Benjamin Zhang Bin

Benjamin (Chinese张彬, Pinyin Zhang Bin, born May 16, 1974 in Heilongjiang Province, People's Republic of China) is a Chinese comic book artist.

Biography

Benjamin grew up as the son of a teacher and a military officer up in a village. He attended a school for fashion and design, was trained at the Institute of Light Industry, Dalian and went to Beijing in 1996 to start a career there as a cartoonist. While he initially strengthened its financial position by small jobs, he could finally 2000 We publish with Xiatian meiyou de hua in the comic magazine you (漫 友, comic fan ') his first manhua. In 2002 he released his first book, Mou Yitian. In the same year he also released a two-volume guide to the Computerkoloration.

After Benjamin, of all colors his work with the computer, had been briefly worked as a graphic designer in the advertising industry, he devoted himself with the books of Orange and Remember back quite the comic. Here he creates mainly autobiographical works with a reference to Chinese society. It also followed a novel and a artbook.

His works are sold internationally. In France, several of his books have already been published in Germany Tokyopop published 2008 Remember.

Works

• Xiatian meiyou de hua (夏天 没有 的 花, Unknown flowers in summer ' ), 2000
• Mou Yitian (某 一天, A Day ', also: One Day ), 2002
• Remember, 2004
• The Basement, 2005 (novel)
• Orange (橘子, JuzI ), 2006
• Flash, 2008 ( Artbook )
• Savior, 2010; dt 2011