Yeung grown up in the Lam tin district of Hong Kong, its name literary means blue field in Cantonese, hence had his first graphic novel named “ How Blue was my valley “. A newly built large public housing estate in the 70’s, it was a densely populated, rough and tough neighbourhood. Yeung compelling and extraordinary use of primal bright colours to depict the daily lives of the estate, established both his signature drawing style, thus sat a benchmark to the development of Hong Kong indie comics.
A teenage boy with a hungry stomach walks slowly uphill, passed the wet market, dodged the bullies, climb the stairs, the diligent taping sound of the sewing machine, guitar strumming ; winter spring summer or fall, all you… she made it to the chorus today.
