Liu Hsing-chin and Niu Ko have tried to make comebacks too, but the response is said to be a far cry from what it was in the old days. Cheng Wen, adept at ink-splash cartoons and a favorite with both Chinese and Japanese readers, says that he was raised on the comics of the older cartoonists but their recent works leave him feeling that a new generation has come to the fore.
以水墨畫見長、深受中日漫畫讀者喜愛的鄭問說，他也是在「諸葛四郎」、「小聰明」、「牛小妹」陪伴下長大的，可是現在看這些老漫畫家的近作，不禁產生「江山代有才人出」的感慨了。