Angry and Mournful Painting God: The Comic Art of Liao Bingxiong

Author: Liao Ling'er
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Publish Date: 2005-10-01
Features: In China, which has long entered the "anime era," let us look up and gaze at a lonely artist devoted to "angry comics"—Liao Bingxiong. "To grieve for the good who suffer injustice and to be angry at the evil who inflict harm—thus, my works are mostly angry comics." Liao Bingxiong's understanding of comics is: comics are not jokes, not decorations; comics are a responsibility, and Chinese comics should have a sense of duty. He spent his life using comics to critique reality, speaking for the people, and becoming a folk hero with art as his weapon. Through multiple eras, his sharp critique as a "tough guy" spirit remains unchanged. As he himself put it, it's all because "my heart is too soft." His concern for the people struggling in "The Cat Country Chronicle," for the hearts almost paralyzed by the extreme "leftist" system, and for the suffering, sick, and orphaned children near and far are the driving force behind his artistic creation. This book collects Liao Bingxiong's world-famous masterpieces such as "The Cat Country Chronicle," "Self-Mockery," and "Nightmare Chronicle." It is essentially a complete collection of Liao Bingxiong's works from different periods. Illustrated with both text and images, it uses Liao Bingxiong's comics to show a segment of Chinese history.