KUALA LUMPUR – A feminist manga-style artist says she plans to use characters based on an Egyptian pharaoh and a Chinese empress to bring more female empowerment to the male-dominated world of comic books.
Queenie Chan is working on a series of nonfictional biographies aimed at children titled “Women Who Were Kings,” which will be rendered in manga form, the comic book genre that originated in Japan.
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