His off-the-wall humor and depictions of people creating trouble for themselves started a new trend in the comics. Old Master Q differs from the dream-like, violence-ridden aesthetic popular in American and Japanese comics, devoting a great deal of space to depicting Hong Kong's people and society.
事實上，和美、日以唯美夢幻式、或奇幻暴力式漫畫為主流不同的是，《老夫子》有極多的篇幅在描繪香港的風土民情，這種通俗寫實的特性，正是它的可貴之處。