Ant Sang

Ant Sang is a fifth generation Chinese New Zealander comic book artist and designer.[1] He is perhaps best known for his work on the animated show Bro'Town.

Ant Sang
Sang at Wellington ComicFest 2019
Born1970
New Zealand
NationalityNew Zealander
Area(s)Cartoonist, Graphic Novelist
Notable works
bro'Town,The Dharma Punks
antsang.co.nz

Career

While studying graphic design at the then Auckland Institute of Technology in the mid-1990s, Sang first began to publish his work in the short-lived New Zealand comic Mainstream, and Auckland event guide The Fix. He also published his own mini-comic book, Filth, which ran to seven issues between 1994 and 1997.[2] The central characters from Filth formed the basis of his next series, The Dharma Punks.[3] This comprised an eight-issue story line, first published in the early 2000s and later compiled into a trade paperback with printing crowd-funded via Kickstarter in 2014.[4]

Sang's graphic novel Shaolin Burning was nominated in 2012 for Best Picture Book in the New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards. This was the first time that a young adult graphic novel had been nominated in that category.[5] He has also illustrated graphic novels for Victoria University's Youth Wellbeing Study and been published in magazines including Rip It Up and the New Zealand Listener.[6][7]

Sang designed the characters and backgrounds for the award-winning animated show Bro'Town.[8] He has also undertaken commercial work for organisations including SkyCity Cinemas.[9]

Selected works

Graphic novels

Television

Awards

Sang has received the following awards and honors:

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References
  1. "Burning ambition". Stuff. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Ant Sang : shaolin and bro'Town". Saturday Morning. Radio New Zealand. 5 February 2011. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  4. "Dharma Punks: Kiwi comic classic kickstarted back into life". 4 May 2014. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  5. "Children's book awards finalists announced". Stuff. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  6. Thomas, Rachel (10 October 2017). "About a third of high school teens are self-harming, long-term study finds". Stuff. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  7. http://www.nzonscreen.com/person/ant-sang?tab=biography
  8. "Ant Sang : shaolin and bro'Town". Radio New Zealand. 5 February 2011. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  9. http://nz.linkedin.com/pub/ant-sang/2a/a62/b67%5B%5D
  10. Kinnaird, Adrian (21 July 2018). "Ant Sang, Helen and the Go-Go Ninjas". The Sapling | Home | Conversations about children's books. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  11. "Bookmarks with graphic novelist, Ant Sang". Radio New Zealand. 11 July 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  12. Nippert, Matt (23 September 2006). "Ant Sang - The Listener". Noted. Retrieved 4 May 2019.


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