Queenie Chan
 |
| Queenie Chan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1980 Hong Kong |
| Area(s) | Penciller |
Notable works | The Dreaming, Odd Is On Our Side, In Odd We Trust |
| queeniechan | |
Queenie Chan is a Chinese-Australian Original English-Language comic artist who co-wrote and illustrated the graphic novel In Odd We Trust, a prequel to Dean Koontz's Odd Thomas, and published by Del Rey. She illustrated the sequel, Odd Is On Our Side, and is illustrating The Boy's Book of Positive Quotations for Fairview Press.[1]
Background and early career
[edit]She originally lived in Hong Kong,[2] but in 1986, she and her family moved to Australia.[3] Through her childhood, she was interested in reading manga and also read Chinese-translated versions of Shonen Jump as well as popular American cartoon strips such as Garfield and Calvin and Hobbes.
She attended Meriden High School before graduating and enrolling at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) to study computer programming, but in mid-1998, she was inspired to write and draw her own manga stories after reading Rurouni Kenshin.[4]
Career
[edit]Queenie Chan started publishing her own web comics before she considered submitting her work to Tokyopop in 2005, where she successfully published her three volume series The Dreaming.
Bill Sherman, reviewing Chan's work on The Dreaming praised her work stating she was a "skillful visual storyteller, capable of slathering on the atmosphere".[5]
Selected bibliography
[edit]Published works
[edit]- The Dreaming (2005–2007)
- In Odd We Trust (2008)
- Odd Is On Our Side (2010)
- The Boy's Book of Positive Quotations (Illustrator) (2009)
- Small Shen (2012) (Art work by Queenie Chan, story by Kylie Chan)
One-shot manga
[edit]- A Chinese Ghost Story
- Twinside
- Block 6
Short stories
[edit]- Only Flora
- Keeper of the Soul
- Message To You
- The Two Dollar Deal
- Ten Years Ago Today
- Blood of Snow
- Yuen
- A Girl Called Marian
- Greenhouse
- A Short Ghost Story
- Twins
- Air+Space
- Shirley's Story
- Twinside
- Block 6
- A Chinese Ghost Story
References
[edit]- ^ Super Creatives: Queenie Chan Marianne De Pierres
- ^ "Manga artist Queenie Chan talks diversity and tips for aspiring artists". SBS PopAsia HQ. Archived from the original on 11 May 2019.
- ^ "Queenie Chan". The Wheeler Centre. Archived from the original on 11 May 2019.
- ^ Chan, Queenie (25 November 2007). "Interview: Queenie Chan". Comics Down Under (Interview). Interviewed by Kevin Patrick. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ^ Bill Sherman (19 September 2010). "Manga Review: The Dreaming Collection by Queenie Chan". Blogcritics. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
External links
[edit]- Queenie Chan Website
- An interview with Queenie Chan conducted at Silverbulletcomicbooks.com
- "The story of Queenie Chan, a manga artist crushing sexism and stereotypes". ABC News. 8 October 2018. Archived from the original on 21 October 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Other | |
 | This profile of a comics artist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |