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Old Master Q is a popular Hong Kong manhua created by Alfonso Wong. The cartoon first appeared in the newspapers and magazines in Hong Kong on February 3, ... OldMasterQ FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Thisarticlehasmultipleissues.Pleasehelpimproveitordiscusstheseissuesonthetalkpage.(Learnhowandwhentoremovethesetemplatemessages) Thisarticleneedsadditionalcitationsforverification.Pleasehelpimprovethisarticlebyaddingcitationstoreliablesources.Unsourcedmaterialmaybechallengedandremoved.Findsources: "OldMasterQ" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(December2008)(Learnhowandwhentoremovethistemplatemessage) Thisarticleismissinginformationaboutauthorship(orplagiarism)dispute.Pleaseexpandthearticletoincludethisinformation.Furtherdetailsmayexistonthetalkpage.(February2018) ThisarticlemaybeexpandedwithtexttranslatedfromthecorrespondingarticleinChinese.(February2012)Click[show]forimportanttranslationinstructions. 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(Learnhowandwhentoremovethistemplatemessage) OldMasterQCoverofOldMasterQvol.44,artbyAlfonsoWong老夫子lou5fu1zi2GenreHumour,gag-a-day,pantomime,textcomics,satiricalcomics[1]AuthorAlfonsoWongPublisherWangZInc.DemographicVariousOriginalrun1962 –present OldMasterQ(Chinese:老夫子;Jyutping:lou5fu1zi2)isapopularHongKongmanhuacreatedbyAlfonsoWong.ThecartoonfirstappearedinthenewspapersandmagazinesinHongKongonFebruary3,1962,andlaterserialisedin1964.[2]Thecomicisstillinpublicationtoday,andistheoldestAsiancomicseriesinpublication. ThecomiciscopyrightedbyWangZInc,acompanyestablishedbyJosephWongChak(AlfonsoWong'seldestson)inTaipei,Taiwan.JosephWongstillcontinuestocreatenewvolumes. Contents 1Characters 2Formatandthemes 3Films 4Spin-off 5Disputeonplagiarism 6References 7Externallinks Characters[edit] Theseries'castisledbyOldMasterQ,anelderly,lankymandressedinadistinctivetraditionalChineseattire.SupportingcharactersincludeBigPotato[3](OldMasterQ'sidentically-dressedcontemporarywithastumpy,big-headedbuild),Mr.Chin('ordinaryJoe'character,goodfriendswithOldMasterQandPotato),andMr.Chao(mainantagonisttoOldMasterQ,oftenprankingeachother). Formatandthemes[edit] Theoverallthemeofthecomicscentresaroundhumour,withcharactersusuallyportrayedinavarietyofsocialstatuses,professionsandtimeperiods,rangingfrombeggarsandofficeworkerstoactorsandancientwarriors,whichallowsforawidevarietyofscenariostoexplore.Moreoutlandishsituationsincorporatesurrealism,closeencounterswithaliens,ghostsightings,andtheafterlife.Whileeachcomicistypicallyproducedasshortstripsoffour,sixortwelvepanels,longercomicshavebeenproducedrevolvingaroundlengthieradventuresofthemaincastpittedagaingangstersinmodernHongKongorwarriorsinawuxiasetting. WhileOldMasterQcomicsprimarilyfocusesonhumour,italsoreflectschangingsocialtrends,particularlyfromthe1960stothe1980s.Thecomicswouldsometimesfeaturesocietalproblemsinurbanlife,suchaspoverty,pettytheftsandsecretsocieties