Breathing new life into an extinct beastAward-winning comic artist discusses his fantastical new work about the Formosan clouded leopard for the National Taiwan MuseumBy Han Cheung / Staff reporterComic artist Hambuck (漢寶包) worried that the outline for his new work was too whimsical. After all, the client was the National Taiwan Museum (國立台灣博物館), one of the nation’s oldest and respected institutes dedicated to Taiwan’s flora, fauna, history and culture. Museum director Hung Shih-yu (洪世佑) did give Hambuck flack after reading the plot featuring cloud leopards — but for being too conservative. We just wanted to draw what was cool and exciting.”This specimen of a cloud leopard is on display on the third floor of the National Taiwan Museum and is featured in The Beast of the Clouds. “They say that it’s extinct, but there’s people who dispute that ... There’s a lot of room for imagination,” he says.

Source: Taipei Times December 09, 2020 15:56 UTC