Howard Wong

Main Exhibition: Saturday May 11 (9am to 5pm) and Sunday May 12 (10am to 5pm) Professional Development: Friday May 10 Free To Attend! Primary Venue: Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge Street, Toronto I will be at TCAF (Toronto Comics Art Festival) with my Canadian launch of Adrian Alphona's (Ms. Marvel) and my first children's illustrated book, The Unhappy Little Pig! I will be doing a panel sharing how it came about, signing and giving out free bookmarks! Details below. Signing Schedule Details: Dates and Times: May 11th, Saturday 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM May 12th, Sunday 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM Location: Little Island Signing Area, Toronto Reference Library, 1st Floor, Beeston Auditorium I will also be doing a panel with Joey Weiser (Ghost Hog) on Saturday (May 11th) 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM. Panel  Schedule  Details: Pigs! Pigs! Pigs! It's the Year of the Pig! Meet the creators of two exciting new porcine releases, Howard Wong & Adrian Alphona (T...

Pacific Place's The Style Sheet in honour of World Book Day asked some of your favourite Hong Kong-connected authors and yours truly to talk about a book that changed their lives. Click here to find out what books they are and why. As you explore bookstores and libraries to discover new compelling stories for yourself, why not head to a local comic shop too! Happy reading!

It was an adventurous two weeks doing talks and workshops at 12 (local and international) schools across Hong Kong with students aged 5 to 17. Being able to share my passion for crafting stories, behind-the-scenes experiences working in different industries, writing techniques I've developed over the years with over 2000 students made it very memorable. Some fun memories I had with my time with the students from all the different schools were of some asking me fun geeky questions to very thought-provoking ones like the one about how one overcomes adversity, to those about armpit farts (yes, really). There were also a few future artists who shared some of their artwork with me that they did during my talks. There were many more memorable moments that involved Star Wars to a pop singer and Stan Lee I had a lot of fun doing two workshops at the public event at Lee Gardens 2, where I met many aspiring future authors! Not to mention amazing futu...

I was interviewed by South China Morning Post's Andrew Sun, where I was asked about some of the work I've done. Some things to note, I did not write the narrative for the Iron Man Experience attraction but did write the comic with the same name for Marvel Comics. A freelance creative consultant, Wong was there to discuss storylines for a new robot character. But before that, the agenda included updates on a crossover product line showing  Star Wars  characters as samurais. As the suits reviewed sales projections and production schedule, the Chinese-Canadian writer noticed something odd in the prototype toys. “The Stormtroopers had nipples on their armour,” Wong says. “So I asked ‘why do they have nipples?’ The executives paused, then also asked, ‘yeah, why are there nipples on Stormtroopers?’” Urgent emails flew off to Japan. Responsible adults evaluating management decisions suddenly degenerated into a round table of nerds debating whether Edo-period troops for ...

My first children's illustrated book, The Unhappy Little Pig launched at the Hong Kong International Young Readers Festival this past March! The Unhappy Little Pig is written by moi, illustrated by Adrian Alphona (Ms. Marvel) and published by the fine folks at the Hong Kong International Young Readers Festival. It is a story of a pig unhappy being a pig who goes on a whimsical search to find what makes him happy. Only 200 are printed with each one numbered. They also come with a snazzy certificate of authenticity! We had a signing at the Hong Kong International Young Readers Festival's public events at Lee Gardens 2 where I got to meet a lot of enthusiastic book lovers! The official launch for The Unhappy Little Pig was held at Kelly and Walsh at Pacific Place, where I got to meet more fantastic book lovers during a reading and signing event! You can get your copy at  http://www.youngreadersfestival.org.hk/2019-programme/the-unhappy-little-pig/...

Well, if you listened to the radio interview I did at RTHK 3's 1-2-3 Show, you already know that I have a new children's illustrated book coming up later this month with Adrian Alphona (Ms. Marvel)! Here is some production art from Adrian Alphona to tie you over until the book launch later this month!

It was a great time getting to talk with Noreen Mir's 1-2-3 Show on RTHK about my first children's illustrated book and other fun things! Give a listen here: https://podcast.rthk.hk/podcast/item.php?pid=1762&eid=170467&lang=en-US You can watch me on the radio on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsGiAWZO0H0 Or if you want to see on the Facebook Live recording scan this QR code: