Benjamin
本杰明, ベンジャミン, Bin Zhang
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Birth:Mar 16, 1974
Age:50
Gender:Male
Years active:2002-Present
Hometown:Heilongjiang, China
He studied fashion and design before he went to Beijing in 1996 to draw comics. He commuted between Beijing and Tianjin to finance his artist career. In the year 2000 he was one of the founding members of the Red Comic Society.
2002: His first comic book: One Day
2003: Finished Orange but wont find a Chinese company that will publish it.
2004: Benjamin: remember gets published.
2006: Orange finally gets published for the first time by the french company Xiao Pan.
Most of his works have been published in France. In 2008 Tokyopop started to publish his works in Germany and the USA. By now hes one of the most accomplished and known Chinese manhua artists.
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