The Ravages of time
The Ravages of time (火凤燎原)
| The Ravages of time (火凤燎原) | |
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Cover art for the 2001 collected editions of the Ravages of time , published by Tong Li Publishing (HK)東立 | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Tong Li Publishing(HK)東立 |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | ongoing series |
| Publication date | June 2001 – Present |
| Creative team | |
| Written by | Chan Mau Mau 陈某 |
| Artist(s) | Chan Mau Mau 陈某 |
The Ravages of time, the third comic series created by Chan Mau Mau, is based on the history and fables in the famous Three Kingdoms Period (220-265) of Wei, Shu and Wu.
Many novels, literature, movies, TV shows, and comics relating to these historical characters have been produced in the past 1000 years. The elements that separated The Ravages of time from the rest are its author’s unique perspective on the history, creative story lines, and dynamic fighting scenes.
Its tagerget readers are mostly older than the usual comic readers. The comic contains countless ancient wisdom and eminent quotes and poems, connecting all the time periods and jumping back and foward between the future and the past.
Author
陈某 Chan Mau Mau was born in March 1st, 1970 in Hong Kong. His first comic ever self-written and self-produced Not Human 《不是人》, also based on the Three Kingdoms Period and released in 1996, had won him numerous awards and recognitions.
His pen name 陈某, means just an ordinary person with a last name of Chan, reveals his modesty and determination setting him apart from the mainstream. Before his comic career, he was a graphic designer in the commercial advertising industry.
In the first volume of The Ravages of time, he described his lack of interest in the current popular comic market. However his own passion toward this action pictures had motivated him to create his own comic. As a child, Chan Mau Mau was into sci-fi, cartoon, and ultraman. He was majoring in visual art in a University. After his graduation, he got a job working as a graphic designer in the advertising field. He had experience with print ads in TV and newspaper and been involved with the top management. Simply assigning works to his subordinates couldn’t satisfy his ambition, and eventually aroused him to create his first independent work- Not Human 《不是人》 and applied to competitions.