Lai Tat Tat Wing

In this Hong Kong name, the surname is Lai.

Lai Tat-wing (Chinese: 黎達榮), active as Lai Tat Tat Wing (Chinese: 黎達達榮), is a Hong Kong comics artist.

Lai Tat Tat Wing
Traditional Chinese	黎達達榮
Simplified Chinese	黎达达荣
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lí Dádáróng Yue: Cantonese Jyutping lai4 daat6 daat6 wing4
Lai Tat-wing
Traditional Chinese	黎達榮
Simplified Chinese	黎达荣
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lí Dáróng Yue: Cantonese Jyutping lai4 daat6 wing4

He has a character called Woody Woody Wood (木積積), described in 2015 by HK Magazine as Lai's "signature character".^[1]

History

Lai had drawn works as a teenager, but as an adult, at first worked in an office. In 1991 he saw a theatre programme by Zuni Icosahedron and received inspiration to continue drawing.^[1]

Lai began doing work on comics in 1995. The South China Morning Post described his initial comics as "experimental".^[2] Lau Kit Wai of the South China Morning Post wrote that "unusual visuals and story-telling techniques" were elements in Lai's work.^[3]

He wrote the Chinese language comic Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, which was published in 2005. In 2008 a French translation appeared, and the comic in January 2008 appeared at the Angoulême International Comics Festival.^[2] The French title of the work is L’Enfer de Jade, and Casterman is the French publisher.^[4]

By 2008, Lai stated that he withdrew from the Hong Kong manhua scene and argued that there was a lack of distinction in such comics that had appeared in previous generations.^[5]

By 2015, Lai became the artist in residence for Zuni Icosahedron. Additionally, as of that year, media including Woody Woody Wood was in issues of Ming Pao Weekly.^[1]

See also

• Hong Kong comics