Guo Jing
The comic The Legend of the Condor Heroes was adapted from Louis Cha's most representative novel.
Its protagonist Guo has a sharp hero image and stands out among the heroes created by Louis Cha as an embodiment of orthodox moral values and traditional chivalry.
An undeniable master, he became the most successful fictional character in Louis Cha’s novels.
The internationally renowned artist and winner of Japan's first International Manga Award took to illustration art in 1981, dabbling in a variety of genres including comics, illustration, water ink paintings, and western paintings. In 1990s, Lee collaborated with SCHOLAR, a Japanese publisher to release the comics Records of the Three Kingdoms and Sun Zi’s Tactics, etc. In 1997, Lee jointly founded a publishing house with Hong Kong famous writer Louis Cha (Jin Yong) and published the comics The Legend of the Condor Heroes and The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, while he also worked on the illustration on Cha’s novel covers. In 2017, Lee participated in organizing the special exhibition entitled “Exhibition on Paintings Adapted from Jin Yong's Novels” at Hong Kong Heritage Museum. In the past decade, Lee devoted himself to art creation and a large volume of his works were selected and housed in museums and private collections.
Lee Chi-ching