Author Description

In The Most Comprehensive And Authoritative Source On This Subject, This Text Covers Almost All Comics Art Forms In Mainland China, Providing The History From The 19th 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. Cradle Of Chinese Cartooning – Manhua’s Golden Age – Cartoons As Wartime Weapons, 1930s-1949 – Liberation, Maoist Campaigns, And Cartoons, 1949-1976 – Reform, Modernization, Market Economy, And Cartooning – Animation: From Hand-crafted Experimentation To Digitalization. John A. Lent And Xu Ying. Previously Issued In Print: 2017. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.