The first large awareness of Star Wars comics published in China came in 2014 when Maggie Greene unearthed [3] and Nick Stember translated [4] a Chinese comic adaptation of Star Wars: A New Hope. Since then, several more Chinese Star Wars comics have surfaced. In addition to the comic translated by Nick Stember, I have found 3 comics translating published U.S. comic strips by Russ Manning, 3 comics adapting Star Wars: A New Hope (one is a standalone comic and two are parts 1 and 2 of the story), and 3 comics adapting Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. All of them were published in the 1980s. I believe there are probably more Chinese Star Wars comics ready to be discovered.
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Thursday, May 28, 2015
Retro Foreign
Chinese Star Wars Lianhuanhua (Introduction - Part 1)
The Chinese lianhuanhua is a particular format of Chinese comics.[1] The Star Wars Chinese comics measure 5" x 3 5/8" and those translating published U.S. material contain word balloons while those containing original content have text below the pictures. In some ways, these Chinese comics are similar to Big Little Books published by Whitman[2], except every page contains a drawing and the text is below the drawing, not on the opposite page.
The first large awareness of Star Wars comics published in China came in 2014 when Maggie Greene unearthed [3] and Nick Stember translated [4] a Chinese comic adaptation of Star Wars: A New Hope. Since then, several more Chinese Star Wars comics have surfaced. In addition to the comic translated by Nick Stember, I have found 3 comics translating published U.S. comic strips by Russ Manning, 3 comics adapting Star Wars: A New Hope (one is a standalone comic and two are parts 1 and 2 of the story), and 3 comics adapting Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. All of them were published in the 1980s. I believe there are probably more Chinese Star Wars comics ready to be discovered.
The first large awareness of Star Wars comics published in China came in 2014 when Maggie Greene unearthed [3] and Nick Stember translated [4] a Chinese comic adaptation of Star Wars: A New Hope. Since then, several more Chinese Star Wars comics have surfaced. In addition to the comic translated by Nick Stember, I have found 3 comics translating published U.S. comic strips by Russ Manning, 3 comics adapting Star Wars: A New Hope (one is a standalone comic and two are parts 1 and 2 of the story), and 3 comics adapting Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. All of them were published in the 1980s. I believe there are probably more Chinese Star Wars comics ready to be discovered.
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