Comic Talk: World Views from 1910 to 1950

Author: Qichang Xie
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: Comic book lists belong to a category that serves to amuse people, and most readers classify them as light and leisure reading—quite reasonable; however, this comic book somewhat challenges these perceptions. The difference lies in that the author, Qichang Xie, is not a cartoonist but a super collector of classic comics. He views comics as microscopes for observing social phenomena, linking them to life, society, politics, and art in his works, transforming "reading comics" into "studying comics" and "writing comics," giving it a significance far beyond the ordinary. The author provides over two hundred precious images of old comic books, making this book not only "readable" but also "viewable." A key point is that this "picture-text" combined "private reading" can be considered an innovative attempt in the world of comic books.