Ant Sang ( Chinese name: 方樹豪）is a fifth generation

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comic book artist and designer. He is perhaps best known for his work on the animated show ''

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''.

Career

While studying graphic design at the then Auckland Institute of Technology in the mid-1990s, Sang first began to publish his work in the short-lived New Zealand comic ''Mainstream'', and

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event guide ''The Fix''. He also published his own mini-comic book, ''Filth'', which ran to seven issues between 1994 and 1997. The central characters from ''Filth'' formed the basis of his next series, ''The Dharma Punks''. This comprised an eight-issue story line, first published in the early 2000s and later compiled into a trade paperback with printing crowd-funded via

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in 2014. Sang's graphic novel '' Shaolin Burning'' was nominated in 2012 for Best Picture Book in the

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. This was the first time that a young adult graphic novel had been nominated in that category. He has also illustrated graphic novels for

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's Youth Wellbeing Study and been published in magazines including '' Rip It Up'' and the ''

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''. Sang designed the characters and backgrounds for the award-winning animated show ''Bro'Town''. He has also undertaken commercial work for organisations including SkyCity Cinemas.

Selected works

Graphic novels

* ''Shaolin Burning'' * ''The Dharma Punks'' * ''Helen and the Go-Go Ninjas'' (with Michael Bennett)

Television

* ''

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Awards

Sang has received the following awards and honors: *Achievement in Production Design in General Television - Qantas Film and Television Awards 2008 *Achievement in Production Design - Air New Zealand Screen Awards 2006

References

New Zealand editorial cartoonists New Zealand people of Chinese descent New Zealand animators New Zealand graphic novelists Living people New Zealand comics artists 1970 births {{NewZealand-writer-stub