The word manhua was originally an 18th-century term used in Chinese literati painting
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The oldest surviving examples of Chinese drawings are stone reliefs from the 11th century BC and pottery from 5000 to 3000 BC. Other examples include symbolic brush drawings from the Ming Dynasty, a satirical drawing titl… See more

Modern Chinese-style manhua characteristics is credited to the breakthrough art work of the 1982 Chinese Hero. Unlike manga, it had more realistic drawings with details resembling real people. Mo… See more

Depending on where they are created, manhua can have differences in the way they are formatted and presented. Besides the use of traditional and simplified Chinese characters, manhua may also need to be read differe… See more

Digital manhua, known as web manhua, are a growing art form in China. Web manhua are posted on social media and web manhua portals, which serve as a lower bar of entry than the strictly controlled print public… See more

Political cartoonist Liu "Big Corpse Brother" Jun had over 130,000 followers on Sina Weibo in December 2013, and Kuang Biao has his work appear both online and in various print journals.
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