Super granny fights villains and dementia in 'Amazing Ash & Superhero Ah Ma'

Award-winning Singaporean junior graphic novel series 'Amazing Ash & Superhero Ah Ma' ends on a poignant note. — Photos: Difference Engine

The idea for a comic book about a superhero grandmother first came to Singaporean writer Melanie Lee in 2019, when she realised that there weren’t many elderly people in comics.

“I had rediscovered my childhood love for comics after my son started reading them as well, but I then started to wonder why it was so rare to see elderly people in comics,” she said in an email interview. “In 2019, I pitched a story about a ‘super granny’ to (publishers) Difference Engine.”