Zhang Bin ( zh, s=张彬; born May 16, 1974) is a mainland Chinese

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 ''Cu ...

artist and illustrator, who works under the

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"Benjamin" (). Zhang has done

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s for

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New Mutants #1 Zhang Variant Unveiled

, November 17, 2009 and illustrations for the music video to " J'aimerais tellement" with French popstar

Jena Lee Sylvia Elva Garcia (born 29 June 1987 in Chile), more commonly known under the stage name as Jena Lee, is a French singer, songwriter, and composer. Biography Born in Chile, Sylvia Elva Garcia was adopted by a French family at the age of nine m ...

and the cover for that song's parent album ''Vous Remercier''. Zhang generally works in

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using a pen with a

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and image editing software (e.g. Corel Painter).

Selected works

Comics

* ''One Day'' (2002) * ''Remember'' (2004) * ''Orange'' (2006) * ''Savior'' (2010)

One-shots and additional works

* ''

Seven Swords ''Seven Swords'' is a 2005 ''wuxia'' film produced and directed by Tsui Hark, starring Donnie Yen, Leon Lai, Charlie Yeung, Sun Honglei, Lu Yi and Kim So-yeon. An international co-production between Hong Kong, China, South Korea and the Nether ...

(2007) * ''

Sky Doll ''Sky Doll'' is an Italian comic book series first published in 2000, by Alessandro Barbucci and Barbara Canepa, who also collaborated on ''W.I.T.C.H.'' and ''Monster Allergy''; ''Sky Doll'' features a more "adult" story and a departure from pure ...

Lacrima Christi #1'' (Marvel, 2010)

Covers

Comics covers

* ''X-Men Origins: Emma Frost'' (Marvel, 2009) * ''

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'' #1-2, #4 (Marvel, 2009)

Album covers

* ''Vous Remercier'' (2009), by

Art Books

* ''Io: Art of the Wired'' (2004) * ''Flash'' (2008)

Music Videos

* ''J'aimerais tellement'' by

(2009) * ''Je me perds'' by Jena Lee (2009)

References

External links

Zhang's Blog
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Xiao Pan Xiao Pan is a French publisher and distributor of full-color Chinese manhua, both in French-language and original Chinese form. They are based in France, with offices in Belgium, Switzerland, and Canada. Several of their titles have been license ...

Zhang Bin
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Lambiek Galerie Lambiek is a Dutch comic book store and art gallery in Amsterdam, founded on November 8, 1968 by Kees Kousemaker (, – Bussum, ), though since 2007, his son Boris Kousemaker is the current owner. From 1968 to 2015, it was located ...

Interviews

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Paul Gravett Paul Gravett is a London-based journalist, curator, writer, and broadcaster who has worked in comics publishing since 1981. He is the founder of ''Escape Magazine'', and for many years wrote a monthly article on comics appearing in the UK magaz ...

Chinese comics artists Living people 1974 births Artists from Heilongjiang {{Manhua-stub