Red Sleeve Adds Chaos -- Qian Haiyan's Witty Comics

Author: Qian Haiyan
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Publish Date: 2001-09-01
Features: Mr. Yu Qiuwei once commented on Haiyan's comics, saying, "Her comic drawings are simple and clean, with insightful and carefree themes. Compared to Feng Zikai, they have a touch more modernity and a bit less solemnity. The illustrations and text complement each other, leaving room for contemplation, with a Zen-like quality that makes one realize the beauty in simplicity. In the preface to Qian Haiyan's comic collection Crimson and Arsenic, the renowned professor Song Suoliang once described her as follows: Yanzi is a clever and perceptive woman, deeply moved by joy and sorrow, full of emotions and intentions, unrestrained and unfiltered. She is both innocent and worldly-wise, an incurable liberalist—a woman who embodies the classical elegance of a lady, gentle, considerate, and seemingly aloof yet warm when approached, with a sense of propriety, rarely losing her temper. She is a woman with clearly dual personalities; you can describe her, but it's difficult to evaluate her."