Mao Mao's Liberation Chronicle: The Complete Comic Strip Collection by Zhang Leping

Author: Zhang Leping
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Publish Date: 2002-05-01
Features: Mr. Zhang Leping, in his nearly seventy years of artistic career, created a vast number of artworks, including cartoons, New Year prints, sketches, pencil drawings, watercolor paintings, paper-cuttings, and traditional Chinese paintings. Among these, cartoons are particularly renowned, with serial cartoons being the most famous, and within serial cartoons, the Sanmao serial cartoons stand out as the most famous. Among the Sanmao serial cartoons, Sanmao at War and Sanmao’s Adventures (Sanmao’s Homeless Journey) are the most celebrated. Sanmao’s Liberation is the third volume in the Complete Collection of Zhang Leping’s Serial Cartoons. It includes twelve works such as Urban Love, Orphan, Sanmao’s Adventures, Little Jasmine, Naughty Cat Aimi, Elder Brother Ersan, Sanmao’s Accusation, Sanmao’s Transformation, Sanmao’s Then and Now, and Sanmao Meets Liberation. The title Sanmao’s Liberation was chosen because the works in this collection largely reflect Sanmao before and after liberation. These works demonstrate how Mr. Zhang Leping’s art remained in sync with the pulse of the times, reflecting, from one perspective, the historical changes of modern society and the sentiments of the people during certain historical periods. As a painter of the common people, Mr. Zhang Leping achieved immortal achievements. Sanmao’s Liberation collects twelve works such as Urban Flair (1935-1947), Orphan (1936), Sanmao’s Adventures (1946), Little Jasmine (1947), Naughty Cat Aimi (1947), Elder Brother Ersan (1950), Sanmao’s Accusation (1951), Sanmao’s Transformation (1951), Sanmao’s Then and Now (1959), Sanmao Meets Liberation (1962), Little Radish Head (1953-1965), and Little Kitten Mimi (1957). The title Sanmao’s Liberation was chosen because the works in this collection largely reflect Sanmao before and after liberation. This Complete Collection of Zhang Leping’s Serial Cartoons includes twenty-seven serial cartoon works, demonstrating how Mr. Zhang Leping’s art remained in sync with the pulse of the times, reflecting, from one perspective, the historical changes of modern society and the sentiments of the people during certain historical periods. As a painter of the common people, Mr. Zhang Leping achieved immortal achievements.