Another big influence when Hu was first seriously considering comic strips as a career was Japan's "God of Comic Strips," Tezuka Osamu. By way of paying tribute to this influence, on the cover of Black and White Club, Hu drew a character he called "Atom Jerry," deliberately based on the form Tezuka used to draw his character "Atom Tetsuwan."
在《黑白俱樂部》的封面，胡覺隆以脫化自「日本漫畫之神」手塚治蟲筆下的原子小金剛造型，創造了原子小傑利。他之所以開始認真考慮以漫畫家為職業，手塚的作品有很大的影響力。