The Mad Monk is a series of comic strip created by Vink in Charlie Monthly in December 1983 and published in albums since 1984 by Éditions Dargaud. Ten volumes were published from 1984 to 1999. From 2000, the series has continued as the Voyages of He Pao. Made direct color, The Mad Monk immediately captivated the audience with his "pictorial beauty" and its atmosphere "special".
In feudal China of Song, a young girl of Western origin, He Pao, was raised by foster parents as a tomboy nicknamed "Little Barbarian", and becomes a great practitioner of martial arts. She goes in search of a monk who would own knowledge of martial arts so thoroughly that he would have gone mad. The action takes place in ancient China during the Period of Song when the North "barbarians" attack and occupy part of the country.
