《Comics Party》 and 《Zhiyin Manke》 are comic publications. The former mainly features short, humorous comics, such as 《阿衰 on line》. The latter has many long serializations, such as 《Stealing September Day》. In terms of plot depth, such as discussing social issues, long stories seem to be more suitable. However, there is a cartoonist who often records many social issues in short, humorous comics.
The well-known work 《Pea Laugh Biography》 on 《Comics Party》 is basically a purely funny short comic. But there is nothing profound besides that, so the current evaluation is negative and the popularity is low. 「阿衰」 also has similar scatological plots to 《Pea Laugh Biography》, but social issues often appear naturally in the comics, which may be why the reputation is better.
For example, 阿衰 has a comic about Sneaking to Tutoring Classes, 阿衰 secretly moved the manhole cover and then entered the sewer, because the Education Bureau has been cracking down on tutoring recently, so the teacher is tutoring here. There is also a story about canteen hygiene. 阿衰 ate pork in the canteen, and then reported to the canteen that the hair on the pork skin was not cleaned. The canteen staff said there was no evidence, so 阿衰 showed his metal dentures covered with pig hair.
Cat Xiaole, the author of 阿衰, also has another work called 《Comics K Qiaqia》, which is a comic co-created with Shan Wei. The content is to debate an issue and discuss the issue from different angles in the form of comics. Later, the comic was handed over to Dan Hu, Yu Xiaodao and Christmas Fox, and renamed 《Comics Meng Qiaqia》, but the debate often contains social issues.
For example, in Issue 176 「If Mythological Stories Were True」, Christmas Fox said that he could live forever, while Yu Xiaodao envisioned a retirement age of 200. In Issue 233 「Buy a Scooter to Play With!」, Yu Xiaodao said that he could easily push it home after shopping in the supermarket, while Christmas Fox envisioned being refused entry by security guards and being stolen if left outside. In Issue 281 「Is it Good to Use an Electric Hand Warmer?」, Yu Xiaodao said that electric hand warmers have various good uses, while Christmas Fox envisioned electric hand warmers leaking electricity and exploding.
Cat Xiaole then canceled his Sina Weibo, Zhihu and other accounts, citing depression. The update of 《阿衰 on line》 has also become slow, and it was not even updated in 《Comics Party》 in 2024. However, on the last day of 2024, Cat Xiaole brought <Traveling Through Childhood to See You〉 on Xiaohongshu.
The realism of this comic should have reached the point where it cannot be published in 《Comics Party》. 阿衰 comes to the real world and experiences takeaway riders asking customers for good reviews, and Da Lianmei is also doing live streaming to sell goods; being fired by HR for 「the general environment and company situation」; not being able to find a job after the age of 35, so pretending to work in a cafe, etc. … But in the end, he returned to the comic world and wished all readers 「Be carefree and invulnerable!」