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[/caption]People's Republic of China is the invited country to the 30th Comic Convention of Barcelona. China's creations will be shown in a 200 square meter stand that will display the history of comics in this Asian country and will also display the work of its most remarkable creators through images, books, magazines, e-books and videos. The Convention will host members of Chinese government, representatives of comic-related companies and Chinese artists, who will take part in several public activities.
The participation of China as invited country of the 30th Comic Convention of Barcelona is the result of an agreement between the Department of Culture, Radio and Television of the Tianjin government and FICOMIC, the Federation of Comic's Professional Institutions, the organizer of the convention. This agreement was also actively promoted by the Chinese embassy in Spain.
Chinese comics have developed mostly in the last 30 years with the help of the Chinese Ministry of Culture, who has backed both artists and editors with the organization of different kinds of events, including international promotional activities. Chinese comics draw their influence from the traditional arts of the country and from the local culture, but each of its authors has been able to give his/her creations a unique personality. Many Chinese comic authors have become celebrities in China and it is not rare that some comics can sell over 2 million copies.
Barcelona's 30th Comic Convention will host four Chinese comic authors: Chen Weidong (陈维东), script writer and founder of Tianjin Creator World Comic Co., Ltd.; Benjamin Zhang Bin (本杰明), a renowned illustrator that has worked for Marvel, among many others; Lotulist, a young Chinese draftswoman that has specialized in traditional Chinese icons, such as dragons; and Andy Chen, journalist and founder of K-ID Studio, specialized in the creation of comics and illustrations.
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