Template:Short description Template:Family name hatnote Template:Infobox Chinese Lai Tat-wing (Template:Zh), active as Lai Tat Tat Wing (Template:Zh), is a Hong Kong comics artist.
He has a character called Woody Woody Wood (木積積), described in 2015 by HK Magazine as Lai's "signature character".[1]
History
Lai had drawn works as a teenager, but as an adult, at first worked in an office. In 1991 he saw a theatre programme by Zuni Icosahedron and received inspiration to continue drawing.[1]
Lai began doing work on comics in 1995. The South China Morning Post described his initial comics as "experimental".[2] Lau Kit Wai of the South China Morning Post wrote that "unusual visuals and story-telling techniques" were elements in Lai's work.[3]
He wrote the Chinese language comic Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, which was published in 2005. In 2008 a French translation appeared, and the comic in January 2008 appeared at the Angoulême International Comics Festival.[2] The French title of the work is L’Enfer de Jade, and Casterman is the French publisher.[4]
By 2008, Lai stated that he withdrew from the Hong Kong manhua scene and argued that there was a lack of distinction in such comics that had appeared in previous generations.[5]
By 2015, Lai became the artist in residence for Zuni Icosahedron. Additionally, as of that year, media including Woody Woody Wood was in issues of Ming Pao Weekly.[1]