135:(《老懵董系列》) is another key example. Famously ironic, it was launched by "sub-culture hall" in 2000. It is a political comics series. The cover of the comics depict a seemingly old Tung sitting naked on the toilet. It is so extremely sarcastic. The comics used irony to depict the first SAR Hong Kong Chief Executive
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Moreover, Bi Bi Pig is a popular
Facebook fan page in which almost all posts have consisted of society-related comics since the start of 2014. Bi Bi Pig is the main character of all those comics and the drawings that describe his adventures always have theme such as “the things that drive you crazy”
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In addition the comics have been used in education. Liberal
Studies is an integral part of the New Senior Secondary curriculum in Hong Kong. In this course, the Hong Kong Examinations Assessment Authority have used society-related comics as topics of examination. Students need to interpret the
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Besides, society-related comics help to develop social cohesion. As the content is about the society of Hong Kong, it reflects common concerns. For example, in Bi Bi Pig, there is a comic called "My
Childhood’s Candies" and nearly twenty two thousand people liked it. They bring a significant
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Teenagers are perhaps the most influenced by society-related comics. Firstly, social networking sites play a key role in their leisure activities and they can get information from surfing the internet easily. During adolescence, most people do not actively read up on social issues. However,
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It is also common to read society-related comics in newspapers. The editor aims to make a dig at a social issue but does not want to make it directly, so they use comics to convey the message in a humorous way. The typical example was the comic talking about unauthorized building work of
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society-related comics have made social affairs seem more interesting and funny for teenagers to read and investigate. It is common to see teenagers sharing these comics on
Facebook. Led by the creation of those comics, more teenagers are willing to engage in social affairs activities.
67:, which set a limited word count for every post, society-related comics have become an alternative way for people to post what they want to share. And on average, a post which has a society-related comic or drawing uses relatively fewer words.
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Facebook as its platform but it is more job-oriented. All the comics posted in that page are about the work of airline stewardesses. By reading those pictures, everyday people can learn more about that profession.
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content of the comics and theme that reflects the comics. With the popularity of society-related comics, the assessment authority prefers to use comics instead of a long article for the examinations.
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One of the famous cartoonists is called Malone (馬龍). He started to draw themed comics in 1984 and his drawing style and theme were based on political humor. Malone chose the pseudonym
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