What is the common with Joseph Schooling who won Singapore First ever Olympic Gold in 2016 and Graphic Novelist Sonny Liew who became the first Singaporean to win an Eisner award which is widely regarded as the "Oscars" of the comics industry.
The civil servants cannot pick and support you. Civil servants pick safe choices. Safe choices will never make it to the top of the industry.
You have to be hungry and depends on yourself.
Sonnly Liew had six nominations and won three of it including Best Writer/Artist, Best Publication Design, and Best US Edition of International Material – Asia for his work "The Art Of Charlie Chan Hock Chye". The book became the centre of controversy after the Singapore Government National Arts Council withdrew its S$8,000 grant after citing “sensitive content”.
Schooling's parents paid over US 1 million out of their own pocket
The civil servants cannot pick and support you. Civil servants pick safe choices. Safe choices will never make it to the top of the industry.
You have to be hungry and depends on yourself.
Sonnly Liew had six nominations and won three of it including Best Writer/Artist, Best Publication Design, and Best US Edition of International Material – Asia for his work "The Art Of Charlie Chan Hock Chye". The book became the centre of controversy after the Singapore Government National Arts Council withdrew its S$8,000 grant after citing “sensitive content”.
Schooling's parents paid over US 1 million out of their own pocket