Wong Yuk-long

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Wong Yuk-long
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Wong at the Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong in 2010
BornWong Chun-loong
(黃振隆)
(1950-03-27) 27 March 1950 (age 73)
Hong Kong
NationalityHong Konger
Area(s)Writer, Artist, Publisher
Pseudonym(s)Tony Wong
Notable works
 Oriental Heroes
Weapons of the Gods
Wong Yuk-long
Traditional Chinese 黃玉郎
Simplified Chinese 黄玉郎

He was born in Jiangmen in Guangdong. After he turned six, he moved to Hong Kong. [4]

He went to school until age 13, and after then started his artistic work. Wong never attended an educational institution focusing on art. [5] His decision to begin working at 13 was because he could command a relatively high salary at that time. [6]

In 1971, Wong created Jademan Holdings. [7] According to Monica Ko of the South China Morning Post , because of Wong's profile in the company, the company's stock became known as "personality stock". In 1989 he lost his position at Jademan by resigning, and so his involvement in the company's comics ended. [1] He attempted to take control of Jademan back. At some point he was convicted in Hong Kong courts of an offense. [8] He received a 2.5 year prison sentence. Wong went to Stanley Prison and was released after one year and six months. In 1993, the South China Morning Post wrote that "Despite his jailing, Mr Wong,[...] is still seen as a hero by young people in the territory." [9]

After Wong left prison, he established Jade Dynasty Publications. [10] His intention was to, in his words, "an oriental[ sic ] type of Walt Disney." [11]

In 2015 he had plans to have a theme park established in Hangzhou in Mainland China that would focus on comics. [4] The proposed park was to have a cost of $800,000,000 Hong Kong dollars. [12]

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References

  1. 1 2 Ko, Monica (1990-01-15). "Following the departure of former chairman and chief artist To...". South China Morning Post – via Factiva. artist Tony Wong Chun-loong, [...] Jademan (Holdings) [...] "comics king" Mr Wong, also known as Wong Yuk-long.[...]
  2. ↑ Hong Kong's King of Comics Giant Robot
  3. ↑ Batman: Hong Kong at DC
  4. 1 2 Chow, Vivienne (2015-12-13). "'Little Rascals' head to Hangzhou: Hong Kong comic king plans a HK$800m theme park far from home". South China Morning Post . - The biographical data is in the form of an image, and is not text searchable.
  5. ↑ Wong, Yat-hei (2014-01-16). "'King' still packs a punch". South China Morning Post . Young Post . Retrieved 2023-06-08.
  6. ↑ Wong, Yat-hei (2013-10-05). "Comic book hero; Tony Wong is out to rescue HK's comic industry - again, writes Wong Yat-hei". South China Morning Post . p. 7.
  7. ↑ Thompson, Maggie; Frankenhoff, Brent, eds. (2010-09-27). Comics Shop. Iola, Wisconsin: Krause Publications. p.  PT1709. ISBN   9781440216503.
  8. ↑ Lent, John A. (2015-01-05). Asian Comics. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p.  PT131. ISBN   9781626742949.
  9. ↑ "Wong to use resources to build new empire". South China Morning Post . 1993-04-25. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
  10. ↑ "War breaks out in land of the comic king". South China Morning Post . 1993-04-25. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
  11. ↑ "My wish is to turn the company into an oriental type of Walt Disney". South China Morning Post . 1993-07-18. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
  12. ↑ Chow, Vivienne (2015-12-02). "'I'm a little disappointed that this cannot be built in Hong Kong': Comics 'godfather' Tony Wong Yuk-long to build HK$800 million theme park - in Hangzhou, Zhejiang". South China Morning Post .
  13. ↑ Wong, Wendy Siuyi (March 2002). Hong Kong Comics. Princeton Architectural Press. p. 177. ISBN   978-1-56898-269-4.


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