Larry Feign

Feign is from Buffalo, New York. He attended the University of California, Berkeley and Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont, graduating with a B.A. in 1979, and received an MFA in Creative Writing from Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon in 2012. His earliest comic-strip character was known as "Hoiman the Mouse", which he created as the mascot for Dum, a mimeographed magazine produced a few times per year with several collaborators in primary school. Later he co-created a strip called "Billy Wizard", which began as a collaboration in high school with Jon Tschirgi. He and Tschirgi also formed a rock band which released one LP record in 1976 under the name The B. Toff Band, and a 45 rpm single in 1978 under the name Billy Wizard. Feign started cartooning professionally in 1980 in Honolulu, where he worked as a caricature artist in the International Marketplace. In 1983, he moved to Los Angeles and worked for the animation studio DIC Productions as a storyboard artist for the "Heathcliff the Cat" animated television series. == Move to Hong Kong ==

In 1985, he moved to Hong Kong, Feign, who speaks Cantonese, was described as more integrated into Hong Kong than many other expatriates by the New York Times. Letters to the editor written by then Democrat leader Martin Lee and others were never published. == Later career ==

From 1998 to 2000 Feign lived in London, where he produced a weekly political comic strip for Time magazine's international editions, as well as a comic strip known as The Royals, satirizing the antics of the British royal family. He also illustrated for The Economist, Fortune, and other publications. Feign's work has received several awards, including Best Cartoonist from the Newspaper Society of Hong Kong, three Human Rights Press Awards from Amnesty International, and others for his animation work. In 2011, Feign received a literature fellowship from the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire. From 2018 to 2019, Feign documented his trouble with peripheral neuropathy that affected his drawing ability in a weblog. Feign has also produced animation for Walt Disney Television and the Cartoon Network. A novel by Feign based on the life of Zheng Yi Sao, The Flower Boat Girl, was published in 2021. Feign lives in Hong Kong. He is married to psychologist and author Dr. Cathy Tsang-Feign. ==Books==

• The Village at the Center of the World (2023) . • The Flower Boat Girl (2021) . • A Politically Incorrect History of Hong Kong (2017) . • ''Let's All Shut Up & Make Money! 20th Anniversary Edition'' (2017) . • Aieeyaaa! Learn Chinese the Hard Way (2015) . • Aieeyaaa! 2008 Cantonese version (2008) . • Hongkongitis (2007) . • Attack of the Diced Chicken (2003) . • The Royals (2000) • ''Let's All Shut Up And Make Money'' (1997) . • ''Aieeyaaa! I'm Pregnant!'' (1996) . • Banned in Hong Kong (1995) . • Hong Kong Fairy Tales (1994) . • Execute Yourself Tonite! (with Nury Vittachi) (1993) . • How The Animals Do It (1992) . • Postcards from Lily Wong (1990) . • The Adventures of Superlily (1989) . • Quotations From Lily Wong (1989) . • The World of Lily Wong (1988) . • Aieeyaaa! Not Again! (1987) . • Aieeyaaa! (1986) . ==References==