Satan Lucky

China's subversive illustrator on walking the censorship line, free speech and publishing

Beijing-based comic designer and illustrator Satan Lucky—a light-hearted name choice he made as a teenager—is not a dark character at all. On the contrary, he’s a smiling, cheerful young man with a very independent spirit and a true passion for storytelling. Since his childhood, Lucky has been fascinated by manga culture and the late Japanese master Osamu Tezuka (author and creator of the iconic Astro …