Description: The definitive book about cartoons, picture books, comics, and animation in mainland China
Brief description: Xu Ying has published more than one hundred articles about Chinese cartooning, animation, and cinema, as well as foreign films and animation, in such publications as Asian Cinema, International Journal of Comic Art, World Cinema, Film Review, New Film, Contemporary Cinema, Contemporary Television, and Film.
Review Quotes: John A. Lent and Xu Ying have made a very significant contribution to the field of modern Chinese visual culture. Their book is admirably detailed and provides a rich resource for both the specialist and the casual reader. Perhaps its greatest contribution is the mass of interview data from the pioneers of the media discussed, many of whom have since died. This is a book that will be enjoyed by anyone interested in the popular graphic arts, humor, and modern Chinese cultural history.--Richard King, author of Milestones on a Golden Road: Writing for Chinese Socialism, 1945-80; editor of Art in Turmoil: The Chinese Cultural Revolution, 1966-76; and coeditor of Global Goes Local: Popular Culture in Asia