In the most comprehensive and authoritative source on this subject,
Comics Art in China covers almost all comics art forms in mainland
China, providing thehistory from the nineteenth century to the
present as well as perspectives on both the industry and the art
form. This volume encompasses political, social, and gag cartoons,
lianhuanhua (picture books), comic books, humorous drawings,
cartoon and humor periodicals, and donghua (animation) while
exploring topics ranging from the earliest Western-influenced
cartoons and the popular, often salacious, 1930s humor magazines to
cartoons as wartime propaganda and comics art in the reform.
Coupling a comprehensive review of secondary materials (histories,
anthologies, biographies, memoirs, and more) in English and Chinese
with the artists’ actual works, the result spans more than two
centuries of Chinese animation. Structured chronologically, the
study begins with precursors in early China and proceeds through
the Republican, wartime, Communist, and market economy periods.
Based primarily on interviews senior scholar John A. Lent and Xu
Ying conducted with over one hundred cartoonists, animators, and
other comics art figures, Comics Arts in China sheds light on
tumult and triumphs. Meticulously, Lent and Ying describe the
evolution of Chinese comics within a global context, probing the
often-tense relationship between expression and government, as well
as proving that art can be a powerful force for revolution.Indeed,
the authors explore Chinese comics art as it continues to grow and
adapt in the twenty-first century. Enhanced with over one hundred
black-and-white and color illustrations, this book stands out as
not only the first such survey in English, but perhaps the most
complete one in any language.
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