【開箱．圖像小說】多人｜島嶼禮物：台灣紐西蘭圖像小說創作合集

💛 Add to My Bookshelf

TitleIsland Gifts: A Collection of Graphic Novels by Taiwanese Artists from New Zealand
English Title：Island to Island: a graphic exchange between Taiwan & New Zealand
AuthorTim Gibson, Rachel Fenton, Ant Sang, Xiao Zhuang, 61Chi, An Zhe
PublisherBig Spicy
Publication Date2015-12-11
Language：Traditional Chinese, English
ISBN13: 9789866634567
Binding：Paperback / 200 pages / 21 x 29.7 x 1.5 cm / Normal grade / Full color printing / First edition
Price480 yuan (Books.com.tw 博客來)

💬

20221007

This collection of graphic novels originated from the 2015 Taipei International Book Fair (New Zealand was the theme country that year), which launched a graphic creation activity to allow creators from Taiwan and New Zealand to exchange ideas! This book showcases the results of "gifts" exchanged between three creators from Taiwan and three from New Zealand, and is a collection of 18 graphic novels.

The translucent book jacket reads: "Books are the best gift!" and "One book, two islands, six authors, eighteen touching gifts." The six creators are: Tim Gibson, Rachel Fenton, Ant Sang, Sean Chuang, 61Chi, and Ahn Zhe.

The book's art design was handled by 61Chi, featuring three creators from Taiwan represented by the Formosan macaque and three creators from New Zealand represented by the kiwi 🥝. The title pages at the beginning and end of the book also feature dense patterns of these two animals—very cute!

All text in the book is presented in two languages (Chinese and English), and some works are completely textless.

Each creator created works based on the themes and inspirations that arose after the exchange, showcasing the unique styles and characteristics of their respective works!

Official Introduction

Six cartoonists from two islands create a wonderful gift for their friends!
Cartoonists from Taiwan and New Zealand, separated by opposite Pacific Oceans.
Here, the warmest sparks of friendship are ignited.

What interesting conversations did these six foreign cartoonists have after meeting for the first time, spending a week in a foreign land together?

It's rare that this story wasn't created for readers or for myself; it was a story created to give a once-in-a-lifetime encounter with a foreign friend as an intimate gift. It shows how they share their life experiences, finding inspiration in each other—both strangers and close friends—deepening their understanding of one another's life.

This gift, "Gift from Islands – A Taiwanese-New York Graphic Novel Collection Project," is a vow of commitment to the relationship.

A total of 18 short comics, drawing the viewer in and offering glimpses into the cartoonists' most relatable and authentic emotions. 61Chi's childhood pet, Angelopoulos's landscape gaze, Xiao Zhuang's beloved family, Ant's fifth-generation Chinese fantasy, Rachel's poetic sensibilities, Tim's passion for alcohol... all are captured here.

[On the Island Gaze – A Collaborative Creative Project Between Taiwanese and New Zealand Writers]

Three graphic novelists were selected from Taiwan and New Zealand respectively. In October 2014, the Taiwanese graphic novelist went to Auckland for a residency, where he exchanged ideas and created works with the New Zealand graphic novelist. The second phase of the program took place in Taipei in February 2015, where the three New Zealand graphic novelists came to Taiwan for a residency and exhibited their records of the exchange and initial ideas for their works at the Taipei International Book Exhibition.

"Islands Looking at Each Other - Taiwan-New Zealand Writers Collaboration Project" is a preliminary work for in-depth cultural exchange between Taiwan and New Zealand. During their residency, the six authors came up with the creative theme of "gift" and gave their comics as gifts to each other.

Story Outline

In Auckland in October 2014 and in Taipei in February 2015.

Three cartoonists from each of the two island nations of Taiwan and New Zealand were selected to exchange residencies. Six cartoonists with distinct styles share their friendship stories in each other's countries! This book is a collection of eighteen short stories, a "gift" exchanged between the six authors to their friends in other countries—a token of their friendship.

The theme might be sharing life experiences, something interesting about the other person, or insights gained from being in a different place—it could be a connection between everyday life and imaginative possibilities. Let's board Waka, created by a cartoonist, and sail across the ocean to another island to make friends with them.

"I want to exchange gifts with you..." so that our fate can extend across the ocean.

Taiwan and New Zealand are two islands, separated by thousands of miles across the diagonal of the South Pacific Ocean.

Six cartoonists created illustrations to erase the distances marked on the map.

They went to different places, visiting each other's countries and asking each other, "What are you interested in?"“

After parting, they exchanged tokens of their affection.

Or rather, those keepsakes that serve as a memento of this once-in-a-lifetime encounter.

