|
Comics
Coco Wang's comic strip earthquake storiesPosted by Jeremy Goldkorn, June 3, 2008 11:34 AM
The British comic book legend Paul Gravett has published a series of strips drawn by Beijing-based artist Coco Wang about the Sichuan earthquake:  You can see the whole series at Paul Gravett's website. There is a Q&A with Coco Wang on Comic Book Resources, and a message written by her about the earthquake strips on Paul Gravett's site. The website of Coco's animation company is at Cocododo.com.cn. Thanks to Ian Holton for the link. |
Partner Links
Jobs in China
Recent Comments
real acade on
Blockages
vivian on
Bound feet in China
Sajid on
China first police blog
Media Partners
Visit these sites for the latest China news
China Media Timeline
Major media events over the last three decades
Danwei Model Workers
 Recommended blogs and new media
Books on China
 Foreign journalists in China, from the Opium Wars to Mao : Paul French, author of a book on Carl Crow has written a book about the lives and exploits of foreign journalists reporting from China from the 1820s to 1949.
Earnshaw Books' Tales of Old Peking: Tales from Old Peking is available from Earnshaw Books, and like its sister, Tales from Old Shanghai is a book of fragments of information about periods, events or places in Beijing's history, collaging together pictures and text about eunuchs, concubines, the Lama Temple, Opium Wars, art, emperors, and a miscellany of other interesting topics
Henry F. Pringle's "Bridge House Survivor": Pringle was imprisoned by Japanese forces from October 1942 to August 1945, and Bridge House Survivor, available from Earnshaw Books, is his harrowing account of torture under the Japanese.
Front Page of the Day
A different newspaper every weekday
From the Vault
Classic Danwei posts
+ A short interview with Muzi Mei (2004.02): Danwei interviews Muzi Mei + CCTV vs. classic movies (2006.03): A rundown of several pastiches of Chinese movies appearing online as 大史记 - "The Year That Was". Some from CCTV, others not. With links to video. + Street hawker cries of Beijing (2006.12): Yang Changhe demonstrates hawker's cries in a video shot by Muzimei.
Danwei Archives
Danwei Feeds
Via Feedsky
 (on the mainland)or Feedburner  (blocked in China) Main feed: Main posts (FB has top links) Top Links: Links from the top bar Danwei Jobs: Want ads Danwei Digest: Updated daily, 19:30 |
 |
Chinese media, advertising, and urban life. |
|
tweet
facebook
bookmark
HaoHao
digg
Comments on Coco Wang's comic strip earthquake stories
outstanding job
FANTASTIC WORK!!
Wait.... I don't want to sound insensitive....and the strips are ABSOLUTELY enjoyable and I am tearing all over....
But is this a new way of myth making or truth telling? Are we going to be laughing more or less? Is this a new genre of popular catharsis or of exploitation of the pain of others?
BTW, I heard the baby and cell phone message story was fake. Are we so frail that we need to make up stories to feel strong?
the story of chen jian is true. you can find his story on youtube -- he was interviewed while still trapped under the slabs of concrete.
he died, apparently, of 'crush syndrome'. the he was bleeding internally but the pressure from the slabs kept him from bleeding to death. when the pressure was removed he died.
so very heartbreaking.