Li Zhiqing
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Lee Chi Ching is a Hong Kong
Manhua
illustrator with the pen name
"Qing'er" (清兒). Lee began drawing comics and graphic novels in 1981. In 1992, he won an award for his watercolors at the Hong Kong Contemporary Art Biennial and had his work housed at the Hong Kong Museum of Art
. He is the first cartoonist from Hong Kong to have his work published in Japan
. His speciality is in historical Manga
, usually based on pre-existing classic novels, including the works of Wuxia
writer Louis Cha. His major works include Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Water Margin.
His works are usually published by CultureCom Comics, a Hong Kong publishing house.
His work Sun Zi's Tactics
won the first International Manga Award
that Japanese Government sponsored in 2007.
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
Manhua
Manhua
Manhua are Chinese comics originally produced in China. Possibly due to their greater degree of artistic freedom of expression and closer international ties with Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan have been the places of publication of most manhua thus far, often including Chinese translations of...
illustrator with the pen name
Pen name
A pen name, nom de plume, or literary double, is a pseudonym adopted by an author. A pen name may be used to make the author's name more distinctive, to disguise his or her gender, to distance an author from some or all of his or her works, to protect the author from retribution for his or her...
"Qing'er" (清兒). Lee began drawing comics and graphic novels in 1981. In 1992, he won an award for his watercolors at the Hong Kong Contemporary Art Biennial and had his work housed at the Hong Kong Museum of Art
Hong Kong Museum of Art
The Hong Kong Museum of Art is the main art museum of Hong Kong. The museum was established as the City Hall Museum and Art Gallery in the City Hall in Central by the Urban Council in 1962. In 1991, it was moved to the present premises at 10 Salisbury Road, near the Hong Kong Cultural Centre and...
. He is the first cartoonist from Hong Kong to have his work published in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. His speciality is in historical Manga
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
, usually based on pre-existing classic novels, including the works of Wuxia
Wuxia
Wuxia is a broad genre of Chinese fiction concerning the adventures of martial artists. Although wuxia is traditionally a form of literature, its popularity has caused it to spread to diverse art forms like Chinese opera, manhua , films, television series, and video games...
writer Louis Cha. His major works include Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Water Margin.
His works are usually published by CultureCom Comics, a Hong Kong publishing house.
His work Sun Zi's Tactics
Sun Zi's Tactics
Sun Zi's Tactics is a historical manhua series by Lee Chi Ching, published in Hong Kong and Japan. In 2007, the series was named winner of Japan's first International Manga Award.-Synopsis:...
won the first International Manga Award
International Manga Award
is an award established to encourage non-Japanese manga artists in 2007. This award was created by Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso, who proposed this award in a policy speech he gave in Tokyo's Akihabara district in 2006.-Winners:...
that Japanese Government sponsored in 2007.
Manga works
- Records of the Three Kingdoms (三國志) - based on Romance of the Three KingdomsRomance of the Three KingdomsRomance of the Three Kingdoms, written by Luo Guanzhong in the 14th century, is a Chinese historical novel based on the events in the turbulent years near the end of the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms era of Chinese history, starting in 169 and ending with the reunification of the land in...
- Justice Bao (包青天)
- Nameless Hero (無名英雄)
- Strange Book (怪異集)
- Sun Zi's TacticsSun Zi's TacticsSun Zi's Tactics is a historical manhua series by Lee Chi Ching, published in Hong Kong and Japan. In 2007, the series was named winner of Japan's first International Manga Award.-Synopsis:...
(孫子攻略/孫子兵法) - Lie Shen (烈神)
- The Eagle God (驚神)
- Ghost Legend (鬼異傳奇)
- Outlaws of the Marsh - based on Water MarginWater MarginWater Margin , also known as Outlaws of the Marsh, All Men Are Brothers, Men of the Marshes, or The Marshes of Mount Liang, is one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature.Attributed to Shi Nai'an and written in vernacular Chinese, the story, set in the Song Dynasty,...
- The Legend of the Condor Heroes (射雕英雄传) - based on the novel of the same nameThe Legend of the Condor HeroesThe Legend of Condor Heroes is a wuxia novel by Jin Yong, and the first part of the Condor Trilogy. It was first serialized between January 1, 1957 and May 19, 1959 in Hong Kong Commercial Daily...
- The Smiling, Proud Wanderer (笑傲江湖) - based on the novel of the same nameThe Smiling, Proud WandererThe Smiling, Proud Wanderer is a wuxia novel by Jin Yong, first published as a serial in Ming Pao from April 20, 1967 to October 12, 1969. The term "Xiaoao Jianghu" means to live a carefree life in a mundane world of strife...