num_pages: 24
description: Artist's Statement:Old Heroes Solve Mystery is a mystery adventure comic involving three old men who live in the same neighbourhood. They are all care-receivers. The story follows their investigation into recent strange happenings around their area, during which we get a glimpse into their more mundane hours with their caregivers.My project is modest in scope. I wish simply to depict the process of ageing and the routine of caring for another as normal. In passing, I also wish to point to the innate life of the elderly. The comic’s vibrancy is meant to challenge and counteract the stigma often attached to giving and receiving care in aging Singapore.What I hope to affirm is a working, ordinary network of day-to-day support for the old. The story’s three friends illustrate three main kinds of elderly dependency at home: on a helper, on a spouse, and on a child. I have relied on direct experiences, private conversations, and casebooks to create this short work.
language: English
title: Old Heroes Solve Mystery
publisher: Lien Foundation