Old Master Q filled a void in Taiwan's comic industry, capturing Taiwanese readers. At first, Crown Bookstore published the unauthorized Old Master Q Magazine, and later released them as the Old Master Q Compendium. The comic swiftly became a fad.
《老夫子》就在台灣漫畫跌入谷底之際，從香港來台搶攻讀者，初期由皇冠出版社推出未獲授權的《老夫子雜誌》，之後又以《老夫子全集》方式發行，並迅速蔚為風尚。