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Star Girls
''Star Girls'' () is a Taiwanese anthology magazine published by Tong Li Comics specializing in serialization of manhua comics aimed at young females. It debuted in July, 1992 and is published six times per year in even-numbered months. Serializations ''Star Girls'' has featured stories by Lai Ann, Nicky Lee (author), Nicky Lee, Jo Chen, I-Huan, and other popular Tong Li comics creators. Serializations as of 2008 include: * ''The Internship of Angel'' (天使的人間實習) by Lai Ann, 2008 * ''Me and My Ainia'' by Lai Ann, 2007–2008 * ''Xia Ke Sing'' (霞客行) by Jun Xiao (Sheau Gin), 2007 - current * ''The One (manhua), The One'' by Nicky Lee (author), Nicky Lee, 2005 - 2014 * ''Divine Melody'' by I-Huan, 2003 - current * ''The Other Side of the Mirror (manhua)'' by Jo Chen 1998 - 1999 See also * Media of Taiwan References External links Star Girls @ Tong Li 1992 establishments in Taiwan Bi-monthly magazines Magazines established in 1992 Magazines published in Tai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tong Li Comics
Tongli Publishing Co. (Chinese: 東立出版社, Hanyu Pinyin: ''Dōng Lì Chūbǎnshè''), most known as Tong Li Comics, is a publishing company which distributes a variety of domestic and imported comics in Taiwan. History Tong Li was founded in Tainan, Taiwan in 1977 with a mere nine employees."Tong Li Publishing Timeline (東立出版年鑑)" Tong Li, Retrieved 2008-10-13. Tong Li entered the publishing business as a seller of illegally copied comic books. "For fifteen years, Tong Li was the largest producer of pirated comics, redoing more than 1,000 titles in all, and for part of that time, fifty a month."John A. Lent, ''Pulp Demons: International Dimensions of the Postwar Anti-Comics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south. The territories controlled by the ROC consist of 168 islands, with a combined area of . The main island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', has an area of , with mountain ranges dominating the eastern two-thirds and plains in the western third, where its highly urbanised population is concentrated. The capital, Taipei, forms along with New Taipei City and Keelung the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Other major cities include Taoyuan, Taichung, Tainan, and Kaohsiung. With around 23.9 million inhabitants, Taiwan is among the most densely populated countries in the world. Taiwan has been settled for at least 25,000 years. Ancestors of Taiwanese indigenous peoples settled the isla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manhua
() are Chinese-language comics produced in China and Taiwan. Whilst Chinese comics and narrated illustrations have existed in China in some shape or form throughout its imperial history, the term first appeared in 1904 in a comic titled ''Current Affairs Comics'' () in the Shanghai-based newspaper ''Jingzhong Daily'' (). Etymology The word was originally an 18th-century term used in Chinese literati painting. It became popular in Japan as ''manga'' in the late 19th century. Feng Zikai reintroduced the word to Chinese, in the modern sense, with his 1925 series of political cartoons entitled ''Zikai Manhua'' in the ''Wenxue Zhoubao'' (Literature Weekly). While terms other than had existed before, this particular publication took precedence over the many other descriptions for cartoon art that were used previously and came to be associated with all Chinese comic materials. The Chinese characters for are identical to those used for the Japanese ''manga'' and Korean manhwa. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lai Ann
Lai Ann (), sometimes credited as "Ryan" or "Ryan Lai", is a comics author and illustrator of Taiwanese manhua. She was born July 16 in Taipei, Taiwan, and is published by Tong Li Comics Tongli Publishing Co. (Chinese: 東立出版社, Hanyu Pinyin: ''Dōng Lì Chūbǎnshè''), most known as Tong Li Comics, is a publishing company which distributes a variety of domestic and imported comics in Taiwan. History Tong Li was founded .... Her two-volume work ''Me and My Ainia'' won a 2008 Outstanding Comics Award from the Institute for Compilation and Translation of Taiwan. Publications Lai Ann has written numerous manhua series of varying length. They include: * ''The Internship of Angel'' (天使的人間實習), 2008 * ''Me and My Ainia'' (我和我的艾尼亞), 2007–2008 * ''Steel Rose'' (鋼鐵玫瑰), 2005–2007 * ''Ingènuo'' (戀影天使), 1998–2004 * ''The Royal'' (薔薇豪情), 1995–1996 * ''It's Only Love'' (愛‧神話), 1994–2001 * ''Pure Love'' (純愛手 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicky Lee (author)
Li Chung Ping (李崇萍), who writes under the pseudonym Nicky Lee, is a popular Taiwanese manhua author. She writes primarily for the teenage girl market, specializing in comedy, drama and romance. ubscure.com Retrieved 19 September 2011. Lee works as one of the main staff artists for Taiwan's . Career Lee began her career in the year 1992 when she submitted a story to Tong Li's monthly manhua magazine ''Flower Girl''. The story became her first work, ''Paradise City'' and began Lee's long career working with Tong Li. Her second work, '' |
Jo Chen
Jo Chen (; born July 4, 1976) is an American comic book artist and writer best known for her highly detailed painted comic book covers. In the Japanese comic industry she is also known by the pen name TogaQ and is known as Jun Togai ("Togai Jun" 咎井淳). Early life Chen was born in Taipei, Taiwan and emigrated to the United States in late 1994. Career Working professionally in the Asian comic book industry since age fourteen, she began her career in the U.S. comic book industry with her art work for the Racer X mini-series, part of the Speed Racer series published by Wildstorm/DC Comics in 2000. She established herself producing interiors and covers for titles including '' Darkminds: Macropolis'', ''Battle of the Planets'', ''Robotech'', '' Fight For Tomorrow'', '' Taskmaster'', '' The Demon'', ''Thor'', and '' (Batman &) Robin''. Currently she is most well known to American comic readers as the cover artist of '' Runaways'', and Joss Whedon's '' Buffy the Vampire Slayer S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I-Huan
Yi Huan (; born 19 October 1969), occasionally credited as I-Huan, is a Taiwanese comic creator of manhua aimed at girls. She has written and illustrated many series, two of which have been licensed for publication in English. Biography Yi was born October 19, 1969, in Keelung, Taiwan. After graduating from law school in 1992, she joined the staff of Tong Li Comics as an editor. In 1994, she won a contest for new artists and then began her career as a professional comics creator. Her first professional manhua, ''Proclaiming and Loving'', was published in 1995. Publications Yi has written and illustrated numerous manhua, many published by Tong Li. Titles include: * ''Close To My Sweetheart'' (甜心零距離), currently serialized in ''Margret'' (瑪格麗特) * ''Little Witch's Diary'' (小巫女的童話日記), 2005–2006 * ''Fantastic Tales'' (星月幻境), 2004–2005 * ''Divine Melody'', currently serialized in ''Star Girls'' * ''Real/Fake Princess'', 2002–2003 * ''Seal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The One (manhua)
Li Chung Ping (李崇萍), who writes under the pseudonym Nicky Lee, is a popular Taiwanese manhua author. She writes primarily for the teenage girl market, specializing in comedy, drama and romance. ubscure.com Retrieved 19 September 2011. Lee works as one of the main staff artists for Taiwan's . Career Lee began her career in the year 1992 when she submitted a story to Tong Li's monthly manhua magazine ''Flower Girl''. The story became her first work, ''Paradise City'' and began Lee's long career working with Tong Li. Her second work, '' |
Divine Melody
''Divine Melody'' ( zh, t=仙曲, p=Xiān qǔ) is a Taiwanese manhua comic series written by Yi Huan. It is published in Taiwan by Tong Li Comics and was distributed in English in 2009 by DrMaster. Plot ''Divine Melody'' is the story of Cai Sheng, a young female fox demon. When a human boy and girl save her from a dog attack, Cai Sheng's caretaker, Hui-Niang marks the pair with special symbols, which will not disappear even when they are reincarnated, so that Cai Sheng may one day repay her life debt to them. Two hundred years later, Cai Sheng has mastered the ability to transform into a male demon, and while in this form, she meets reincarnated versions of the boy and girl from long ago. In order to repay her debt, she decides to play matchmaker for the pair, but the girl begins to fall in love with Cai Sheng's male form, and the boy with her female form. The story follows Cai-Sheng a Fox-Spirit, when she finds Han and Ping-er, reincarnated and who no-longer know her. She th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Other Side Of The Mirror (manhua)
''The Other Side of the Mirror'' ( zh, t=鏡子的另一邊) is a comic written and illustrated by Jo Chen. It was originally published by Tong Li Comics in Taiwan and has been translated into several languages, including English. Publication ''The Other Side of the Mirror'' was originally serialized in Taiwan from July 1998 to February 1999 in ''Star Girls'', and later collected in two volumes by Tong Li Comics. It was Chen's first full-length manhua. Volume 1 included a short story entitled "99 Roses", and volume 2 included "Peggy" and "The Funeral Procession of Stars", all originally published in ''Star Girls'' in its March, May, and July 1999 issues, respectively. The collected volumes were soon thereafter published in South Korea, China, and Hong Kong. At Anime Expo in June 2007, Tokyopop announced it had licensed ''The Other Side of the Mirror'' for release in English. In December 2007, Tokyopop published volume one of the series, and in April 2008, volume two. Translat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Media Of Taiwan
The mass media in Taiwan is considered to be one of the freest and most competitive in Asia. Cable TV usage is high (around 80%) and there is also a wide selection of newspapers available covering most political viewpoints. Taiwan's media history While Taiwan's media freedom may rank among the top few nations in Asia today, its progress to its current state of vibrancy was not without a struggle. The Japanese occupation of Taiwan from 1895 to 1945 did not slow down the pace of economic modernisation on the island; the Kuomintang (KMT, Nationalist Party) also built on the successes of its predecessors to modernize and this provided the basis for its mass media industry to develop. However, KMT's pursuit of economic progress and democratic ideals did not automatically mean that Taiwan's media could fulfill its role as the fourth estate of democracy, as a check on the government. The martial law era media was kept on a tight leash and the explicit prohibition from enquiring about then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 Establishments In Taiwan
Year 199 (Roman numerals, CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new Roman legion, legions, Legio I Parthica, I Parthica and Legio III Parthica, III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung of Geumgwan Gaya, Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
