Doll Me

Poem and Short Graphic Novel
Displayed and sold in Wooden Bird Comics, Beijing

The dolls have had various images from ancient time. They are lovely, ugly, magical, ordinary, beautiful and horrific. They possess lives, emotions, and stories. People like dolls because of the similar looking; people fear them because of the uneasiness subconsciously.

I started the project thanks to my great interest in dolls and horror stories. I researched a large number of stories and documentaries about the history of dolls. I extracted three stories from genuine records of dolls, i.e. Natural Creeping Baby Doll, Little Miss No-Name and Mexican Doll Island. I enriched my understanding and imagination, and put them in new backgrounds. Pictures of the project were created in pencil drawing and collage and subsequently were printed into a graphic novel.