Political Cartoons | Show and Tell Hong Kong Culture series #3

Justin Wong is coming to the Reading Biscuit Factory on Saturday 31 October, as part of the Show and Tell Hong Kong Culture series. It's a live drawing session: Wong will be up on stage sketching while he talks through his twenty-year career as a political cartoonist in Hong Kong. The whole thing is conducted in Cantonese.

There's a fair bit of history behind the name. Wong is a graduate of the Department of Fine Arts at The Chinese University of Hong Kong and started drawing for newspapers and magazines back in 2007. For years, his political cartoon column Geek Geek Kak Kak (嘰嘰格格) ran in Ming Pao Daily, and he's put out books like Hello World, Lonely Planet, The Great Era and The New Hong Kong. He's also taught at the School of Creative Media at City University of Hong Kong and at the Academy of Visual Arts at Hong Kong Baptist University. He lives in the UK now.

On the day, he'll be using a visual narrative to trace that twenty-year journey, drawing live as he goes. Along the way, he'll share his reflections on the city, identity and art since he relocated. It's presented by Hong Kong Cultural Heritage CIC as the third session in the Show and Tell Hong Kong Culture series.

It runs from 2:15 pm to 4:45 pm at The Biscuit Tin, the studio space inside the Reading Biscuit Factory (1 Queens Walk, RG1 7QE), and entry is free.