China.
漫画
China
1928
漫画
In China, comics are called manhua, a word Feng Zikai revived in its modern sense in 1925, while lianhuanhua names the palm-sized picture-story books that declined from the late 1980s.
Shanghai was the early centre, with the weekly Shanghai Manhua (1928 to 1930) and Zhang Leping's Sanmao (1935).
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1928
2010s
Artists from China in the archive.
Comics from China in the archive.
Shanghai Manhua, the earliest comic from China in the archive.
The decade when the most new comics from China began.
漫画
China in 2 chapters
A short history you can leaf through. Click a page, use the arrow keys, or press Turn the page to read on.
China.
漫画
2 chapters
1925
to 1951
Chapter 01
Shanghai manhua
Feng Zikai revived the word manhua in its modern sense with Zikai Manhua (1925), and the weekly Shanghai Manhua ran from 21 April 1928 to 7 June 1930 at about 3,000 copies an issue. Zhang Leping created Sanmao in 1935.
1952
to today
Chapter 02
Picture-story books
Shanghai People's Fine Arts Publishing House, reorganised in the early 1950s, was the key producer of lianhuanhua, which declined from the late 1980s. The publisher has reissued titles, and the Shanghai Museum of Art has opened a permanent lianhuanhua exhibition.
The comics to know
- Zikai Manhua1925Feng Zikai. Revived the word manhua in its modern sense.
- Shanghai Manhua上海漫畫1928 · Manhua magazineWeekly, 21 April 1928 to 7 June 1930, about 3,000 copies an issue.
- Sanmao三毛1935 · comics characterZhang Leping
The people to know
More artists from China
All 102 artists- Gene Luen Yang杨谨伦Comics artist, Born 1973
- Wong Jan-lung黃玉郎Comics artist, Born 1950
- Ma Wing-shing馬榮成Comics artist, Born 1961
- Lee Chi Ching李志清Comics artist, Born 1963
- Alfonso Wong王家禧Comics artist, 1923 to 2017
- Li Kunwu李昆武Comics artist, Born 1955
- Xia Da夏达Comics artist, Born 1981
- Li Chi-Tak利志達Comics artist, Born 1965
- Benjamin Zhang Bin本杰明Comics artist, Born 1974
- Xu Xianzhe许先哲Comics artist, Born 1984
- Lee Wai Chun李惠珍Comics artist, 1930 to 2020
- Huang Yao黄尧Comics artist, 1917 to 1987
More comics from China
All 107 comics- Adventures of Sanmao三毛Zhang LepingChina, 1935
- Gunjō no Magmell拾又之國Di Nian MiaoChina, 2014
- Please Take My Brother Away!快把我哥带走You LingChina, 2014
- Under One Person一人之下Mi ErChina, 2015
- Biao Ren镖人Xu XianzheChina, 2015
- The Legend of Luo Xiaohei罗小黑战记MTJJChina, 2011
- Cupid's ChocolateCupid's ChocolatesVivianChina, 2015 to 2024
- Fox Spirit Matchmaker狐妖小红娘Xiaoxin TuoChina, 2012
- Soul Buster侍灵演武Bai MaoChina, 2012
- Spiritpact靈契PingziChina, 2017
- FEI REN ZAI非人哉Yi Wang Kong QiChina, 2015
- Fung Wan風雲Ma Wing-shingChina, 1989 to 2014
