Author: Wonn

I'm all about creating things, from comics to video games -- only when I'm creating do I feel like myself. I made this website in September 2016. But it all started on Christmas in 2012 when my first daughter was born. It changed everything. The biggest joy came with the realization of being responsible for another human being, which put me in constant self-doubt, anxiety, and panic. I struggled to balance motherhood and work, which I found was a battle that's doomed to fail. In the process of making all the difficult decisions and seeking a peace of mind, I've been learning, changing and growing every day, together with my children. I'm an introvert who rarely inserts herself into conversations, but if you give me a pen, I will draw anything that comes to my mind. After almost 4 years of being occupied with children, working, and thinking, the urge to create an outlet pushed me to document my life. I want to make things that tell the truth. I want to make things that are close to my heart. I want to make things that after they are grown, my children will read and laugh, and they will understand who I am. I want to share my stories to connect with people. My family is my primary source of inspiration. If this will benefit them in any way in the future, it will be a dream come true. For everyone who enjoys my work, I’m happy that we share the feelings and a dry sense of humor. Weng Chen

I miss writing in my native language. I’ve been translating my comics into Chinese and publishing on a few Chinese websites. And here is the first reaction I got from the largest webcomic site：

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“Dear author! Your episode “why I have children” has been taken down due to some censorship problems! Please check if it contains inharmony contents( politics, copyrights, pornography, advertisement, personal attacks, etc.)…”

Ah, it all came back, all the frustration being a creator in China where the government is sensitive to almost anything that matters or doesn’t matter at all. And what is this inharmony comic? It’s this one:

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Here is a test of your political sensitivities：What’s politically wrong in this comic?

 

This picture was done back in 2012 when the BBC Sherlock was GOOD.

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As a fan of the original Sherlock ( read all the books many times when I was a child), I have no doubt that Sherlock will continue living in new forms of creations, good and strong. =)

If you like this picture, you can buy a t-shirt here because it’s cool.

This is pretty much all creators’ life. Make shit–> self-hatred–> keep making shit and hoping in which might come a beautiful flower.shit

To those who are geniuses and just always make awesome stuff, I ignore your existence.

2016

I tend to get a little depressed and sentimental towards the end of the year. 2016 truly felt like a blink of the eye, yet so many had happened. The good, the bad, the ups and downs, it’s another year of my life that I lived, now passed.

New year resolutions aren’t my thing because I believe if you truly want changes you can start anytime, and the new year isn’t a special time that the internal force just magically happens. But it is a good time to take a break and reflect on the past, reorganize and carry on. It is important to me in the new year to manage time well, gain more knowledge and consciousness, continue to work and grow.

Happy 2017!