Xiong Dun
Xiong Dun was the pen-name of Xiang Yao, a Chinese cartoonist, who documented her own experience with Non-Hodgkin lymphoma in her web comic Go to the Devil, Mr. Tumor. Her story was later adapted into a Chinese film, Go Away Mr. Tumor .
Early life
Xiang Yao was from Lishui in Zhejiang province.Career
Xiang Yao worked as an illustrator for Beijing advertising company, while creating comics using the name Xiong Dun, with titles like A Bachelorette's Diary, Superwoman on Diet, Stories in City, and Maturing into Womanhood. She had six books of her cartoons published. Her style was compared to that of Japanese cartoonist.Xiong Dun began to experience symptoms that were diagnosed as Non-Hodgkin lymphoma in August 2011. She blamed her own long hours for her turn of health, saying "I hope my illness will sound alarm bells to those workaholics like me." Despite the grim subject, the cartoon published in book form as Go to the Devil, Mr. Tumor was upbeat in tone, with humorous illustrations and observations about her cancer and treatments.