Lee Chi Ching (; born 1963) is a
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...
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 ...
illustrator with the
pen name "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
The Hong Kong Museum of Art (HKMoA) is the first and main art museum of Hong Kong, located in Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui. It is managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of the Hong Kong Government. HKMoA has an art collection ...
. 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
( ), which literally means "martial heroes", is a genre of Chinese fiction concerning the adventures of martial artists in ancient China. Although is traditionally a form of historical fiction, its popularity has caused it to be adapted ...
'' writer
Louis Cha
Louis Cha Leung-yung (; 10 March 1924 – 30 October 2018), better known by his pen name Jin Yong (), pronounced "Gum Yoong" in Cantonese, was a Chinese wuxia ("martial arts and chivalry") novelist and essayist who co-founded the Hong Kong dail ...
. 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.
Manga works
*''
Records of the Three Kingdoms'' (三國志) - based on ''
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
''Romance of the Three Kingdoms'' () is a 14th-century historical novel attributed to Luo Guanzhong. It is set in the turbulent years towards the end of the Han dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period in Chinese history, starting in 184 AD ...
''
*''Justice Bao'' (包青天)
*''Nameless Hero'' (無名英雄)
*''Strange Book'' (怪異集)
*''
Sun Zi's Tactics'' (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 Margin''
*''The Legend of the Condor Heroes'' (射雕英雄傳) - based on
''The Eagle-Shooting Heroes''
*''The Smiling, Proud Wanderer'' (笑傲江湖) - based on the
novel of the same name
External links
CultureCom Comics
1963 births
Living people
Hong Kong comics artists
Hong Kong comics writers
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