This book has become a poetic and heartfelt confession between countries and islands.

Content

006 – Foreword: The Endless Cycle of the Tides / Huang Baoping (CEO of the Taipei Book Fair Foundation)
007 – Foreword: Island Imagination / Melanie Rafimore (President of the New Zealand Publishers Association)
008 – Foreword: Island Gifts, Pictorial Travel / Huang Jianhe (Editor-in-Chief, Da La Publishing House)
010 – Character Introduction
012 – Gift 1 / Sean for Tim: A Few Things About Drinking
023 – Gift 2 / Tim for Chi 《Separation / Anxiety》
030 – Gift 3 / Chi for Rae (Her Hair)
038 – Gift 4 / Rae for Ahn (Natural Desire)
046 – Gift 5 / Ahn for Ant: Take With You A Piece Of My Scenery : places
052 – Gift 6 / Ant for Sean (Son)
066 – Gift 7／Sean for Rae《The Picture》
076 – Gift 8 / Rae for Chi 《Room to Imagine》
092 – Gift 9 / Chi for Ant 《Bunny》
104 – Gift 10 / Ant for Ahn 《Six-Pack》
112 – Gift 11 / Ahn for Tim: Take With You A Piece Of My Scenery : people
119 – Gift 12 / Tim for Sean (Go Max)
128 – Gift 13／Sean for Ant《Hero》
144 – Gift 14 / Ant for Chi 《Peach Blossom Spring Country Dreaming》
152 – Gift 15 / Chi for Tim (Kick the Can)
163 – Gift 16 / Tim for Ahn's *Endless Runner*
168 – Gift 17 / Ahn for Rae 《Take With You A Piece Of My Scenery : things》
174 – Gift 18 / Rae for Sean, "The Last Day at the National Palace Museum"
185 – Island Conversation / Trips between Islands
197 – About the Artists

About the Author

Tim Gibson

New Zealand graphic novelist Tim has created animations of fantasy worlds and various characters and monsters for world-renowned directors Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson. He also contributed to the creation of films such as Tintin, District 9, and Avatar. In 2012, he received a grant from Creative New Zealand to create his first online comic book, Moth City.www.mothcity.comWith its novel narrative style, it has accumulated a considerable readership online.

Rachel Fenton

Rachel Fenton, born in 1976, is a multi-talented artist who writes poetry, short stories, illustrations, and graphic novels. A rising star in New Zealand's graphic arts scene, she is an award-winning graphic poet in creative writing at the AUT College of Art and Design in Auckland and has been featured in Hicksville's *New Zealand Comics and Graphic Novels*.

Fang Shuhao (Ant Sang)

An award-winning graphic novelist, he also creates numerous short comics featuring local anecdotes and educational themes. His work *Shaolin Burning* won the Honour Award at the New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards in 2012 and was also included in the Storylines Notable Books list. His comic series *The Dharma Punks*, which began serialization in 2004, was republished as a graphic novel in 2014.

Sean Chuang

A renowned Taiwanese advertising director, he has worked as an animator and professional illustrator, possessing 20 years of experience in advertising directing with over 400 works to his name. He has won the Asia-Pacific Advertising Award and the Times Advertising Golden Image Award. His 1997 book, *The Advertising Man's Notes*, documenting his life and work experiences, has been reprinted 18 times. He is also the author of *The Window* and *The 80s Chronicles*, with *The 80s Chronicles 1* winning the 2014 Golden Comic Award for Best Young Adult Comic and the Annual Comic Award.

61Chi

A rising star in the new generation of Taiwanese comics, she possesses astonishing drawing skills, with a style spanning children's illustrations, American realism, and Japanese aesthetics. She also designs, draws comics, and dabbles in photography, attempting to bring the dual beauty of art and design into her comics and illustrations. To date, she has self-published over ten doujinshi comics. Her work "The Room," officially published in January 2014, won the 2015 Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs 8th International Comics Award for Excellence and was shortlisted for the 2015 Taipei International Book Exhibition Award for Non-Fiction.

Ahn Zhe

Her works have been exhibited in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Hong Kong, and other countries, and have won numerous international awards. In 2014, her work "The Vanished No. 226" was selected for the American 3x3 Contemporary Illustration Exhibition and included in the American Illustration Yearbook. In 2013, her work "The Cleaner" was shortlisted for the Emerging Talent Award at the Angoulême International Comics Festival in France, and in the same year, her work "Gift" won the first prize for Emerging Talent at the Fumetto European Comics Festival in Lucerne, Switzerland. She has also authored the gift book "Dreams Under the Bed," and her latest work is the picture book "The Restless Stone."