In a world that easily forgets the vulnerability of nature, “Rescue Wild Birds” He guides us between broken wings and gestures of love for tireless volunteers, and offers an illustrated journey that trains, moves and learns to deeply respect any form of wild life
When the strip becomes an ecological lesson
AreTaiwan -Cartoonist (China), gives us with “Rescue Wild Birds” An intense, Dolceamara, educational work. It is not only a Manhua – illustrated Chinese comic, similar to the Japanese manga and Korean Manhwa – but of a real manifesto of love for the environment.
Through real stories, the author tells the daily dedication of the volunteers of the Wild Bird Society. And it does this with a delicate feature and an intimate narrative style, able to bring younger readers closer to the themes of ecology.
A school between feathers and cocks
In this part nature becomes an open air class. Wild birds are the professors, their injuries of the books to learn from. There is the Albatro who dreams of the sea, the owl who becomes ambassador, the eagle who fights to return to fly. Each episode shows how many animals also need help. And here it is that the volunteers intervene, ready to spend time and energy on their salvation.
The reader is involved in an interdependence of emotions: from tenderness to frustration, from anger to joy. Even if the stories do not end well, the message remains strong: every gesture of love has value, even if the end does not change.
The biggest leather? Don’t tame them
Lonlon does not tell alone. It makes every cartoon the chance to remember a truth that is often ignored: wild birds may not be trained or haumanized. They must stay on their guard with humans. It is precisely that distrust that guarantees him a opportunity to survive when they return to freedom. This consciousness, repeated in every story, becomes the beating heart of the volume.
Volunteers, children and feathers: stories about daily resistance
Xiao Kang, female protagonist of the story, is a day and voluntary flower designer in his spare time, he spends hours taking care of wounded birds. Between medicines, cleaning and heartbreaking cages, he does a quiet and indispensable work. His determination is an example of pure and concrete love.
The other protagonist of the Manhua Taiwanese is Xiao Qiang, an eight -year -old boy who loves nature and violin. He convinces his mother to leave him in a two tortor entrusted, who succeeds with surprising adulthood. His desire is clear: care for animals. And it does this with passion and consciousness.
Lonlon, author with a green soul
Illustrator and cartoonist for children (and not only), Lonl debuts in 2015 with “Crafty Wonderland”The story of a young artist to restore a temple. But it’s with “Rescue Wild Birds” that conquers criticism. In fact, he was nominated for the prestigious in 2019 Golden cartoonA recognition from the Ministry of Culture of Taiwan.
Recently signed, together with Cheng Wei-Min, “Science X Detective”A series in which science helps to resolve mysteries. Curiosity: During the illustration of one of the parts, Lonlon was pregnant; Joks, the author said he had already sent a first academic education to the child.
Why read “Rescue Wild Birds”
“Rescue Wild Birds” It is not just a comic strip. It is an invitation to slow down, observe, listen.
It is a visual fierce and an ethical call. In an era where attention to nature seems like a duty, this Manhua shows us that it can also become an act of beauty and care.