Hong Kong Stories - Our Comic Artists (English Version)：Draw for Freedom - LAU Kwong-shing

During the processing of creation, creators keep finding and getting to know themselves. Comic artist LAU Kwong-shing’s experience has all along been like this. Finally, he found the importance of freedom, for being a human and a comic artist as well.

LAU grew up in Japan and later followed his family to move back to Shandong. He was bullied as he was mistaken as Japanese. His first awakening originated from his identity, and drawing comics became his redemption. However, drawing comics also requires the creator’s awakening – how to breakthrough and make himself / herself stand out from others? Being invited to the Angoulême International Comics Festival in France, LAU got inspired all of a sudden. He had broadened his horizons and thus he tried hard to explore his own style.

After LAU has found his own creative direction, he began to think over the freedom and space for creation, and these are problems of immediate concern which one cannot stay aloof from as a Hong Kong person. LAU’s thinking process is still in progress …