Digital Media Concepts/Lobintan
Lobintan (Chinese: 路邊攤) is pen name of a Hong-Kongese columnist and comic book artist. Her English name is Kylie[1]. She publishes in both printed and digital media. Her pen name is inspired by market stall (Chinese: 路邊攤) in Hong Kong[2].
Biography edit
She did not study drawing before she started to darw comics. She studied accounting in high school, and graduated in Social Science from a university[2]. She loves reading comics, such as Doraemon, when she was young. During the reading, she observes how the authors draw the characters and background and imitates when she found interesting on the characters and/or scenes[1].
Career edit
She started to post her comics in her blog in 2008 as her diary of her lifes while she was working in a PR company. Her blog was featured by Yahoo (Hong Kong) and gained the popularity by her comics. In 2009, she received offers from publishers to publish her book. Her first book "愈懶惰愈快樂" published later in the same year. After she published three books, she quitted her PR job and becomes a full-time comic book artist and columnist. Between 2011 and 2014, she published on one of the columns in Headline Daily, a free newspaper in Hong Kong. Meanwhile, she published numerous of comic books and continues to publish her comics on her blog and social networks[1]. She also partners with companies for one-page comics that come with her characters on businesses' message.
Characters edit
| Name (Chinese) | Name (English) | Name (Pronunciation) | Type | Role | First Appearance in Book |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 路邊攤 | Lobintan | Lo-bin-tan | Main Character | Original Jin's wife | 愈懶惰愈快樂 (#1) |
| 阿真 | Original Jin | A-jin | Main Character | Lobintan's husband | 愈懶惰愈快樂 (#1) |
| 小攤攤 | Siu-tan-tan | Main Character | Lobintan & Original Jin's daughter | 小攤攤的育成孕記 (#12) |
Works edit
Books edit
| # | Book title (Chinese) | Book title (Translation in English) | Theme | Published Year | ISBN | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 愈懶惰愈快樂 | Getting happier while heaing | Hea | 2009 | 9789881846105 | |
| 2 | 愈上學愈快樂 | Getting happier while going to school | Going to school | 2009 | 9789881846273 | |
| 3 | 情人眼裏超低B | Foolishness from lover's view | Dating couple | 2010 | 9789881916440 | |
| 4 | 笨蛋是怎樣煉成的 | How to temper idiots | Idiot | 2010 | 9789881916587 | |
| 5 | 懶人閃亮亮求生術 | How to survive as lazy people | Survival of lazy people | 2011 | 9789881960818 | |
| 6 | 愛似忌廉溝鮮奶 | Love likes cream, sode and milk | Love | 2011 | 9789881960801 | |
| 7 | 笨友襲地球 | Idiot friends are attacking Earth | Idiot friends | 2012 | 9789881542908 | |
| 8 | 笨蛋老闆的一年級課 | Idiot boss' first grade class | Idiot boss | 2012 | 9789881543066 | |
| 9 | 迷糊 Office 365 | Confused office life in 365 days | Office life | 2013 | 9789888157013 | |
| 10 | 路邊喵 | Abandoned cat on the side of the road | Abandoned cat | 2013 | 9789888157099 | |
| 11 | 情人眼裏超低B 2 之七年之癢 | Foolishness from lover's view 2:
Seven years wait |
Dating couple | 2014 | 9789888157181 | Second sequel of 情人眼裏超低B (#3) |
| 12 | 小攤攤的育成孕記 | Journal of Raising Siu-tan-tan | Raising kid | 2015 | 9789881409393 | |
| 13 | 笨蛋媽媽的一年級課 | Idiot mom's first grade class | Idiot mom | 2016 | 9789887719939 | |
| 14 | 路邊喵with Baby | Crying with Baby | Raising Kid | 2017 | 9789887815617 | |
| 15 | 不甜蜜的婚姻生活 | Bittersweet Married Life | Married Couple | 2018 | 9789887815747 | Another sequel of 情人眼裏超低B (#3 and #11) |
Columns edit
| Newspaper/ Media Name | Column name | Publish Period |
|---|---|---|
| Headline Daily | N/A | 2011 - 2014[1] |
| Orange News | 迷糊小窩 | 2016 - Current |
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Kylie 路邊攤 捱苦得樂, Recruit.com.hk (Chinese)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 名家漫畫館: 路邊攤訪問, ICAC (Hong Kong) (Chinese)
External Links edit
- Lobintan Official Blog (Chinese)
- Lobintan Official Tumblr (Chinese)
- Lobintan Official Facebook (Chinese)
- 路邊攤 (作家), Wikipedia (Chinese)
- 【名家漫畫館】iTeen大本營 X 路邊攤－專訪 (Chinese)