Little Thunder (cartoonist)
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Little Thunder ({{zh|t=門小雷}}, born 17 April 1984) is a popular Hong Kong–based cartoonist.The Art of Little Thunder. 21 January 2014. Juxtapoz. https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/erotica/the-art-of-little-thunder/ In addition to authoring several graphic novels, including the three-volume surrealist comic Kylooe, Little Thunder has drawn illustration books such as the recent The Blister Exists. Her work has appeared in anthologies such as Special Comix and been translated into French by Kana press.{{Cite web|url=http://www.kana.fr/produit/kylooe/|title=Kylooe {{!}} Kana|website=www.kana.fr|language=fr-FR|access-date=2017-05-03}} Little Thunder also has a significant following on internet platform, Instagram.{{Cite web|url=https://coconuts.co/hongkong/lifestyle/hong-kong-photo-illustrations-artist-little-thunder-are-lightning-bottle/|title = Photos of Hong Kong illustrations and comic characters by artist 'Little Thunder'|date = 24 December 2015}}{{Cite web|url=https://hk.asiatatler.com/generation-t/2016-list/little-thunder|title=Little Thunder|date=25 June 2016}}
Biography and works
Little Thunder began drawing comics as a teenager and quickly expanded into video game and commercial illustration.{{Cite news|url=http://www.manga-news.com/index.php/auteur/LITTLE-Thunder|title=LITTLE Thunder|work=manga-news.com|access-date=2017-05-03|language=fr}} becoming a full time artist in 2001, she won Best New Artist Award at the China Japan Comics Exchange in 2002.Ani-Com Hong Kong promises an unusual take on city life as seen by comic artists. 16 July 2014. South china Morning Post. http://www.scmp.com/magazines/48hrs/article/1555234/ani-com-hong-kong-promises-unusual-take-city-life-seen-comic-artists In the mid-2000s, Little Thunder created the three-volume comic Kylooe, which was published in 2010 by Kana press. The story is set in Little Thunder's hometown, Hong Kong, and follows a young girl who meets a Totoro-like fantastical creature.{{Cite web|url=http://www.88-bar.com/2016/05/kylooe-an-emotionally-charged-comics-trilogy-about-trying-to-fit-in/|title=Kylooe: an emotionally-charged comics trilogy about trying to fit in|last=Li|first=Jason|date=3 May 2016|website=88 Bar|access-date=3 May 2017}}
In 2013, Little Thunder attended Angoulême International Comics Festival with fellow Hong Kong cartoonist Siu Hak.{{Cite news|url=https://www.actualitte.com/article/bd-manga-comics/hong-kong-et-angouleme-reunis-autours-de-la-bd/38000|title=Hong Kong et Angoulême réunis autours de la BD|access-date=2017-05-03|language=fr-FR}} In 2017, Little Thunder released Blister Exists, an anthology of illustrations about pole dancing.
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Category:Hong Kong cartoonists
Category:Hong Kong women artists
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