The main visual of the Taiwan booth at the 2023 New York Museum of Comics and Cartoon Art Festival.

(Provided by the Ministry of Culture)

[Reporter Tu Yingru/Taipei Report] Taiwan's new generation of popular creators "A ee mi" and "Saitemiss" will participate in the 2023 MoCCA Arts Festival in New York today and tomorrow.

During this trip, the two will also give a lecture at the Fifth Avenue SNFL branch of the New York Public Library, introducing the development status of "Zine", the most popular graphic creator in the world, in Taiwan.

"New York Comic and Cartoon Museum Art Festival" is a large-scale and well-known independent comic festival in Manhattan, New York. It is held by the Society of Illustrators in April every year, attracting more than 500 creators, nearly 10,000 viewers and the industry people involved.

The Taipei Cultural Center in New York has invited Taiwanese creators to participate since 2017. 61Chi, Crystal Kong, Ruan Guangmin, Zuo Xuan, Li Longjie, Li, Liu Qianfan, Fang Ruiyi, who have participated, are all loved by New York fans.

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The two have a large number of fans on social media: A ee mi has a colorful and bold creative style, and is good at expressing deep social issues and personal beliefs in neon colors.

This time, the main exhibit is the anthology of short comics "EMOLAND", which explores love, existence and emotions; the English version of "Platonic Love", which has just been released, also made its debut in New York.

A ee mi was also invited to participate in this afternoon's MoCCA Art Festival symposium, and had a chat with Japanese cartoonist Akino Kondoh in the United States and representatives of American independent comic publishing houses.

The illustrator's low-level mistakes have opened up popularity with fresh and dreamy features, and the works are full of pink colors of girls in love.

Low-level mistakes said, "My illustrations are inspired by the combination of Eastern appearance and Western emotions. What I want to convey to the audience most is that being a girl is allowed at any time." This time she brought best-selling works, including small The magazines "Before Evolution", "Year End" and the collection of illustrations "I Would Only Kiss You in My Dream" present a unique style developed by absorbing diverse pop culture. The style must make the eyes of American audiences shine.

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