartoonist Sonny Liew talks 10 years of The Art Of Charlie Chan Hock Chye – and his 2026 book
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Graphic novelist Sonny Liew's The Art Of Charlie Chan Hock Chye will have a 10th anniversary edition put out by original publisher Epigram Books in August.
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SINGAPORE – Ten years after The Art Of Charlie Chan Hock Chye (2015) had its funding pulled by the National Arts Council (NAC), Singaporean cartoonist Sonny Liew hopes the fracas will be consigned to a “minor footnote” in the book’s history.
On the brouhaha over the book, which went on to snag three 2017 Eisner awards in the United States – considered the Oscars of the graphic novel world – he muses: “I can only guess that they made a stance back then and have seen no reason to revisit it. Maybe it remains a signal to book publishers or creators that some things remain off-limits, if they’re hoping for public grants or funding.”
