By Liao Hsueh-ju and Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporter, with staff writerArtist Lu Cheng-min (呂誠敏) has decorated an alley in Hsinchu County’s Sinpu Township (新埔) with a mosaic of comic-book characters created by his elementary-school art teacher, late comic book artist Chen Ting-kuo (陳定國). Lu said that Chen inspired him to become an artist while he was a student at Sinpu Elementary School. Chen drew more than 2,000 comic books and 1,500 comic strips in his lifetime, but many are out of print, he said. The walls, floors and roof of the alley between Jhongjheng Road and Heping Street have all been covered with mosaic tiles. In the mosaic, Lu included one of Chen’s characters, Hua Hsiao Mei (花小妹), who was modeled after Chen’s daughter, Lu said, adding that he hopes visitors and the county’s young residents would take photographs of the alley as a tribute to Chen.

Source: Taipei Times December 15, 2018 15:56 UTC