The illustrations of the five books are all collages, which Huang made himself ripping up colorful magazine advertising graphics and pasting the pieces together.
五本書裡的圖畫，是一種「撕紙畫」。黃春明利用雜誌裡的彩色圖片作他的顏料，依自己的構思，一片片、一條條，撕下來貼在紙上作畫。