{"product_id":"the-art-of-charlie-chan-hock-chye-9781101870693","title":"The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - From a bestselling graphic novelist comes \"a hugely ambitious, stylistically acrobatic work\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) that brings us on a uniquely moving, funny, and thought-provoking journey through the life of an artist and the history of a nation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeet 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, \u003c\/i\u003eSonny 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSONNY LIEW is a comics artist, painter, and illustrator whose work includes the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Shadow Hero\u003c\/i\u003e with Gene Luen Yang, \u003ci\u003eMy Faith in Frankie\u003c\/i\u003e with Mike Carey, \u003ci\u003eMalinky Robot, \u003c\/i\u003e and a new Doctor Fate comics series with Paul Levitz. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Born in Malaysia, he lives in Singapore, where he sleeps with the fishes.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Pantheon Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50646741680402,"sku":"9781101870693","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a143722c-acb7-46ec-9f85-a0c9ad69ce6d.jpg?v=1733184423","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-art-of-charlie-chan-hock-chye-9781101870693","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}