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Society-related comics are comics that can reflect the society’s matters. In Hong Kong, some of them are about social satire; some of them talk about daily lives of Hong Kong; some caricaturists also talk about past lives of Hong Kong in order to recall a collective memory, etc. McDull is the first well-known society-related comic created by two local caricaturists, Alice Mak and Brian Tse. They use a hilarious way to express the core value, diligence.

Purpose and Platform
Society-related comics are often seen in different social media such as Facebook, Twitter, blogs and Instagram. In contemporary society, social media become one of the most powerful and reachable channel for people to share and get new information. As the social media become more unique like Instagram which focus on picture and Twitter which set a limited word count for every post, society-related comics become an alternative way for people to posting what they want to share. And in average, post which with a society-related comic or drawing is relatively with less words.

It is also common to read society-related comics on newspapers. The editor aims to make a dig at social issue but does not want to make it directly so they use comic to represent the message in a humorous way. The typical example was the comic talking about unauthorized building work of Henry Tang Ying-yen.

And, society-related comics books can be found in bookshop. The ideas for those stories included in the society-related comics books are always come from the daily life and social phenomenon. For example, a book It Is Just A Work(《打份工啫》) written by Aken Leung, the idea of those stories is came from office politics. As the ideas are connected with daily experiences, these kind of book can always arouse readers’ resonance.

Famous Examples
One of the famous Cartoonist calls Malone (馬龍). He started to draw the theme comics at 1984 and his drawing style and theme based on political humor. Malone named his pseudonym to Ma Sing (馬星) and stated to draw the children’s painting  for children which calls White cat and Black cat(《白貓黑貓》).

Also, Zunzi (尊子), formerly known as Wong Kei-kwan (黃紀鈞), Hong Kong cartoonist, he keen on drawing the political cartoons. He worked in Ming Pao, Apple Daily and Next Magazine before.

The old muddled series (《老懵董系列》) also to be mentioned, It was the famous ironic comics and it was launched by "sub-culture hall" in 2000. It is a political series of comics, The cover of the comics is a seemingly old Tung sitting naked on the toilet. It is so extremely sarcastic. The comics ironic for first SAR Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa is failure to manage the society.

Moreover, Bi Bi Pig is a popular Facebook fan page which almost all the posts are using society-related comics since the start of 2014. Bi Bi Pig is the main character of all those comics and the drawing that used to describe his are always got a theme like “the things that drive you crazy” or “my childhood memory”. As Bi Bi Pig is set to be a Hongkonger, his memories and experience are often shared by other Hong Kong people as well.

In addition, I Am An Airline Stewardess is also a Facebook fan page but it is more job-orientated. All the comics posted in that page is about the work of airline stewardess. By reading those pictures, everyday people can know more about that specific profession.

For more examples of society-related comics books are Fell In Love With Mr. Depression written by Lucia(2008) and There Is No Young Master In The Air written by Master E(2010). Also, SiuTung Illustration is another example for blog post with society-related comics.

Influence
Teenagers would be influenced the most by society-related comics. Firstly, using social networking sites is their leisure mostly and they can get information from surfing the internet easily. At the age of adolescence, most of the people do not read social issue actively. However, because of the appear of society-related comics, social affairs seem to be more interesting and funny for teenagers to read and investigate. It is common to see teenagers sharing society-related comics in Facebook. Leading by the creation of those comics, more teenagers are willing to engage in social activities.

Besides, society-related comics help to develop a social cohesion. Since the content of comic is about the society of Hong Kong, they are our common concern. For example, in Bi Bi Pig, there is a comic called “My Childhood’s Candies” and nearly twenty two thousands of people liked it. They brings a significant connection of Hongkongese with each other.

It is believed that everyone has heard of the subject which is called Liberal Studies, it is an integral part of the New Senior Secondary curriculum. In this course, the Hong Kong Examinations Assessment Authority would use social-related comics as topics of examination. Students need to interpret the content of the comics and theme that reflects the comics. With the popularity of social-related comics, the authority prefers use comics instead of a long article for the examination. It cannot be denied that social-related comics give a good subject for the authority to choose.