Hi everyone,

Sorry for hijacking the comic directly, but this is even MORE important than the Independence Referendum.

Hong Kong, my birth city, home to half my family, is undergoing real political strife right now. And I could not be prouder of the people making a stand.

It’s going to be a dangerous, difficult time for Hong Kong. And I doubt we can affect real political change – Beijing is simply too powerful to bow to the protests of the people.

But we must speak up.

If we don’t protest like this, Beijing will simply steamroll over us, taking away freedom and control and imposing the mainland system on Hong Kong. We need to let them know that we will resist, and that if that is what they wish, then they had better be prepared to win us over, one by one. read more