Liu Duan (1930) was a native of Gaoyang, Hebei Province. He joined the army in 1949 and worked in fine arts. After 1951, he served as the art editor of the Shijiazhuang Popular Art Society (石家庄大众美术社), the Hebei People's Publishing House (河北人民出版社), and director and editor of the comic strip editing room of the Hebei Fine Arts Publishing House (河北美术出版社).

Liu is known for his serial cartoons.