Manhua are Chinese-language comics produced in Greater China. Chinese comics and narrated illustrations have existed in China throughout its history.
Old Master Q, one of the earliest popular manhua characters from Hong Kong.
Volumes of Chang Ge Xing, or the Long Ballad, first published in popular Chinese comics magazine Comicsfan Culture (漫友文化).
Various Taiwanese manhua at a comics event in Copenhagen, 2015.
Manhua artist Yeh Ming-Hsuan (right) being interviewed at TAICCA Taiwan Comics event.
Manga are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long history in earlier Japanese art. The term
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…media and microblogging websites. The word manhua 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…
A page from the manga Go Go! Encyclopedia Girls by artist Kasuga, depicting Wikipe-tan, Commons-tan and Quote-tan
A kamishibai storyteller from Sazae-san by Machiko Hasegawa. Sazae appears with her hair in a bun.
Hokusai Manga depicting self-defense techniques (early 19th century)
Delegates of 3rd Asian Cartoon Exhibition, held at Tokyo (Annual Manga Exhibition) by The Japan Foundation