Indie Publishers Association of Taiwan

Tibet Crossing recounts the author's 2009 journey through two ""crossings"": from China to Tibet, and Tibet to Nepal. More than a physical journey, it serves as a metaphor for shifting identities, historical echoes, and conflicting realities. The narrative hesitation reveals the unspoken weight of a Han Chinese perspective, conveying a silent, empathetic gaze. Blending hard-pen outlines with colored pencil, the art captures both the journey's magnificent, exotic beauty and a profound, intimate reality that can only be understood firsthand.

Fish Wu

Born in a small Chinese town, Fish Wu studied and worked in Nanjing for 15 years. After living in Singapore, Seoul, and Kuala Lumpur, he is now based in the Netherlands. He is the author of the graphic novels Letters from Taipei and Tibet Crossing. Working primarily with ballpoint pens and colored pencils, he captures the minute, everyday details of grassroots lives against the backdrop of sweeping historical eras.