Manga Talks - 1910-1950 World Appearance

Author: Qichang Xie
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: Comic book lists belong to a category that aims 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 the fact that the author, Qichang Xie, is not a cartoonist but a super collector of classic comics. He views comics as microscopes to observe 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 rare images of old comic books, making this book not only "readable" but also visually appealing. A key point is that such a "picture-text" combined "private reading" could be considered an experimental approach in comic books.