The commentary said that Hua and his own works are two styles. Hua Lao's cartoons are simple and lively, and he modestly calls himself stupid. The more he draws, the more complicated it becomes.
"I made a mistake."
Hua, a white-haired old gentleman, joked in the preface of the anthology, "He has been wandering in the comic industry for 68 years", "He has done some work for comics and made mistakes" and "He drew wrong pictures in the political movement in the 1950s, hurting some comrades and friends."
Hua Lao made no secret of his one-sided mistakes in satirical cartoons. "Chairman Mao said that satirical cartoons are always needed, but we should pay attention to two differences, namely, the difference between the individual and the general, and the difference between the local and the whole. We should pay attention to distinguish whether the object of irony is an individual problem or a general problem, a local problem or a global problem. Later, I paid more attention to this issue. "
Talking about the popular cartoons in recent years, Hua Lao said: "Now many newspapers like funny cartoons at will. I'm not saying it's bad, but ordinary people still have to learn something through animation. "
"Modern comics are more influenced by the West, and I am pursuing nationalization and popularization. Nationalization is to have the taste of China, and popularization is to let everyone understand. "
Painting Chiang Kai-shek is classified as a "crime"
Hua created countless comic works in his life, and his favorite work, Sharpen the Knife, shaped the cartoon image of Chiang Kai-shek. Perhaps this image is so infectious that the Kuomintang secret service in Harbin put Hua on the blacklist of "slandering leaders". Chiang Kai-shek in this cartoon is dressed as an American soldier, and only with the assistance of the United States can he fight a civil war. He was bald, with high cheekbones, a moustache and a square plaster on his temples, suggesting that Chiang Kai-shek, who lost every day, had a headache all the time.
Help Zhang Yimou get into college.
The College Entrance Examination resumed 1978, and Zhang Yimou wanted to enter the Beijing Film Academy. However, because he was over 6 years old, he did not meet the requirements for taking the Nortel exam at that time. Zhang's ex-wife Xiao Hua's brother is a Chinese teacher in a middle school in Beijing. He found Hua and the then Minister of Culture through a friend in Beijing's cultural circle. And Huadu thought that Zhang Yimou was a talented person, so they wrote a note to the leaders of Beijing Film Academy: "Beijing Film Academy, please study and solve the admission problem of Zhang Yimou." Finally, Nortel gave Zhang Yimou a "trainee" place, and Zhang Yimou entered the school.
Convince Xiaogang Feng.
The intersection of China and China stems from a letter. At that time, the movie Endless was being shown, and Shiren Yuan, the editor of Science Times, edited an article criticizing Xiaogang Feng. Xiaogang Feng was very upset when he learned that he personally threatened him: "Be careful when you go out, there is no place to cry." "Be careful of being beaten." And so on, and used a lot of rude words to insult. Hua Yu1October 5 1999 wrote an article in satire and humor, urging him to correct his shortcomings.
Comic garden
On 201365438+1October1day, the unveiling ceremony of "China Comic Garden" was held in the Art Museum. The Comic Garden, designed by Professor Gao Zhao of China Academy of Fine Arts, is located in the green space on the northeast side of the Art Museum and is divided into two parts: Chinese relief columns and Chinese comics.