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Welcome To My Homepage TIMELESS HUMOUR YAO TING NEW CHINESE COMIC SUPER STAR? TONY WONG [YUK-LONG WONG] AN ERA OF COMICS MA WING SHING YISHAN LI -NEW MANHUA SUPER STAR MANHUA & MANHWA Reviews EMMA VIECELI SONIA LEONG RISING STARS OF MANGA UP-DATE

Welcome to Terry Hooper's Britcomics website on Chinese Language Manhua

 RATHER THAN CONTINUALLY MAINTAIN A SITE WHICH GETS NO FEEDBACK I INTEND LEAVING THIS ONE AS IT IS>

IF YOU WANT TO KEEP UP TO DATE ON MANHWA/MANHUA/MANGA GO TO

WWW.COMICBITSONLINE.COM

Terry

 This May [9th,10th & 11th] sees the 2008 International Comic Expo and Manga Festival and you can find out who is going -Sonia Leong,Emma Vieceli,Yishan Li et al- over at CBO.  That's Comic Bits Online where Manhua/Manga gets reviewed regularly -as do creators.  If you have not checked CBO out yet then go to:

                  www.comicbitsonline.com

This site will mainly be kept as a reference site but the bulk of reviews and interviews is at CBO!

Terry

29/04/08

If you are in the UK and a budding Manga artist might I suggest you check out the amazing Sweatdrop Studio,home to,among others,Emma Vieceli and Sonia Leong? The url is: http://www.sweatdrop.com/

And if you are looking for some great Manga to buy then check out Sweatdrop's shop on site.

Keep up-to-date with things via www.comicbitsonline.com where you'll find interviews,news and features!

                                                    NEWS

COSPLAY Anyone -Jonathan Ross Excluded!

November 11, 2007 – 8:39 am

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DHP –Calling All Cosplay Fans! 

I know we get to see people running around in home made character outfits at the International Comic Expo and other conventions,however,it is taken very seriously by Japanese and Chinese fans. 

Vicky provided me with the info so,for you Cosplayers out there: 

“In the run-up to the Spring 2008 release of DHP’s third book in the series, “We Love Cosplay Girls,” we’ll be hosting a worldwide Cosplay Contest right here on this website. Send us a picture of your best Cosplayer pose and you’ll have the chance to win one of our big prizes! 

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Here’s all you have to do. 

Either email dhp@dhp-online.com or snail-mail us your best Cosplayer picture, together with your Cosplay name, your age, your character’s name, which anime it is from and your full address and contact details.If we like your picture, it’ll be added to our Cosplayer Parade with your name, age, hometown/state, and which character you are playing. You will not be contacted unless you are a final winner, so remember to check back regularly to see if you made it through to the next round. Next year, our website users will vote on who they think are the best Cosplayers. The top three will win special prizes and a feature on this site. However, everyone’s a winner, as everyone chosen for the Cosplay Parade will get a free copy of “We Love Cosplay Girls,” to be released Spring 2008. So what are you waiting for? Send in those pics now! 

All nationalities welcome Both Cos-girls and Cos-boys welcome Offer ends January 31, 2008 Photos and images will not be returned Only the final three winners will be notified Images sent by email must be a maximum size of 310 pixels wide x 450 pixels high

Resolution must be 72 pixels.”

 

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Sounds like it could be fun!  Hey –CBO would be interested in seeing those photos as well!

JIANYI & WANGPENG

November 11, 2007 – 8:13 am

Why is it that seemingly every country can maintain a comics industry but not the UK where we have toy advertisements with comics accidentally attached?

  

And even more annoyingly,why is it the French who manage to spot and sign up Chinese talent?

  

Yishan Li recently sent me two pieces of art by her friends Jianyi and Wangpeng.  Sadly,neither speaks English so an interview is out of the question and their work is translated into French by Delcourt.

  

The scans Li sent me are too big for this site so you won’t see the full splendour but just look at this page from Jianyi:

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And if that didn’t make you drool look at this piece by Wangpeng.

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That is a superb white Tiger.  This is a true artist and I think you all deserve to see a larger image of that Tiger because if you can be half as good you should be employed!

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Hopefully,once the duo take off in France it might be possible for Delcourt to arrange an interview but if you see Jianyi or Wangpeng’s books buy them!  Even if you don’t speak French they’ll be a treat!

 

MANGA IS A MANY SPLENDID THANG

November 11, 2007 – 6:42 am

I wrote that title.  Sheer illiteracy and misuse of the English language!

 Hey-ho,All!Quite a bit of up-dating and re-jigging going on over the last week.  As the Emma Vieceli interview is still getting so many hits a few new pieces of art have been added as has an up-date. 

