侯晓强，1969年8月生于山东费县东部农村，自幼酷爱绘画。16岁自学漫画，18岁发表作品。至今在国内外报刊发表漫画、连环画、插图四千余幅，有近百件作品在国内外绘画比赛中分获不同奖项。曾做过农民，工人，设计师，现为职业漫画家。
作品主要获得奖项有：中国漫画“金猴奖”；两次荣获人民日报“讽刺与幽默奖”；两次荣获中国新闻奖暨新闻漫画年赛“银奖”；第39届比利时克诺克·海斯特国际漫画节“金冠奖”；第二届俄罗斯视觉幽默国际论坛“铜奖”；第二届嘉兴国际漫画展“铜奖”；第一届自由漫画联盟国际漫画节“铜奖”、第二届“成功奖”；土耳其埃登·道昂第十六届国际漫画大赛“成功奖”；第16届比利时OLENSE国际漫画节“第四名”;台湾第二届国际漫画竞赛“佳作奖”；LM第一届、第二届国际漫画大赛“优秀奖”；伊朗大不里士第一届国际漫画节“荣誉奖”；首届IACC国际漫画大赛“特别奖”；韩国大田第八届、十二届、十三届国际漫画竞赛“第五名”等。有四十余幅作品入展近二十个国家举办的国际漫画竞赛和展览，全国十余家媒体曾做专题报道。1997年应邀出席人民日报讽刺与幽默深圳年会；2002年应邀赴京出席全国中青年漫画家创作研讨会；2004年应邀赴俄罗斯出席苏尔古特KARIKATURUM视觉幽默国际论坛暨颁奖典礼。
He was born in 1969. He has liked drawing since he was a child. After graduation from middle school. he worked as a government officer.a worker and a designer for decorating. Now he is a professional caricaturist. He often writes articles for many magazines. About 5100 works of caricature have been published at home and abroad .
1997 "SATIRE AND HUMOUR PRIZE"PEOPLE DAILY / China
1999 "SATIRE AND HUMOUR PRIZE"PEOPLEDAILY / China
1999 "AWARD OF SUCCESS" AYDIN DOGAN/ Turkey
2000 "GOLDEN MONKEY PRIZE" CARTOON ARTIST ASSOCIATION/ China
2000 "GOLDEN HAT" KNOKKE-HEIST/ Belgium
2002 "BRONZE PRIZE" FREECARTOONWEB/ China
2002 "PRIZES FOR EXCELLENCE"LM/CHINA
2003 "EXCELLENT WORK PRIZE" TAIWAN/China
2003 "PRIZES FOR EXCELLENCE"LM/CHINA
2003 "THE BRONZE USHANKA"KARIKATURUM/ Russia
2003 "SUCCESS PRIZE" FREECARTOONWEB/ China
2004 "THE HONOR PRIZE" OBEID ZAKANI/Iran
2004 "SPECIAL AWARDS" IACC/China
2004 " THE 4 PRIZE"OLENSE KARTORNALE/ Belgium
2005 "BRONZE MEDAL" ZAGREB/CROATIA;
2005 "Gold Dragon prize"Hong Kong/CHINA;
2005 "KOTUCHOW PRIZE" ZAMEK/ POLAND;
2005 "Honourable Mentions"PORTO VII CARTOON WLRLD FESTIVAL/PORTUGAL;
2005 "SPECIAL PRIZE"The international exhibitionCompetition of the political poster and caricatures/RUSSIA;
2006"honourable mention prize"WORLD PRESS CARTOON SINTRA/PORTUGAL;
2006"SECOND PRIZE"INTERNATIONAL CARTOON BIENNIAL HUMOREST 2006/CZECH REPUBLIC;
2006"THE THIRD PRIZE "5th INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CONTEST HumoDEVA /Romania
