Ding Binzeng (丁斌曾)
Ding Binzeng (1927-2001) was born in Wuxing, Zhejiang Province. He was trained as a professional artist in Hangzhou before he joined the Shanghai People's Fine Arts Publishing House in 1952 as a pictorial story designer. He participated in many of the multi-volume cartoon series published by his unit. He and his co-designer Han Heping were awarded a prize for their comic strip Railroad guerilla. Together with Wang Zhongqing, he created the serial cartoon version of the model work Shajiabang (沙家浜).
Sources:
Andreas Seifert, Bildgeschichten für Chinas Massen -- Comic und Comicproduktion im 20. Jahrhundert (Köln, etc.: Böhlau Verlag, 2008)
Zhongguo meishuguan (ed.), 中国美术年鉴 1949-1989 (Guilin: Guangxi meishu chubanshe, 1993)
