阿鼻劍
第一部《尋覓》
第二部《覺醒》
Art by Chen Uen, script by Mali.
February 2008 cm, 528pp.
Rights sold : Simplified Chinese, Thai
Abi-Sword is one of Taiwan’s legendary graphic novels. It also represents a turning point in the work of CHEN Uen, who uniquely employs techniques from traditional Chinese ink wash painting to raise martial arts comics to a new level. Writer Ma-Li also does an outstanding job of reworking the basic elements of the martial arts genre so as to integrate thought-provoking Buddhist concepts. Together they set this work apart from run-of-the-mill martial arts comics with their fixation on fight scenes.Translated into English, Thai languages.
始皇
December 2012 18x26 cm, 260pp.
Rights Sold : German, Thai, Simplified Chinese
The book consists of 6 short stories. Following the story of Qin Shihuang's embarrassing early life and the battles to the power in Eastern Zhou Dynasty, First Emperor continues to explore his relationship with philosopher Han Fei, General Li Mu of Zhao, featuring characters, prominent scholars and military leaders of the time such as Li Si, Yao Jia, Wang Jian, Wang Ben. Dramatic illustrations tells the story of Qin Shihuang, a man that was “merciless, with the heart of a tiger or a wolf’’ in this most epic and tumultuous chapter of China’s early unification.
東周英雄傳 1-3
July - September 2012 18x26 cm, 758pp.
Rights sold : German, Simplified Chinese, Thai
**1991 Japanese Cartoonists’ Association: Excellence Award
**1994 National Institute for Compilation and Translation: Best Comic Strip
The representative work of Chen Uen, Taiwanese manga master and “Asian treasure”.
The 20th Anniversary Edition, with some original illustrations that weren’t included in the previous Chinese edition and some new color illustrations.
Won an award from the Japan Manga Artists Association and established Chen’s place in Manga firmament.
Heroes of the East Chou Dynasty is both Chen Uen’s most representative work and also an important milestone in the history of Taiwan’s comics. The series was originally commissioned by the Japanese manga publisher Kodansha and was published in serial form in one of its magazines starting in March of 1990.
The story is set amid the feudal society during the last y ears of the ancient Eastern Zhou Dynasty. The turmoil of that era engendered an elegant and beautiful culture as well as magnificent, heroic sentiments. Chen Uen’s brushstrokes are at times exquisitely meticulous and at times boldly unconstrained. Chen exc els at ink wash painting, which he brings to a new level of artistic mastery in this work, whether capturing the scenic majesty of ancient China in center spread illustrations or the trials and tribulations experienced by the main characters. With a single pen, Chen is able to bring the heroes of Chinese history vividly to life on the page.
Chen’s Stories from the East Chou is chock full of action-packed stories that are set against a dynastic
backdrop and are accompanied by abundant footnotes.
For this work, Chen won a prize from the Japan Manga Artists’ Association. Chen was the first non-Japanese to win this important award in more than 20 years.
刺客列傳
June 2017 18x26 cm, 164pp.
Rights sold : Simplified Chinese
The Records of the Grand Historian of Ancient China speaks of the Tales of the Five Assassins, whose names and daring exploits live on in the annals of history. In Legends of Assassins, award-winning comics artist CHEN Uen brings their breathtaking stories to graphic life.
萬歲
April 2014 18x26 cm, 264pp.
Wan-Suei, a fortune teller and fengshui master whose home turf is the streets of Hong Kong, always carries with him a wooden box that is known as Tianji (“Mysteries Known only to Heaven”). By opening the box, one completely alters one’s fate, but those who lack sufficient fortitude will be destroyed by a monster imprisoned within the box, Tianqian (“Heaven’s punishment”). One day, Wan-Suei comes across a youth with supernatural strength named Xiangyu. The youth shares both a name and a fate with the historical figure of Xiangyu the Conqueror, the warlord who was defeated by the first Han emperor. In modern day Hong Kong can he obtain the mysterious Tianji and become a contemporary overlord of the criminal underworld?
深邃美麗的亞細亞1-5
December 2017 18x26 cm, 1280pp.
*1996 Golden Tripod Awards
In this world of desire, everyone is seeking something. Some pursue fame and fortune, others are obsessed with power, and some hold out for happiness… what is the beautiful, magical world that people dream of? CHEN Uen uses his masterful pen and observant eyes to paint a portrait of human nature through stories of good and evil, taking place in a fictional world teeming with spirits and demons.
人物風流：鄭問的世界與足跡
June 2018 21x29.7 cm, 304pp.
Hero Alone is a celebration containing the legendary illustrator’s own thoughts and words, biographical information, the recollections of those who knew him, and three of his works: Abi-Sword 3, The Man Called Crouching Dragon, and The Storm Riders: Untouchable. Compiled by 18 contributors from all over Asia, it allows the reader to decipher CHEN Uen’s artistry from different perspectives and get to know the man behind the stunning masterpieces.
鄭問之三國演義畫集 （附人物點評）
February 2019 21x29.7 cm, 264pp.
Rights sold : Simplified Chinese
The legendary Comic illustrator and author Chen Uen was born and raised in Taiwan. In 1990 he was invited by Japan’s leading publishing company, Kodansha, to collaborate. The resulting series, The Heroes of Eastern Zhou, won the Japan Cartoonists Association Excellence Award the following year and earned Chen Uen high praise from Japan’s critics, fans, and media.
Following this success, in addition to continuing work on his graphic novels, Chen Uen in 2001 took up an invitation from the Japanese gaming company Game Arts to collaborate on a project: Chen Uen’s Three Kingdoms. This installment in the Three Kingdoms series, uniquely named after its illustrator, featured portraits of hundreds of characters from the famous historical novel on which it was based. From the meticulously crafted faces to the innovative animations, through Chen Uen’s pen the distinctive personalities and entrancing majestic spirit of the Three Kingdoms came alive in vivid detail.
Fast forward to 2019. Now fans can relive this magical experience. Chen Uen’s Three Kingdoms Collection, released by Dala Publishing Company, features commentary by Chen Uen’s close collaborator Ma Li (the author of the graphic novel Abi Sword, for which Chen Uen crafted the illustrations), along with text from the original Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong. The stunning work of Chen Uen shines anew.
窗 2009 （to be checked）
art by 小莊
Translated into 5 different languages.
80年代事件簿 1, 2
小莊 Sean Chuang
Rights sold：French, German, Italian
These are stories of our generation.
I think that every youth has a period when they have secrets that even their mothers are unaware of.
They are subject to upheavals and transformation s restricted to only those who still have a lot of youth left to squander. For me, the 80s was a rich and vital era in Taiwan.
My hope is that a book such as this one will enable people to retain a firm grasp on memories of that captivating era. — Sean Chuang
