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Mongolia

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In short

Mongolian comics grew out of satirical cartooning, above all the magazine Tonshuul, which traces its roots to 1935 and employed cartoonists such as Tsendiin Dorjgotov, Tsevegiin Baidy and Samandariin Tsogtbayar.

Children's comics with recurring heroes appeared from the 1960s, such as Dorjgotov's kid goat Zuu Zuu, and the first serial comic, Chinggis Khaan, went on sale in 2005. Nambaral Erdenebayar's Bumbardai later won the gold prize of Japan's International Manga Award.

Mongolia in numbers · 01 • 04

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Artists

Artists from Mongolia in the archive.

Comics from Mongolia in the archive.

Tonshuul, the earliest comic from Mongolia in the archive.

The decade when the most new comics from Mongolia began.

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History

Mongolia in 4 chapters

  1. 1935

    to 1959

    Chapter 01

    Satire magazines

    The satirical magazine Tonshuul grew from Khumuujil jigshil, first published in 1935 under the youth committee, and later became a central state publication under the newspaper Unen. Mongolian writers on comics also point to older roots in Buddhist narrative painting and woodblock prints, and to Marzan Sharav's painting One Day in Mongolia.

  2. 1960

    to 1989

    Chapter 02

    Children's heroes and the Tonshuul cartoonists

    From the 1960s comics with recurring heroes appeared, such as Dorjgotov's kid goat Zuu Zuu in the magazine Oyuun Tulkhuur, and Surmaajavyn Chimeddorj drew Khaltaakhai Gyaltaakhai khoyor, one of the first Mongolian children's comic books. Tonshuul cartoonists such as Arnain Gursed, Tsendiin Dorjgotov and Tsevegiin Baidy worked under the influence of Soviet children's magazines and the Danish cartoonist Herluf Bidstrup, who visited Mongolia in the mid-1980s.

  3. 1990

    to 2004

    Chapter 03

    Record print runs and independent comics

    Tonshuul reached a record print run of 135,000 copies in the early 1990s, and Samandariin Tsogtbayar revived it as a newspaper in 2002. Before 2005, artists also published small independent comic books, such as Tsogtbayar's Borkhuu, Odkhuu, Tomorkhuu and historical stories like Modun Shanyui and Ezent guren.

  4. 2005

    to today

    Chapter 04

    Serial comics and manga

    The first serial comic, Chinggis Khaan, went on sale in autumn 2005 and ran to 20 issues by 2008, followed by Tsondooloi Tsundeelei (2007) and Dinza (2009). Nambaral Erdenebayar, of the Khas comics group formed at Tonshuul, began Bumbardai in 2013 and won the gold prize at the 8th International Manga Award with it.

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