McMug
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McMug (Chinese:
Although McMug comics have a somewhat childish style, they often address serious social issues, including death, poverty, and single-parent families, making it resonate with adult audiences as well as children. The plotlines are also known for covering local cultural festivals, and celebrities, reflecting the deep roots of Hong Kong culture.[1]
McMug has become one of the most popular cartoon figures in Hong Kong, appearing in books, movies, TV programs, stationery, bedding and apparently everything else that fits. McMug's distant cousin, McDull, is also enjoying huge success.
Fictional biography
[edit]Family
[edit]McMug, who grew up on Lantau Island, was adopted when he was only one month old. In a thundery night, all panicky pigs fled from the farm, and among them was McMug who was picked up by a couple who were on the island for a holiday.
McMug can speak. He calls his parents Papa and Mama. The couples were Robin Hood figures when they were young, named BugBug. They count Superman as well as Superwoman amongst their friends.
Friends
[edit]McMug has his school life in a kindergarten named Springfield Flowers Kindergarten (
- Lisa, a wild boar, is McMug's penfriend.
- Darby, a tomcat, is his classmate.
- Goosie, a goose, is known for kindness.
- Fai, a tortoise, is loyal to friends.
- May is a cow.
- June is a female hippopotamus who always hangs out with May. They work out together.
- McDull, McMug's only pig friend, who is even sillier than McMug. Early stories suggested that McDull and McMug are distant cousins.
- Miss Chan, a human teacher.
- The Principal, a middle-age man who founded the Springfield Flowers Kindergarten and became its Principal. Incidentally, he also opened a noodle shop in McDull's story. According to one story, he founded the kindergarten in order to provide a teaching position for his wife, who was migrating to Hong Kong from the Mainland.
Social impact
[edit]McMug is rare in that it is a comic dedicated to cover social issues and local contemporary culture.[citation needed]
McMug Comic Books
[edit]- Fairy Tales for the Adults (
麥 嘜成人 童話 ) - The Flying Pig (
麥 嘜天空 飛 豬) - The Dinosaur's Love Song (
麥 嘜恐龍 戀 曲 ) - The Three Pigs (
麥 嘜三 隻 小 豬) - Gloves (
麥 嘜絨裡 手套 ) - The Youth Song (
麥 嘜青春 舞曲 ) - Bygones as Dreams (
麥 嘜舊歡如夢 ) - McMug Poems' Collection (
麥 嘜詩畫 選 ) - McMug's Little Stories (
麥 嘜感人 至 深 小 故事 ) - Sort-of Blue Sub-tropics (
麥 嘜算憂鬱 亞熱帶 ) - Micro-fiction (
麥 嘜微小 小說 ) - Springfield Flowers Kindergarten (
春 天花 花 幼稚園 ) - McMug Chun Tin Fa Fa Stories (
麥 嘜春田 花 花 ) - McMug Comic Strips (1) Stories (
麥 嘜格格 漫畫 (1)) - McMug Comics Stories - Sampler (
麥 嘜漫畫 - Sampler) - McMug's Collection of Games to be Played When Bored (
麥 嘜無聊才玩遊戲 集 ) 春田 花 花 幼稚園 マクダルとマクマグ(2006 Japan)
McMug Songs
[edit]- 《
月光 光 》 - 《 腳瓜
大 顫——中國人 好 腳法》 - 《
一定 得 》 - 《
麥 兜 與 雞》 - 《
黎 根 之 歌 》 - 《
我 個 名 叫 麥 兜 兜 》 - 《
春田 花 花 幼兒 園 主題歌 》 - 《
麥 嘜唱ABC》 - 《
大 包 整 多 兩 籠 》 - 《
麥 兜 與 豬腩肉 》
McMug products
[edit]In 2005, the Circle-K convenience store, together with Bliss (the company that owns the copyright to the McDull and McMug series), launched a marketing campaign named "McMug Spell-it-out" (Chinese:
References
[edit]- ^ "Donald Tsang gets cartoon makeover". news.gov.hk. Retrieved 28 July 2015.