Zhou Hongbin, one of the top ten cartoonists in China.

Cartoon is an art form that presents ideas on paper and depicts plots with simple lines and exaggerated techniques. Cartoonists are a profession that makes a living by creating cartoons. In this issue, the constellation starry sky will show you Zhou Hongbin, one of the top ten cartoonists in China. Basic Information Chinese Name: Alias: Zhou Moumou, Zhou Mushroom Nationality: China Nationality: Han Nationality Birthplace: Tianjin Date of Birth: 65438+1October 18 Occupation: cartoonist Main Achievements: 20 12 National Animation Brand Building and Protection Plan Animation Brand 20 12. 20 13 The first representative work in the rich list of comic writers: Pirates of the Stars in September, Archives of R Us Identity: characters experience, a native of chinese comic with the highest cumulative sales volume, met Zhou Hongbin, a native of Tianjin, and was born in an ordinary family. His parents are ordinary employees. In the second grade of primary school, his father bought him a cartoon "Dragon Ball" created by Toriyama Akira as a birthday present. When he first came into contact with comics, Zhou Hongbin was deeply attracted. He read a thin book over and over again for countless times. Since then, Zhou Hongbin has officially become a comic fan, and has set his own life goals and become a cartoonist. In order to realize his dream of being a cartoonist, after graduating from junior high school, Zhou Hongbin chose a vocational school to study fashion design, so as to learn painting. When he was a student, Zhou Hongbin began to contribute to "Young Comics" frequently, and occasionally wrote some thoughts about comics and sent them to him. Zhou Hongbin's comic manuscript was not published, but his feelings about comics were sent to the magazine as a reader's letter. Zhou Hongbin was very excited to see his writing published in type, which strengthened his belief in publishing comic books. After nearly a year's submission, Zhou Hongbin's comic book debut was finally published, and Zhou Hongbin earned the first payment in his life: 800 yuan. After fulfilling his dream of starting a technical school, Zhou Hongbin studied in a junior college for three years. 200 1 After graduating from junior college, 22-year-old Zhou Hongbin worked as an intern in a company called Antarctic Duck Company, drawing illustrations. During his internship, he happened to see a magazine called Comic Party in the newsstand. He felt that his life was lit up, so he got through the submission phone of the comic party and explained his purpose. At this time, the editor-in-chief of the magazine was looking for the author Mao Xiaole in Tianjin. He found the car at the appointed place and got into the back seat. On his right is the editor-in-chief at that time, and on his left is Mao Xiaole. When he heard that the monthly manuscript fee was 65,438+10,000 yuan, he felt that he could only earn Zhou Hongbin from 400 yuan at that time. Then what Cat Xiaole said made him understand. Cat Xiaole said at that time: Money is not the most important thing. It is the most important thing to bring happiness to readers. In the end, instead of staying in the company, Zhou Hongbin decided to draw cartoons for a living. At first, Zhou Hongbin just serialized some simple four-grid comic books in newspapers and magazines. Later, with the accumulation of fame, more and more magazines asked him for manuscripts. After the publication of Comic Party, Zhou Hongbin began to serialize stories in this magazine and officially became a professional cartoonist. With the increase of manuscripts, he and his girlfriend were too busy, so they began to recruit assistants and set up a studio. Submarine Sailing In 2003, Zhou Hongbin, his girlfriend Tia Xiao and a few like-minded friends who drew cartoons set up Tianjin Submarine Comics Studio. In the same year, Zhou Hongbin's cartoons were published for the first time, and Zhou Hongbin and Underwater Studio finally became famous in the industry. In 2006, Comic Guest was published, and Zhou Hongbin serialized the bloody sports cartoon Streetball Fire on it, which was widely praised. Since then, Zhou Hongbin has summed up experience and made persistent efforts. In 2007, I began to serialize the long comic book "Stealing the Stars in September" among cartoonists. Once published, comics were quickly sought after by readers, and their popularity remained high, occupying the first place in the comic guest comic popularity list for a long time. This comic book set a domestic record of 50 million copies.