Upon graduating from elementary school, he was the only student from his school to win a place at Changhua Junior High School. There he tried writing his own screenplay and he sent his comic books to publishers in Taipei.
小學畢業時，蔡志忠是全校唯一考上彰化中學的學生；中學時，他嘗試自編劇本，把作品寄給台北的漫畫出版社。