Sunday, January 3, 2016

Some Chinese Comics

We spent our Christmas vacation in China, spending a few nights each in Shanghai, Wuxi, and Beijing.

In Wuxi, I got my hands on a few examples of local comics.

The first was a kids' giveaway at a restaurant chain called Mr. Pizza (which had pretty good food on a night when we decided to go with a Western style dinner, by the way). It appears to be a mythical origin story of the restaurant.





More interesting were a couple of books I picked up at a small gift and nostalgia shop in the historical district of Wuxi. These pocket-sized books are illustrated with one picture per page, with accompanying text. They're definitely old, but I couldn't find any indication of a publication date.


One is a biography of Chairman Mao. The other appears to be a period romance.

Here is a look at some interior art.





As usual, I don't rate comics in languages I don't read. But I do enjoy seeing examples of comics from different countries.






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