ECC Cartoonbooks Club: Contemporary cartoon in China (part 1)

Article by JMB

Since Jan asked me to present some Chinese cartoon books, I first start to show you some anthologies which title, publisher and publishing place are, for my eyes, unknown. I just can tell you these three books (soft cover, full color, 240 x 213 mm) were printed in 2005.

This one has 204 pages, and shows 350 cartoons by 17 cartoonists
its ISBN number is 7-80188-502-3

Here are two pages from this anthology
(cartoons by Su Ning).

This one has 178 pages, and shows 315 cartoons by 19 other cartoonists
its ISBN number is 7-80188-503-1

Here are two pages from this anthology
(cartoons by Feng Gui Bo).

This one has 168 pages, and shows 230 cartoons (& caricatures) by 41 other cartoonists
its ISBN number is 7-80188-548-1

Here are two pages from this anthology
(cartoons by Xiao Cheng Sen).

Here is another Chinese anthology which I don’t know the publisher and place names. I was told it is a collection of awarded cartoons for 25 years, 1978 to 2002, as shown on its cover. This one has its title (?) printed at the back cover and at every page: Zhongwai Huojiang Manhua. Its first 18 pages are in color on glazed paper, when the 299 other pages are in black & white, these ones are made of a thin and bad paper, so the result is not excellent.