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Divine Melody
''Divine Melody'' ( zh, t=仙曲, p=Xiān qǔ) is a Taiwanese manhua comic series written by Yi Huan. It is published in Taiwan by Tong Li Comics and was distributed in English in 2009 by DrMaster. Plot ''Divine Melody'' is the story of Cai Sheng, a young female fox demon. When a human boy and girl save her from a dog attack, Cai Sheng's caretaker, Hui-Niang marks the pair with special symbols, which will not disappear even when they are reincarnated, so that Cai Sheng may one day repay her life debt to them. Two hundred years later, Cai Sheng has mastered the ability to transform into a male demon, and while in this form, she meets reincarnated versions of the boy and girl from long ago. In order to repay her debt, she decides to play matchmaker for the pair, but the girl begins to fall in love with Cai Sheng's male form, and the boy with her female form. The story follows Cai-Sheng a Fox-Spirit, when she finds Han and Ping-er, reincarnated and who no-longer know her. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yi Huan
Yi Huan (; born 19 October 1969), occasionally credited as I-Huan, is a Taiwanese comic creator of manhua 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 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 * ''Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tong Li Comics
Tongli Publishing Co. (Chinese language, 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 founded in Tainan City, Tainan, Taiwan in 1977 with a mere nine employees."Tong Li Publishing Timeline (東立出版年鑑)" Tong Li, Retrieved 2008-10-13. Tong Li entered the publishing business as a seller of copyright infringement, illegally copied comic books. "For fifteen years, Tong Li was the largest producer of pirated comics, redoing more than 1,000 titles in all, and for part of that time, fifty a month."John A. Lent, ''Pulp Demons: International Dimensions of the Postwar Anti-Comics Campaign'' (1999) p. 195. Tong Li's original ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 publishing business after taking over most of ComicsOne's manga and manhua titles. DrMaster's Publications Inc. went out of business around 2009 and its offices in Fremont are gone. The building was later occupied by Sunesys Telecommunications. Manga * '' 888'' * '' Freaks'' * '' Cosplay Koromo-chan'' * '' Dark Edge'' * '' High School Girls'' * '' Hinadori Girl'' * '' Imperfect Hero'' * ''Indian Summer'' * '' Infinite Ryvius'' * '' Iron Wok Jan'' * '' Maniac Road'' * '' Metro Survive'' * '' Pretty Maniacs'' * '' Premature Priest'' * '' Red Prowling Devil'' * '' Junk Force'' *'' Junk: Record of the Last Hero'' * ''Onegai Twins'' * '' Tori Koro'' * ''Stellvia'' * '' Stray Little Devil'' * '' Tsukihime: Lunar Legend'' Manhua * '' Chronicle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comics Factory
Comics Factory (, ''Fabrika komiksov'') is a comics imprint of major Russian book publisher AST. It serves as a translator and the licensor of European graphic novels, Japanese manga, Korean manhwa, Taiwan and Hong Kong manhua, Original English-language manga. It also released Russian-language manga of Russian and Ukrainian authors, i.e. ''Almanac of Russian Manga'' (''MNG''). Comics Factory is a part of Publishers Association of Russia (ASKI). It was founded in 2006 by publisher Feodor Yeremeev, translator Igor Bogdanov and film director Pavel Braila. Its headquarters are located in Yekaterinburg, Moscow and Vladivostok. Comics Factory is known for publishing horror comics and highly controversial titles, such as Suehiro Maruo's ero guro is an artistic genre that puts its focus on eroticism, sexual corruption, and decadence.Silverberg, Miriam Rom. "By Way of a Preface: Defining ''Erotic Grotesque Nonsense''". Galley copy of the preface for ''Erotic Grotesque Nonsense: The Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Girls
''Star Girls'' () is a Taiwanese anthology magazine published by Tong Li Comics specializing in serialization of manhua comics aimed at young females. It debuted in July, 1992 and is published six times per year in even-numbered months. Serializations ''Star Girls'' has featured stories by Lai Ann, Nicky Lee, Jo Chen, I-Huan, and other popular Tong Li comics creators. Serializations as of 2008 include: * ''The Internship of Angel'' (天使的人間實習) by Lai Ann, 2008 * ''Me and My Ainia'' by Lai Ann, 2007–2008 * ''Xia Ke Sing'' (霞客行) by Jun Xiao (Sheau Gin), 2007 - current * '' The One'' by Nicky Lee, 2005 - 2014 * '' Divine Melody'' by I-Huan, 2003 - current * '' The Other Side of the Mirror (manhua)'' by Jo Chen 1998 - 1999 See also * Media of Taiwan The mass media in Taiwan is considered to be one of the freest and most competitive in Asia. Cable TV usage is high (around 80%) and there is also a wide selection of newspapers available covering many politic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manhua
() are Chinese-language comics produced in Greater China. Chinese comics and narrated illustrations have existed in China throughout its history. They are usually graphic and can be written for a myriad of genres, including romance, fantasy, historical, thrillers, paranormal and horror. The storylines are varied but could include tropes and plotlines common to Asian culture and settings. There is no fixed word count for a manhua, but each panel could contain an average of 30 words and about 90 words per page. Though, this may vary widely. Depending on the writer and the popularity of the manhua, it could have one or several issues and can be published digitally or in a printed form. Etymology The word was originally an 18th-century term used in Chinese literati painting. It became popular in Japan as ''manga'' in the late 19th century. Feng Zikai reintroduced the word to Chinese, in the modern sense, with his 1925 series of political cartoons entitled ''Zikai Manhua'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huli Jing
