With his background as a professional cartoonist, Chiu's works are full of social content and criticism. It is his belief that art serves as a testament of the times.
柏油畫家邱錫勳所走的路，無疑是最後的一種，是想在形式和內容上開闢一個繪畫新境。」從事漫畫創作的背景，使邱錫勳的作品相當具有社會性和批叛性，他認為，創作是對時代的一種見證。