About Miel

The exhibition So Singapore Toons is the Discovery Centre's first on local cartoons. Rightfully, I'd like to highlight Prudencio (no relations with the insurance company Prudential) Miel first.

Miel is arguably the most prolific comic artist in Singapore. You can see his signature line of toons in CPF fliers, IKEA maps and The Straits Time. His artworks are a lethal combination of fiercely precise line work and unbounded creativity. His political cartoons reveal a sharp intellect, but his more colourful and playful Singaporean caricatures are hugely funny and lovable. I am constantly in awe of his works, and imagine a distant day when the range of my work can be as wide as his. One must always dream big.

The good people at SDC, chiefly Yee Joo and Pauline, created a lot of photo opportunities for visitors by approving some larger-than-life props such as the Mr Brown coffee cup (above, with Miel dunked inside) and the Miel barbell (also above). The kid visitors, endearingly destructive like my Sir Fong Bunnies, managed to break the barbell at least once in their enthusiasm. During my visit, a parent had to stop his kids from staging a fight with swordfish props.