Ma Wing-shing (born 16 January 1961) is a Hong Kong

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, writer and publisher. He is best known for creating the ''

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 ...

'' 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 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 b ...

to improve his drawing skills. He quit Golden Comics and joined Ching Po, where he produced numerous works, including: ''Evil Experiment'', ''Assault 13'', ''Alien'', ''I Wanna be Woman'', ''Small Luk's Fight at Wudang'' and the ''Eve of the Battle'', ''Martial House'', ''Sword and Spear'', ''Destroyer'', ''My Pursuit'', ''Great Stealer 13'', ''Knowing You'', ''Mad Dog'', ''Security Guard'', ''Story of Big-Nose Boy'', ''Hillfire'', and ''Five Affairs''. ''Veteran Cop'' and ''New Drunken Fist'' were published in 1980 when Ma was working in New Waves. In August, he joined Jademan and began publishing '' Chinese Hero'' in '' Golden Daily''. In 1981, he furthered his studies in fine arts at Des Montagnes Studio and incorporated his newly acquired knowledge into his works. In November, he co-authored ''Tong Lung'' with Fung Chi-ming, and this comic succeeded in entering the Japanese market. In 1982, the ''Chinese Hero'' periodical was published and proved to be an immediate great success, laying a solid foundation for Ma's career. In 1987, Ma co-organized a painting exhibition, ''Footsteps'', with teachers and students of Des Montages Studio. In 1989, Ma founded the company

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 cr ...

and released his ''The Two Extremes'' and held his personal art exhibition.

Style

In Ma's career, his drawings were heavily influenced by the works of

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 ...

for his realistic style and attention to details. He usually employs painterly techniques. The artwork and drawing style of '' Chinese Hero'' is responsible for the modern day characteristics of

Selected works

* '' Chinese Hero'' * ''Black Leopard'' * ''

External links

Comicsworld
Ma Wing-shing's official website.

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