By Han Cheung / Staff reporterTaiwan needs a superstar comic character, says Chang Min-hui (張敏慧), manager of Basisbooks (基地書店), which is exclusively devoted to Taiwanese comics. The average Taiwanese, however, would likely be hard-pressed to name a single local comic character. In Taiwan, it is the opposite, says Lo He-ling (羅禾淋), curator of this year’s Taiwan Comic Art Festival (台灣漫畫藝術節), where he explores ways to expand Taiwan’s comic audience through cross-platform collaboration. What’s encouraging, however, is the expanding demographic of local comic readers. Lo says that the delayed development of Taiwan’s comic industry essentially stems from the government’s strict censorship system during the Martial Law era.

Source: Taipei Times October 16, 2019 15:56 UTC