The EMMA VIECELI link is: 

http://www.comicbitsonline.com/2007/08/01/rising-stars-of-manga-3emma-vieceli/ 

And Sonia Leong is no slouch –she’s been keeping very busy so I’ve added an up-date,etc. 

The SONIA LEONG link is: 

http://www.comicbitsonline.com/2007/07/18/fyredrake-sonia-leong/ 

I’ve re-worked the Laura Watton and Morag Lewis interview. 

The LAURA WATTON link is: 

http://www.comicbitsonline.com/2007/11/03/laura-watton-2/ 

The MORAG LEWIS link is: 

http://www.comicbitsonline.com/2007/09/24/morag-lewis-wheres-toothycat/ 

Enjoy everyone –and ALWAYS check the Sweatdrop Studios link!!  And,obviously,you’ll have seen the up-date for the Queen of Manga,Yishan Li?  No? Well the link for the original interview is: 

http://www.comicbitsonline.com/2007/07/18/yishan-li-new-queen-of-manga/ 

And the up-date:  http://www.comicbitsonline.com/2007/10/30/manga-up-date-yishan-li/ 

Here’s hoping Li has a good time on her visit home to China.

 

 

Hello. This site contains information culled from a number of sources -all noted- and will,I hope,give the visitor a good glimpse of Chinese language Manhua.

If you are still intterested in finding out more Terry Hooper's yahoo group has much more information,including manhua download links,articles andover 90 links that should fill anyones appetite.  The url is....

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chinesecomics

Now,of course,you have to join but it's so easy and think what you'll miss if you don't!

Any questions,etc.,send an email to

hoopercomicsuk@yahoo.com

So come inside and learn about Manhua and the creators involved!

T

Eng Cheong of Hobbyhypekingdom has been kind enough to send me a link to a Hong Kong blogger  who reviews HK comics on a weekly basis.  It's all in Chinese but if you speak the language and want to keep up-dated,the link is:~

http://www.cuhkacs.org/~thomasc/

Hobbyhype also have links to HK publishers at:~

http://forums.hobbyhype.com/forumdisplay.php?f=21

T

MANGA,MANHUA AND MANWHA!         Terry Hooper

It will be necessary to explain the differences between Chinese,Korean and Japanese comics.MANWHA,MANHUA & MANGA......

Manhua is the Chinese word for comics. The character used are the basis of the characters used in both Manwha [Korean for comics] and Manga,the Japanese for comics.There is a certain annoyance amongst some fans of the medium that three terms are being used to designate which comic comes from where. This seems more than a little odd but there are all sorts on the internet!

Wendy Siuyi Wong,in her fabulous book,HONG KONG COMICS:A HISTORY OF MANHUA [Princeton Architectural Press,2003],has divided Manhua into four categories:[1] Satirical & Political[2] Comical[3] Action[4] Childrens [adaption of ancient Chinese legends,etc.].

The term Lianhuantu will also be encountered when looking into the subject. Lianhuantu is a traditional illustrated story book consisting,usually,of full page illoes with captions but no word balloons.

Korean Manwha tend to be read left to right as per in the West. There is less focus on big eyes and more on expression and personality.  The spikey hair of Manga is replaced also for a more natural look. Characters don't usually possess magical powers but are instead fierce fighters -far more human.

The Korean Manwha I have seen [black and white samples] tend to use more ink spattering and other techniques -rather like old UK b&w comics.Both Korean ,and especially the Hong Kong Chinese creators,have been influenced by Japanese Manga as they grew up. Therefore,strong Manga influences are evident.However,it is only when you look at a selection of Manwha,Manhua and Manga that you begin to spot the real differences and how unique each can be. In 2003 there were more than forty locally produced titles in HK -excluding Japanese material.

 

FENG ZI-KAI

The foundations for the development of Manhua as an artform,according to Wendy Siuyi Wong,came in the 1920s. The word "Manhua" got more widely used after the famous writer Feng Zi-Kai published his very first collection of cartoons,Zi-Kai Manhua,in 1925.Feng's fame drew attention to his use of the phrase "Zi-Kai Manhua" and it was soon in common use,associating his art style with Japanese  manga.

 

     COMICS AND GENRES

 It would be near to impossible to try to show the wide variety of Hong Kong comics,past and present,on this site. There are so many!The best I can do is advise anyone interested to purchase a copy of Siuyi Wong's book -you may find a cheap copy on e-bay.This site and the discussion group below are intended to at least give those interested some idea of what is out there and its not all DC or Marvel comics.  Any comments or questions please visit the discussion group!Terry Hooper
 

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Hope you enjoy the site and can get the feel of Manhua from the interviews -and we have the exclusive interview with Yishan Li! 

My next project is,if the gods are with me,will be to try to get an interview with Tony Wong.  I'll post news of any developments here.

So enjoy and,please,let me know what you think -no guest book- at

hoopercomicsuk@yahoo.com

See Ya!