A sincere confession to new fathers
Golden Comic Award for Comic of the Year,
Created by Xiao Zhuang, winner of the Youth Comics Award
Wu Nianzhen (director, screenwriter)
Mai Renjie (cartoonist, animation director)
Hou Zhijian (music composer)
"Men only start learning how to be fathers after they become fathers."
When I was little, I never learned how to be a son.
The young animals were just acting on instinct.
Wait until you have a child.
I inadvertently said what my father said back then.
Only then did I realize that my father’s influence had already been built into our lives.
The world is always changing.
My father's tactics back then were no longer entirely appropriate.
We can only rely on our own wisdom to deal with the situation.
Groping for a way to survive.
What was Dad thinking back then?
What kind of anxiety does he have?
How does it feel to look at your own children?
Until I had my own children and was too busy,
I suddenly became curious about my father back then.
Watching my child grow up slowly is like living my life again.
Only when I learned to be a father did I begin to understand the hardships my father went through.
But, after a long time,
Only then will these two generations have the possibility of understanding each other.
So I picked up a pen to record my father's mental journey.
Give the hesitation and anxiety in this book to your future children.
About the Author
His real name is Zhuang Yongxin. He was born in 1968 and graduated from the Department of Fine Arts and Crafts of Fuxing Industrial and Commercial College in Taipei, Taiwan.
A well-known advertising director in Taiwan, he has produced more than 500 commercials in the past 20 years and has won numerous Times Advertising Awards and Asia Pacific Advertising Awards. His footprints have spanned mainland China, Singapore, Japan and other places. He currently still insists on making films with his left hand and drawing comics with his right hand.
- In 1997, "Advertiser's Notes" set a record of 18 copies, becoming the first graphic novel in Taiwan.
- In 2009, "The Window" won the Excellent Story Drawing Award from the Information Bureau. In 2011, the Spanish version was authorized.
- In 2013, "The 80s Incident Book 1" won the Golden Comic Award "Annual Comic Award" and "Youth Comic Award"
- 2014 "Advertiser's Notes" (revised edition)
- 2015 "The 80s Incident Book 2", both books are authorized in French, German and Italian