ALIVE! October 1st – UNDEAD KUNGFU GHOST KILLER!
on October 1st 2025 we’ll be launching A TIger’s Tale’s very first Splatter-tacular Spinoff Comic, perfect for the season – UNDEAD KUNGFU GHOST KILLER #1. UKGK.site will take you there.
Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio
Read 1 of the nearly 500 “marvel tales” found in Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio the 1880 translation of Liáozhāi Zhìyì (聊齋誌異) by Herbert A. Giles. London – It’s a collection of stories or by Qing Dynasty writer Pu Songling (蒲松齡)
Jiāngshī (殭屍) the hopping vampire
Yaoguai Wednesday continues with a spotlight on Asia’s most iconic undead creature of folklore the Jiāngshī (殭屍) or hopping vampire. Don’t be fooled by it hopping it is also capable of giving chase by running, and if sufficiently ancient, flight.
Yaoguai Wednesday week 1
With the season of the UNDEAD Kungfu Ghost Killer upon us, let’s look at the creatures he contends with. first up: The Face Swiper (Shuāliǎnguǐ 刷臉鬼) #UKGK
The Tale of Zhong Kui
Zhong Kui (鍾馗) is a Taoist deity in Chinese myth, traditionally regarded as a vanquisher of ghosts and Yaoguai. He is depicted as a large man with a big black beard, bulging eyes, and a wrathful expression. Zhong Kui is often accompanied by the five bats of fortune, the Wufu (五福), or the five blessings: “health” (康寧), “wealth” (富), “long life” (壽), “love …
Yōkai or Yāoguài
What Are They? The translation for the work Yōkai (妖怪) is something to the effect of “strange, supernatural creature or phenomena” in Japanese. The word is a combination of the characters 妖 (yō–attractive, bewitching, calamity) and 怪 (kai–mystery, wonder). Over the years, different English words have been used in translation. Yōkai can be translated to monster, demon, spirit, or goblin, but it encompasses …
Redefining Wuxia
How Modern Media Reframes the Martial Arts Tradition… Wuxia (武侠)—once confined to historical Chinese novels and films—has become a global storytelling language. Yet, as it permeates international media, it’s being reshaped in ways that demand urgent re-examination. We must ask: Are modern works honoring wuxia’s core, or diluting it? The Modern Wuxia Revolution 👊 Sifu: …