Civil Affairs Spring and Autumn--Tracing the History of Modern Chinese Comics

Author: Hu Xiuyong (Compiler)
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Publish Date: 2004-10-01
Features: Chinese culture, with a long history. In China, comic works have existed since ancient times. By the late 19th and early 20th centuries, as an independent art form, the term "comic" began to gain popularity in Chinese art circles. By the end of the Qing Dynasty, Chinese comics had entered an unprecedented period of prosperity. At that time, a large number of comic works emerged, along with a host of talented cartoonists. With their rich life experiences, exquisite artistic skills, strong patriotic sentiments, and keen political insights, they chose different historical events and figures as subjects, presenting perspectives from various angles and employing diverse artistic techniques to expose the political corruption and darkness of old China, criticize various social evils, promote democratic revolutionary ideas, showcase the social development, reflect people's living conditions, and to varying degrees, reflect the historical process of the Chinese people striving for independence externally and democracy internally. This book will allow readers to understand the then-difficult internal and external political situation of Chinese society, marked by factional struggles within the ruling group, as well as the arduous journey of the Chinese people waking up and fighting for national independence and liberation with unwavering determination.