Huli jing () are Chinese mythological creatures usually capable of shapeshifting, who may either be benevolent or malevolent spirits. In Chinese mythology and folklore, the fox spirit takes variant forms with different meanings, powers, characteristics, and shapes, including , , , , , , and . Fox spirits and nine-tailed foxes appear frequently in Chinese folklore, literature, and mythology. Depending on the story, the fox spirit's presence may be a good or a bad omen. The motif of nine-tailed foxes from Chinese culture was eventually transmitted and introduced to Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese cultures. Descriptions The nine-tailed fox occurs in the ''Shanhaijing'' (''Classic of Mountains and Seas''), compiled from the Warring States period to the Western Han period (circa fourth to circa first century BC). The work states: In chapter 14 of the ''Shanhaijing'', Guo Pu, a scholar of the Eastern Jin dynasty, had commented that the "nine-tailed fox was an auspicious omen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 In Comics
The following events happened in the world of comics in the year 2003. Events January * First issue of ''Firebreather'' by Phil Hester and Andy Kuhn and ''Invincible'' by Robert Kirkman (both published by Image) February * In the Batman universe, debut of the series '' Gotham Central'' by Greg Rucka and Ed Brubaker and of the miniseries '' Batgirl: Year One'' by Scott Beatty and Marcos Martin ( DC) * ''Aida al confine (''Aida at the border) – graphic novel by Vanna Vinci; a ghost story inspired by the true life of the author's grandfather (Kappa edizioni). March * March 16: The final Sunday comic episode of ''Flash Gordon'' is published, which also marks the end of the series overall, which had been in continuous production since 1934. * '' Fantastic Four: Unstable Molecules'' by James Sturm (Marvel) * In ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' (Dark Horse), the arc "Slayer Interrupted" begins. April * ''Action Comics'' #800: Double-sized anniversary issue, "A Hero's Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantasy Comics
Fantasy comics have been around as long as Comic book, comics. The classification "fantasy comics" broadly encompasses illustrated books set in an other-worldly universe or involving elements or actors outside our reality. Fantasy has been a mainstay of fiction for centuries, but burgeoned in the late 1930s and early 1940s, spurred by authors such as C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien. They inspired comic book producers. Fantasy-themed books—driven by superhero comics gaining popularity through the 1960s—grew to dominate the field. In the 1990s, authors such as Neil Gaiman helped expand the genre with his critically acclaimed ''The Sandman (Vertigo), Sandman'' series. History In the American market, fantasy comics began in the Golden Age of Comic Books, which was populated with notable works such as All-American Publications (and later DC Comics). Greek myth inspired super heroes including Wonder Woman and Dell's Tarzan (comics), Tarzan. Starting in the late 1940s, horror-them ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romance Comics
Romance comics are a genre of comic book, comic books that were most popular during the Golden Age of Comics. The market for comics, which had been growing rapidly throughout the 1940s, began to plummet after the end of World War II when military contracts to provide disposable reading matter to servicemen ended. This left many comic creators seeking new markets. In 1947, part of an effort to tap into new adult audiences, the romance comic genre was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby with the Crestwood Publications title ''Young Romance''. History As World War II ended the popularity of superhero comics diminished, and in an effort to retain readers comic publishers began diversifying more than ever into such genres as war comics, war, Western comics, Western, science fiction comics, science fiction, crime comics, crime, horror comics, horror and romance comics. The genre took its immediate inspiration from the romance pulps; confession magazines such as ''True Story (magazine), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tong Li Publishing Titles
Tong may refer to: Chinese *Tang dynasty, a dynasty in Chinese history when transliterated from Cantonese *Tong (organization), a type of social organization found in Chinese immigrant communities *''tong'', pronunciation of several Chinese characters *See: **The Chinese surnames Tang (唐 and 湯/汤) transliterated based on Cantonese **The Chinese surnames (佟, 童 and 仝) transliterated based on Mandarin * Tso/Tong land of Hong Kong People *Tong (surname), a Gan Chinese of Zhang, (张), (莊), Cantonese of Tang (滕), (鄧), Beijing Chinese of Tung (佟) *Tong Dizhou (1902–1979) * Tong Fei (born 1961) * Tong Guan (1054–1126) *Tong Jian (born 1979) * Amy Tong (born 1977), American judoka *Anote Tong (born 1952) *Bao Tong (1932–2022), Director of the Office of Political Reform of the CPC Central Committee and the Policy Secretary of Zhao Ziyang * Grace Tong (born 1942) *Jacqueline Tong (born 1951) *Kaity Tong (born 1947) *Kelvin Tong *Kent Tong (born 1958) *Lim Goh To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
