The government had decreed that officials of the level of mayor and higher could not be drawn and that officials below the level of mayor had to be drawn "in a positive light." This left little scope for creativity. If a cartoonist wasn't careful, the authorities could always trump up some charges.
邱錫勳表示，一九六○、七○年代，從事漫畫創作的人相當少，而且不能有政治漫畫，有關單位還明文規定：市長以上的官員不能畫，市長以下要畫必須具「正面意義」，完全箝制漫畫人的創作空間，稍有不慎，便可能遭有關單位羅織罪名。