Artist Hung Lan of 'Hesman the Hero' passes away

Artist Hung Lan, author of the comic series, with two models of the heroic Hesman at the event to exploit the commercial potential of the Hesman comic book copyright - Photo: MI LY

Another source of Tuoi Tre Online in the book publishing industry said that she and her colleagues were surprised when they received the information on the afternoon of May 9.

As someone who used to work with artist Hung Lan, she was shocked because on May 9, according to her friends, the artist was still interacting with them via Facebook.

Farewell to the father of the Hero Hesman

Artist Nguyen Hung Lan was born in 1956 in Saigon. He is famous for adapting the animated series Voltron - Defender of the Universe by World Events Productions into the comic book series Hesman, which is famous among many generations of Vietnamese children. The series has been published in Vietnam since 1993.

Artist Hung Lan imitated the character line of the Voltron story, changing the main character's name to Hesman.

After the first 4 episodes inspired by Voltron, he created a lot of additional content to make the series 160 episodes.

In the most recent edition, published by Hanoibooks and Literature Publishing House since August 2019, the series Hesman Hero was clearly labeled "Hung Lan's adaptation".

The artist also confirmed that he only received "symbolic" royalties. He is proud that after 26 years, the series is still loved by many readers and has reached a new generation of readers.

Besides the comic book Dung Si Hesman , artist Hung Lan is also the director of Hung Lan Design company, which specializes in providing graphic solutions.

In recent days, artist Nguyen Hung Lan has continued to share images and posts on his personal page - Photo: Facebook Nguyen Hung Lan

Artist Hung Lan is devoted to Vietnamese comics

In addition to Hero Hesman, artist Hung Lan is also the author of the comic series: Vietnamese Superman, X-Men Mysterious Friends, Green Fairy, Noble Soul, Bright Mirror of Youth, Thang Bom, Vietnamese Fairy Tales 1 and 2, One Thousand and One Nights...

Artist Hung Lan is not only a pioneering comic artist, inspiring and spreading love for comics to many generations of Vietnamese readers, but also created the HL Comic and HL Thu Phap fonts with Unicode encoding in 2003, with the purpose of using for comics but later also applied in many advertising techniques.

Mr. Nguyen Khanh Duong, co-author of the comic Long Than Tuong and founder of the comic brand Comicola, shared with Tuoi Tre Online:

"Author Hung Lan is both an idol and a role model for comic book creators like us to follow.

When I was 7 or 8 years old, I used to ask my parents for money to go to the bookstore near my house every week to buy the latest Hesman comic book, then I would meticulously draw the pages with the coolest robots.

Entering the comic industry, I had the opportunity to meet him and listen to him tell stories about his old days in the profession. His dedication, ability to concentrate and speed of work are things that our generation, despite the help of machines and modern technology, still cannot catch up with.

When Thanh Phong and I launched the Long Than Tuong project, Uncle Hung Lan was the first person we thought of asking for an introduction. He helped us enthusiastically, and was the support that helped us launch our first work.

Later, when the company developed, I shared my wish to digitize Hesman's stories and produce derivative versions to nurture my love for the series, and he fully supported and was extremely excited."

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