Historically, because of the greater liberalization and higher standard of living, the majority of manhua has been published in Hong Kong and Taiwan rather than mainland China. As of 2004, the majority of manhua is still published in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
History
Chinese comics include "all the forms and styles of cartoons, comics, and lianhuantu (a traditional illustrated storybook)", according to Wendy Siuyi Wong, author of Hong Kong Comics: A History of Manhua (ISBN 1568982690).
"Chinese drawings similar to modern cartoons existed in ancient times and appear throughout the country's history. The oldest surviving examples are stone reliefs from the eleventh century B.C. and pottery from 5000 to 3000 B.C. Other examples include symbolic brush drawings from the Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1368-1644), a satirical drawing titled Peacocks by the early Qing Dynasty (A.D. 1643-1911) artist Zhua Da, and a work called Ghosts' Farce Pictures from around 1771, by Luo Liang-feng. Chinese manhua was born in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, roughly during the years 1867 to 1927."
Wong classifies Hong Kong comics into four categories:
Satirical and political manhua
Comical manhua
Action manhua
Children's manhua (renditions of ancient Chinese legends)
External link
http://www.china-on-site.com/comicindex.php - manhua retellings of old Chinese legends
The Chinese characters for manhua are actually the same characters used for Japanese manga and Korean manhwa.
Chinesecomics include "all the forms and styles of cartoons, comics, and lianhuantu (a traditional illustrated storybook)", according to Wendy Siuyi Wong, author of Hong Kong Comics: A History of Manhua (ISBN 1568982690).
Chinese manhua was born in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, roughly during the years 1867 to 1927."
Comics are thought by some to be an art form, also known as sequential art, although whether they are an art form or are merely a medium in which sequential art is practised is still a matter of debate amongst creators, scholars and readers.
Whilst almost all comics art is in some sense abbreviated, and also whilst every artist who has produced comics work brings their own individual approach to bear, some broader art styles have been identified.
The narration of a comic is set out through the layout of the images, and whilst there may be many people who work on one work, like films, there is one vision of the narrative which guides the work.
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