Yi Huan (; born 19 October 1969), occasionally credited as I-Huan, is a Taiwanese comic creator of

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 ...

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 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 founde ...

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 of the Sacred Moon'' (聖月之印), 2001–2005 * ''Spirit of the Ocean'' (碧海精灵), 1997–1999 * ''Secret'' (秘密), 1996 * ''Proclaiming and Loving'' (宣和戀), 1995–1996 ''Real/Fake Princess'' has been released in its five-volume entirety in English by

DrMaster DrMaster Publications Inc. was an American distributor of manga and manhua with offices in the United States, Republic of China and Japan. It was headquartered in Fremont, California. It began strictly as a printer of manga, and entered the pu ...

. DrMaster has also licensed ''Divine Melody'' and will begin its release in January 2009. Yi's comics have also been translated and distributed in Thai, Vietnamese, Hungarian, Korean, and Russian.

References

External links

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Yi Huan Official Website
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Yi Huan Pixnet Blog
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Yi Huan Myweb Blog
1969 births Living people Taiwanese female comics artists Female comics writers People from Keelung Taiwanese comics artists Taiwanese comics writers {{Comics-creator-stub