Asian Pacific American Heritage Month – Nidhi Chanani

Nidhi Chanani is a freelance illustrator, cartoonist and writer. After completing her undergrad literature degree at the University of California at Santa Cruz, Nidhi pursued a career in non-profits. The desire to draw kept pulling her away and in 2008 she enrolled in art school (only to drop out a year later). In 2009 she …

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month – Xia Da

Xia Da is a well-known Chinese cartoonist whose work is deeply influenced by traditional Chinese culture, combined with modern anime expressions, exquisite style, rich and beautiful ancient charm, care for human nature, culture and cultural connotations. She is best known for creating the comics Zi Bu Yu and Chang Ge Xing, and five million copies of her works have …

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month – Ma Wing-shing

In 1976 Ma Wing Shing at the age of 15 entered the comic book world, his first published work was in Day Dream by Hei Po publications. But it was not until he worked on Wind and Cloud more commonly known as Storm Riders that he hit an all time high.  But in 1977 Hei Po was closed …