Howard Wong

Join me, Jonathan Jay Lee (Artist) and Stan Shea (National Geographic Explorer) at Apple Hong Kong's Today at Apple virtual event on June 5th (Cantonese)  or June 8th (English) ! We will be sharing our experiences working on the Ocean's Tomorrow project (Swire Group Charitable Trust x National Geographic’s Planet Possible), and having a live art tutorial in Procreate!  Howard Wong will be sharing his creative development process for the content and visual narrative activation, which involves some amazing artists to be revealed during these sessions! Stan Shea will be talking about his incredible work in Hong Kong marine reef fish conservation. Jonathan Jay Lee will be giving a live virtual tutorial showing how he uses Procreate to create the visual narrative.  National Geographic's Planet Possible  is a place to explore the natural world through inspiring storytelling and experiences that inform and empower audiences to live more lightly on the planet. Link: ...

In celebration of Canada Day 2020, the Consulate General of Canada in Hong Kong and Macao is calling on all Hong Kong and Macao primary and secondary students to design an original superhero that represents “YOUR CANADA”!  I am honoured to be one of the judges along with graphic novelist Renee Nault.  I can't wait to see what your creative superpowers come up with for a new Canadian superhero ! Winning designs will be used as the covers for their official Canada Day 2020 greeting cards! There are also great prizes to be won! Submission Deadline: June 9, 2020 @ 17:30 (HKT)! Click the link for more details!

It was an adventurous two weeks doing talks and workshops at 12 (local and international) schools across Hong Kong with students aged 5 to 17. Being able to share my passion for crafting stories, behind-the-scenes experiences working in different industries, writing techniques I've developed over the years with over 2000 students made it very memorable. Some fun memories I had with my time with the students from all the different schools were of some asking me fun geeky questions to very thought-provoking ones like the one about how one overcomes adversity, to those about armpit farts (yes, really). There were also a few future artists who shared some of their artwork with me that they did during my talks. There were many more memorable moments that involved Star Wars to a pop singer and Stan Lee I had a lot of fun doing two workshops at the public event at Lee Gardens 2, where I met many aspiring future authors! Not to mention amazing futu...

It was a great time getting to talk with Noreen Mir's 1-2-3 Show on RTHK about my first children's illustrated book and other fun things! Give a listen here: https://podcast.rthk.hk/podcast/item.php?pid=1762&eid=170467&lang=en-US You can watch me on the radio on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsGiAWZO0H0 Or if you want to see on the Facebook Live recording scan this QR code:

I will be back in Hong Kong for the 2019 Hong Kong International Young Reader's Festival this March 4th to 15th! I'll be doing workshops and talks along with some of your favourite authors at schools and public events! Click the links below for more details! For details about which authours will be attending,  click here . For details of the workshops and talks, click here . About The Hong Kong International Young Readers Festival (HKIYRF): Founded in 2012, is an annual event held over 10 days each spring, featuring established and emerging writers from around the world in an extensive programme designed for young adults that include discussions, workshops, lectures, book signings, and readings. We are proud to host writers from all over the world, in a variety of genres, and at all stages of their careers, from Nobel laureates to first-time authors.

Had a fun time speaking with John Swinimer from Toronto North Country Comics about things I've done, food and things I'd like to get back into.  Here's the link to the podcast:  https://truenorthcountrycomics.com/2019/01/07/howard-wong-chats-about-his-love-for-comics-travel-and-food/

On October 13th I will be joining authors at libraries all around North American for Indie Author Day ! Come celebrate with me and some of your favorite authors at Richmond Hill Public Library from 1 pm to 3 pm. I will have comics, anthologies and trade paperbacks with me as well. See you there! Location: Richmond Hill Library 1 Atkinson Street Richmond Hill, Ontario Canada L4C 0H5 Date: October 13, 2018 Time: 1 pm to 3pm Admission: Free

This Thursday, April 26, 2018 from 6pm to 8pm, I will be with Justice Wong (Artist of Iron Man: Hong Kong Heroes) signing Iron Man: Hong Kong Heroes #1 at Clark's Comics and Metro Comics in Hong Kong! That's right, this is a double in store signing and my first in store signing in Hong Kong! Come say hi and pick up some cool comics! Address: Shop B7 Basement Causeway Bay Centre, 15-23 Sugar Street, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong

This Wednesday, April 11th from 5pm to 7pm, I'll be at Paradise Comics for an in store signing of Iron Man: Hong Kong Heroes #1. See you folks there!

Just a friendly reminder to pick up your own copy of Iron Man: Hong Kong Heroes #1 at your local comic shop!

Guys! Iron Man: Hong Kong Heroes #1 has two variant covers! One by Gang Hyuk Lim ( JAN180907 ), and the other by Brian Crosby ( JAN180908 )! Or you can go for the original by Justice Wong ( JAN180906 ). So that's a total of three wicked covers to choose from when you pre-order.

I didn't know Iron Man: Hong Kong Heroes #1 was Certified Cool at Previews World . Thanks to those messaging me about it. "Throughout  PREVIEWS , you'll find a selection of some of the coolest comics around, but let's face it, some comics are so cool that they deserve to be singled out. So every month, we "certify" some of the best and brightest! "Certified Cool" is  PREVIEWS ' way of showing you a comics world that is powerfully unique unto itself. The titles listed below stood out to us as perfect examples of distinct comic stories that will broaden your entertainment experience and the industry. Dive right in and enjoy some of these wonderful tales!"

So the word is out that Iron Man: Hong Kong Heroes #1 is coming out March 21st! Justice Wong (artist) and I filled the story with loads of action, familar Hong Kong locals and introduce a new armored hero! If you want to get your own copy, head to your locak comic shop and use Previews Code:  JAN180908.   Previews :  JAN180908 (W) Howard Wong (A) Wong, Justice (CA) Crosby, Bill The Marvel Universe story of Disney's newest & coolest ATTRACTION! Stark Expo Hong Kong-THE place to unveil the latest and greatest in cutting-edge technology. But even as TONY STARK and WENDY WONG introduce the newest futuristic tech in the STARK EMERGENCY RESPONSE EXOSUIT, an evil from the past strikes! The sinister BARON MORDO has teamed up with ARNIM ZOLA in a diabolical merging of next-gen technology and ancient dark magic.  It'll take a titanic team-up of AVENGERS to protect the expo.  But who will wear the prototype exosuit?  And will it...

When they told us that they would be making big posters of Iron Man Experience: Hong Kong Heroes for Harbour City's Marvel Superhero Summer exhitbit, we never imagined they would be doing this: That is a 4-meter high, 3D version of our cover! On the other side, this: A 1:1 ratio Iron Man doing his thing. Justice and I were floored. This was way, way beyond what we thought they were going to do.  Right before the opening of the exhibit, we took a quick shot. This is an exhibit at Harbour City promoting the Marvel Superhero Summer event at Hong Kong Disneyland using pages from the Iron Man Experience: Hong Kong Heroes comic Justice and I worked on for Marvel and HKDL. Besides the giant 3D cover, they supersized preview pages! It was great meeting more Hong Kong Marvel fans who didn't know we would be there. We happily signed more Iron Man Experience: Hong Kong Heroes and got to chat with them between the rain. Typical Hong Kong weather with the rain coming ...