Literature gives us the possibility to imagine and express our emotions about the world; 

Comics allow us to visualize the emotions this world and ourselves hold.

Stories allow us to pass on the truths of what we’ve experienced, the celebrations of lives well lived, and the potential we saw in the future. In the words of our predecessors, we find room for interpretation. In the detailed lines of Ruan Guang-Min’s graphic novels, we travel through time and space to another life. 

Ruan’s stories explore something new within Taiwan’s past. From the Japanese colonial period to the small town lives in a developing era, the struggles and the triumphs of the everyday Taiwanese are laid out in steady ink. Capturing the fluidity of people’s natures, these comics delve into the darkness of humanity as well as the simple joys of the human experience. In the barbershop, we find something new born from the old. In the broken lever scale, we find the crossroads of our free will and the reality of society. These stories invite you to explore the world and our relations to each other, through the diverse perspectives of the Taiwanese.

What’s on the next page in the comic of your life?