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Ma Wing-shing
Ma Wing-shing (born 16 January 1961) is a Hong Kong manhua artist, writer and publisher. He is best known for creating the ''Fung Wan'' and '' Chinese Hero'' series. Biography Ma quit his studies and became a comic artist in 1976 at the age of 15. He started his career in Hei Po, where he published his first series, ''Day Dream''. His other works included ''Winds and Clouds in Public Housing'', ''Wily Little One'', ''Little Tough Guy'', ''Great Dictator'', ''Lau-keung the Contractor'', ''The Invisible Weird Guest'' and ''Wonder Dog''. In 1977, Hei Po was closed and Ma joined Golden Comics, where he began employing realism in his works, such as ''The Five Brothers'', which caught the attention of others in the industry. He also published ''The Battle: Before and After'' in '' Hong Kong Comic Weekly''. The following year, Ma attended a one-year course at the Hong Kong Academy of Fine Arts to improve his drawing skills. He quit Golden Comics and joined Ching Po, where he produc ...
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Ma (surname)
Ma () is a Chinese family name. The surname literally means "horse". As of 2006, it ranks as the 14th most common Chinese surname in Mainland China and the most common surname within the Islam in China, Chinese Muslim community, specifically the Hui people, Dongxiangs, Dongxiang people and Salar people. In 2019 it was the 13th most common surname in Mainland China. A 2013 study found it to be the 13th most common, shared by 17,200,000 people or 1.290% of the population, with the province with the most being Henan. It is the 52nd name on the ''Hundred Family Surnames'' poem.K. S. Tom. [1989] (1989). Echoes from Old China: Life, Legends and Lore of the Middle Kingdom. University of Hawaii Press. . The offspring of Zhao She adopted "Ma" (馬), the first word of the district Ma Fu, as their surname. Other romanizations include Mah, Beh and Mar. Hui people, Hui Muslims, Salar people, Salars, Bonan people, Bonan and Dongxiangs, Dongxiang people commonly adopted Ma as the translation for ...
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Fung Chi-ming
Fung may refer to: *Feng (surname), a Chinese surname that is ''Fung'' in Cantonese *Funj people, also spelled Fung See also *Phung (other) Phung may refer to: * Phùng, a Vietnamese surname * Phùng (township), Đan Phượng District, Hà Nội, Vietnam * Phung River (other) Phung River may refer to several rivers in Thailand: *Lam Nam Phung (), a feeder of Nong Han Lake i ...
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Wuxia Writers
( ), which literally means "martial heroes", is a genre of Chinese fiction concerning the adventures of martial artists in ancient China. Although is traditionally a form of historical fiction, its popularity has caused it to be adapted for such diverse art forms as Chinese opera, manhua, television dramas, films, and video games. It forms part of popular culture in many Chinese-speaking communities around the world. The word "" is a compound composed of the elements (, literally "martial", "military", or "armed") and (, literally "chivalrous", "vigilante" or "hero"). A martial artist who follows the code of is often referred to as a (, literally "follower of ") or (, literally "wandering "). In some translations, the martial artist is referred to as a "swordsman" or "swordswoman" even though they may not necessarily wield a sword. The heroes in wuxia fiction typically do not serve a lord, wield military power, or belong to the aristocratic class. They often origin ...
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Hong Kong Comics Writers
Hong may refer to: Places *Høng, a town in Denmark *Hong Kong, a city and a special administrative region in China *Hong, Nigeria *Hong River in China and Vietnam *Lake Hong in China Surnames *Hong (Chinese name) *Hong (Korean name) Organizations *Hong (business), general term for a 19th–20th century trading company based in Hong Kong, Macau or Canton *Hongmen (洪門), a Chinese fraternal organization Creatures *Hamsa (bird), a mythical bird also known was hong *Hong (rainbow-dragon) ''Hong'' or ''jiang'' () is a two-headed dragon in Chinese mythology, comparable with rainbow serpent legends in various cultures and mythologies. Chinese "rainbow" names Chinese has three "rainbow" words, regular ''hong'' , literary ''didong'' , ..., a two-headed dragon in Chinese mythology * ''Hong'' (genus), a genus of ladybird {{disambiguation ...
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Hong Kong Comics Artists
Hong may refer to: Places *Høng, a town in Denmark *Hong Kong, a city and a special administrative region in China *Hong, Nigeria *Hong River in China and Vietnam *Lake Hong in China Surnames *Hong (Chinese name) *Hong (Korean name) Organizations *Hong (business), general term for a 19th–20th century trading company based in Hong Kong, Macau or Canton *Hongmen (洪門), a Chinese fraternal organization Creatures *Hamsa (bird), a mythical bird also known was hong *Hong (rainbow-dragon) ''Hong'' or ''jiang'' () is a two-headed dragon in Chinese mythology, comparable with rainbow serpent legends in various cultures and mythologies. Chinese "rainbow" names Chinese has three "rainbow" words, regular ''hong'' , literary ''didong'' , ..., a two-headed dragon in Chinese mythology * ''Hong'' (genus), a genus of ladybird {{disambiguation ...
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Ryoichi Ikegami
is a Japanese manga artist that usually works as the illustrator in collaboration with a writer. He is best known for ''Crying Freeman'' (1986–1988), written by Kazuo Koike, and ''Heat'' (1999–2004), written by Buronson. The latter won the 2001 Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga. Yoshihide Fujiwara is a former assistant of Ikegami's. Career After graduating from junior high school, Ikegami moved to Osaka and drew manga while working as a billboard sign painter, debuting at the age of 17 writing rental comics. Urasawa Naoki no Manben: Ikegami Ryoichi (S3E1, 2016), NHK Educational TV In 1966, he published a story called in the gekiga magazine ''Garo'' that caught the eye of fellow ''Garo'' contributor, Shigeru Mizuki, who offered him a job as his assistant. Ikegami accepted and moved to Tokyo where he worked as Mizuki's assistant for two and a half years. From a young age Ikegami had admired Takao Saito and Yoshiharu Tsuge, so he was delighted to work with Tsuge as Mi ...