.Italsopokedfunatfashion,[4]contemporaryart[5]androckmusic.Thecomicstripssometimesalsobemoanthedeclineofethicalormoralvaluesinmodern-dayliving.Charactersoftendisplayactsofselfishnessormisery,althoughthecomicsoccasionallydisplaygoodvalueslikefilialpiety.ThelanguagebarrierbetweentheChineselanguageandtheEnglishlanguageisalsodepictedinsomecomicstrips,illustratedwithOldMasterQ'sdifficultycommunicatingwithforeigners,especiallyWesterners. Thecomicshave,onsomeoccasions,expressedcomplexityintheplotsandseriousviewsonmajorpoliticalchangestakingplaceinHongKongduringthe1960s-1980s.IthadpreviouslycriticisedoverlyWesternisedChinese,whowereoftenshowninthecomicstripskowtowingtoWesterninterestsoverthelocalChineseinterests.Therun-uptothehandoverofHongKongtoChinafollowingtheSino-BritishJointDeclarationof1984alsobecameapointofinterest,asafewcomicstripswerepublishedthroughthelate1980sandearly1990sexpressingthecharacters'fearsofhandover,frequentlyrepresentedinanumeraloftheyearitwouldtakeplace:1997.SomeofthesecomicstripsalsodepictdirectassaultofrepresentationsoftheChinesegovernmentandtheCommunistPartyofChina,occasionallyintheformofcaricatureddepictionsofDengXiaoping.Thehandoverwaslaterdepictedinmoreapositivelightintheyearsleadingtotheactualevent,possiblyrepresentingachangingperspectivefromtheauthor. Films[edit] ThecomicserieswasmadeintomanyCantoneseandMandarincartoonanimations,oneofwhichcombinedliveactorsandadvancedCGIgraphics. ThelistofOldMasterQfilmsisasfollows,inchronologicalorder: EnglishName ChineseName ReleaseDate Type Casts OldMasterQ 老夫子 3August1965 film KoLo-chuen(高魯泉) OldMasterQandBigPotato 老夫子與大蕃薯 19May1966 film SuetNay(雪妮),KoLo-chuen(高魯泉),LydiaShum(沈殿霞) HowMasterCuteThriceSavedtheIdiotMing 老夫子三救傻瓜明 13July1966 film KoLo-chuen(高魯泉) OldMasterQ 老夫子 8March1975 film LeungTin(梁天),BettyTing,RoyChiao,SaiGwa-pau(西瓜刨),LawLan,LaiSiuFong Mr.Funnybone 我係老夫子 2October1976 film LeeChing(李菁),WangSha(王沙)NgaiTungGwa(矮冬瓜),LauLuk-wah(劉陸華) Mr.FunnyboneStrikesAgain 老夫子奇趣錄 18November1978 ColourOldMasterQ 七彩老夫子 16July1980 cartoon OldMasterQWaterMargin 老夫子水虎傳 10July1982 cartoon OldMasterQ&"San-T" 山T老夫子 4August1983 cartoon OldMasterQ2001 老夫子2001 5April2001 film NicholasTse,CeciliaCheung,AlfonsoWong MasterQ:IncrediblePetDetective 老夫子反斗偵探 20December2003 cartoon EricTsang,ChapmanTo,AndesYue,LeeKa-yee(利嘉兒),DexterYoung(楊天經) OldMasterQ–FantasyZoneBattle 老夫子–魔界夢戰記 2003 TVseries MasterQ 老夫子 2004 TVseries TheNewUnbeatableOldMasterQ:ShaolinDetectiveAgency 無敵老夫子新傳：少林偵探社 2005 film LawKar-ying,KarenTong(湯寳如) OldMasterQandhisLittleWaterMarginTale 老夫子之小水虎传奇 2011 film DengChao,ZhangHanyu,ElvaHsiao OtheractorsinOMQmoviesinclude:HongWei(紅薇),ConnieChan,NancySit,ChuYau-ko(朱由高),FenNi(芬妮) Otherlyricists/singersinclude:WongJim,JosephKoo,LeslieCheung Spin-off[edit] Aspin-offseriescalledQMasterQ(Q夫子)showsyoungversionsofthecharacterswithsimilarclothingastheiradultcounterparts.Eachoftheirnamesalsoarerelatedtotheircounterparts: Names OldMasterQ(老夫子) QMasterQ(Q夫子) OldMasterQ QMasterQ,YoungMasterQ,MasterQ BigPotato Potatohead Mr.Chin Chin Disputeonplagiarism[edit] SomecartoonistsandreadersclaimthattheideaofOldMasterQwasactuallycreatedbyPengDi(朋弟)inthelate1930sandnotAlfonsoWong,assomeofwhomweremostlyprofessionalMainlandcartoonistsallegedthatPengDi'sideaswerestolenbyAlfonsoWong.TheyclaimedthatthecartoonsfirstappearedinthenewspapersandmagazinesinBeijing(Peking)andTianjin(Tientsin).ThecharactercreatedbyPengDiwasclaimedtoslightlyresembleOldMasterQwhichiscurrently[when?]beingcopyrightedbyOMQZMediaLtd.ThecharacterbyPengDiworesimilarclothingandhadalittlesimilarityinpersonalitytothatofOldMasterQ.However,theformats,themes,andcontentsofthestoriesweredifferentasOldMasterQwasnotheavywithdialoguemakingiteasyforforeignersaroundtheworldtoimmersethemselvesinthestory. AwriterfromTianjinpublishedabookin2001containingsamplesofworkbyPengDi,whichdisplayedthesimilaritiesbetweenPengDiandAlfonsoWong'sworks.TheresultofthisdisputeremainsunclearasWangZInc.hasdeniedallplagiarismaccusations.[6][7][8] References[edit] ^"AlfonsoWong". ^Wong,WendySiuyi.[2002](2001)HongKongComics:AHistoryofManhua.PrincetonArchitecturalPress,NewYork.ISBN 1-56898-269-0 ^"AlfonsoWong". ^"OldMasterQComics#0226–Helping".Retrieved4February2012. ^"OldMasterQComics|Strip#1252–SpeciesDifferences".Retrieved4February2012. ^"《老夫子》「生父」是誰？抄襲疑雲再掀爭議".5January2017. ^"港漫《老夫子》是抄襲？傳靈感來自中國漫畫家-國際".14August2016. ^ https://kknews.cc/comic/jva8mqp.html Externallinks[edit] OfficialEnglishOldMasterQsite OfficialChineseOldMasterQsite Retrievedfrom"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Old_Master_Q&oldid=1047277914" Categories:HongKongcomicstitlesManhuatitlesHongKongcomicsChineseanimation1962comicsdebutsComicscharactersintroducedin1962HumorcomicsSatiricalcomicsGag-a-daycomicsPantomimecomicsTextcomicsFictionalHongKongpeopleComicssetinChinaManhuaadaptedintofilmsComicsadaptedintoanimatedseriesManhuaadaptedintotelevisionseriesHiddencategories:ArticlesneedingadditionalreferencesfromDecember2008AllarticlesneedingadditionalreferencesArticlestobeexpandedfromFebruary2018ArticlestobeexpandedfromFebruary2012AllarticlestobeexpandedArticlesneedingtranslationfromChineseWikipediaArticleswithmultiplemaintenanceissuesEngvarBfromJuly2014UsedmydatesfromApril2017ArticlescontainingChinese-languagetextAsiancomicpopExtragenresComicsinfoboximagelessalttextAllarticleswithvagueorambiguoustimeVagueorambiguoustimefromSeptember2013 Navigationmenu Personaltools NotloggedinTalkContributionsCreateaccountLogin Namespaces ArticleTalk Variants expanded collapsed Views ReadEditViewhistory More expanded collapsed Search Navigation MainpageContentsCurrenteventsRandomarticleAboutWikipediaContactusDonate Contribute HelpLearntoeditCommunityportalRecentchangesUploadfile Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesUploadfileSpecialpagesPermanentlinkPageinformationCitethispageWikidataitem Print/export DownloadasPDFPrintableversion Inotherprojects WikimediaCommons Languages Català日本語TiếngViệt粵語中文 Editlinks