Wing-Shing Ma

Ma Wing Shing is one of the most influential Manhua (Chinese equivalent to Japanese "manga") artists in China, and one of the world's best comic-book writer/artists. Ma entered the Manhua industry in 1976, publishing his first comic-book series, "Day Dream," at Hei Po, where he did other comic-books there, including "Winds and Clouds in Public Housing", "Wily Little One", "Little Tough Guy", "Great Dictator" and "Wonder Dog". Hei Po closed down in 1977, when Ma soon moved to Golden Comics, where he inserted a more realistic style in his works, including "The Five Brothers", which caught the industry's attention. To improve his art skills, he took a one-year course at the Hong Kong Academy of Fine Arts. Afterwards, he quit Golden Comics, and joined Ching Po, where he published numerous comic-books in his own style, such as "Evil Experiment", "Martial House", "Sword and Spear" and others. But 1980 saw his most groundbreaking work: he joined Jademan Comics for Golden Daily and produced the comic-book series, "Chinese Hero" (Chung Wah Ying Hung/Zhong Hua Ying Xiong; US titles: "The Blood Sword" and "Blood Sword Dynasty"), about a wandering young martial arts master and his weapon/family heirloom, a red-colored sword.

His other popular Manhua include "Wind & Cloud" (Feng Yun/Fung Wan; US Title: "The Storm Riders") and "The World" (Tian Xia/Tin Ha). In 1987, he formed Footsteps, a painting exhibition with teachers and students of Des Montages Studio, where he furthered his studies in fine arts in 1981. In 1989, Ma founded Jonesky Limited, published Jonesky's Collection, and released his then-new series, "The Two Extremes." Recently, two of his popular comic-books were adapted into feature movies by Golden Harvest, namely _Feng yun xiong ba tian xia (1998)_ and A Man Called Hero (1999), the latter also already had a live-action TV series in the late 80s.