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Jonesky
Jonesky Limited (天下出版有限公司) is a Hong Kong publisher of domestic Chinese manhua and translated, imported comics from Japan. Several of their titles have been translated and released in English. It was founded in 1989 by comics creator Ma Wing Shing, who remains its CEO, and in recent years its products have branched out to include collectible merchandise from its series and ''Comics Fans'', a magazine aimed at girls. Selected works Domestic Chinese-language titles published by Jonesky include: * Ma Wing Shing: ''Fung Wan'', ''Black Leopard'' (黑豹), Ying Xiong Wu Lei * Shiu Wan: ''My Prince'' (我的王子殿下), ''Mushroom College'' (蘑菇學園) * Leung Wai Ka: ''Heaven Sword And Dragon Sabre'' (倚天屠龍記) * Li Chi-Tak: ''The Stone God'' (石神) Examples of imported Japanese titled translated and distributed by Jonesky include: * ''Sailor Moon'' * ''One Piece'' * ''Slam Dunk'' * ''Vagabond'' * ''Cardcaptor Sakura'' * ''Kare Kano'' * ''Hayate the Co ...
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Des Montagnes Studio
Des is a masculine given name, mostly a short form (hypocorism) of Desmond. People named Des include: People * Des Buckingham, English football manager * Des Corcoran, (1928–2004), Australian politician * Des Dillon (other), several people * Des Hasler (born 1961), Australian rugby league player-coach * Desmond Des Kelly (born 1965), British journalist * Desmond Des Lynam (born 1942), British television presenter * Desmond Des Lyttle (born 1971), English footballer * Desmond Des O'Connor (1932–2020), British entertainer * Des O'Connor, Australian rugby league player in the 1970s * Desmond Des O'Grady (born 1953), Irish retired Gaelic footballer * Des O'Hagan (1934–2015), Irish communist * Desmond O'Malley (1939–2021), Irish politician, government minister and founder and leader of the Progressive Democrats * Desmond Des O'Neil (1920–1999), Australian politician * Des O'Reilly (1954–2016), Australian rugby league player * Desmond Smith (general) (1911–1991 ...
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Fung Wan
''Fung Wan'' () or ''Feng Yun'' is a Hong Kong ''wuxia'' manhua series. It is the first manhua released by Ma Wing-shing in 1989 with the help of his assistant Siu Kit under his own company, Jonesky Publishing. Before the third part, the manhua was originally titled ''Fung Wan'', until the two protagonists – Wind and Cloud – became secondary characters and the manhua was renamed ''Tin Ha'' ().Wong, Wendy Siuyi. 002(2001) Hong Kong Comics: A History of Manhua. Princeton Architectural Press. New York. The story has been adapted into media, most notably the Hong Kong films ''The Storm Riders'' (1998) and ''The Storm Warriors'' (2009), the video game ''Fung Wan Online'', and the Taiwanese television series ''Wind and Cloud'' (2002) and '' Wind and Cloud II'' (2004). Plot The story is set in the ''jianghu'' (martial artists' community) of China during the Ming dynasty. The two protagonists – Nie Feng (Wind) and Bu Jingyun (Cloud) – learn martial arts in their early yea ...
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Golden Daily
Golden means made of, or relating to gold. Golden may also refer to: Places United Kingdom *Golden, in the parish of Probus, Cornwall *Golden Cap, Dorset *Golden Square, Soho, London *Golden Valley, a valley on the River Frome in Gloucestershire *Golden Valley, Herefordshire United States *Golden, Colorado, a town West of Denver, county seat of Jefferson County *Golden, Idaho, an unincorporated community *Golden, Illinois, a village *Golden Township, Michigan *Golden, Mississippi, a village *Golden City, Missouri, a city *Golden, Missouri, an unincorporated community *Golden, Nebraska, ghost town in Burt County *Golden Township, Holt County, Nebraska *Golden, New Mexico, a sparsely populated ghost town *Golden, Oregon, an abandoned mining town *Golden, Texas, an unincorporated community *Golden, Utah, a ghost town *Golden, Marshall County, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Elsewhere *Golden, County Tipperary, Ireland, a village on the River Suir *Golden Vale, Munster, ...
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Hong Kong Academy Of Fine Arts
The Hong Kong Academy of Fine Arts (HKAFA) was the first fine arts academy established in Hong Kong. It was founded in 1952 by Professor Chan Hoi Ying with the simple mission that is to design the HKAFA Curriculum for the contemporary student based on traditional methods of art instruction. Over the years, the academy has produced many successful alumni and has many notable achievements. History The Hong Kong Academy of Fine Art's history can be traced back to the 1800s when Professor Chan Hoi-Ying's teacher, Li Tiefu, began learning his trade from the two famed American painters; John Singer Sargent and William Merritt Chase. When Li returned from overseas, he discovered the very talented Chan Hoi-Ying and took him under his wing. The two grew very close during Chan's 18 years under Li's tutelage and Professor Chan Hoi-Ying later claimed that much of his philosophy behind art and the Hong Kong Academy of Fine Arts were inherited from his mentor. Mission Consummation in drawi ...
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