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1936

October 1936 Issue of Manhua Jie (Modern Puck)

October 1936 Issue of Manhua Jie (Modern Puck)

This image first appeared in October 1936, before the First National Cartoon Exhibition which was held on November 4, 1936. The title of this image is "The Cartoon Circle on a hilltop on Chong Yang Festival". The Chong Yang Festival occurs on the 23rd of October. The cartoon was done by Wang Zimei.

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1938

March 10 1938 Shanghai and Cartoons in 1938

March 10 1938 Shanghai and Cartoons in 1938

Although the rest of the country was at war, Shanghai was like an island as the concession areas were not much affected. However, the Shanghai cartoon world was quiet. A bi-monthly magazine called, ‘Huaji Shijie’ (Funny World) printed cartoons without the creator’s names.

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1938

March 30 1938 Gao Lingmei

March 30 1938 Gao Lingmei

Huang Yao first met with his friend, the photographer, Gao Lingmei (he was the photographer for artist Zhang Daqian) in Nanjing. It was in Gao’s brothers photo studio by the river in Nanjing in late 1937.

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1938

August 1938 At the Backlines of Chongqing 2

August 1938 At the Backlines of Chongqing 2

‘At the Backlines of Chongqing – 2’ (32 pages)was published by Tieshe publishing. The introduction was by the International Anti Aggression Representative, Mr. Edgar Ansel Mounir in English and Chinese.

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1939

1939 Niu Bizi Digging War Trenches

1939 Niu Bizi Digging War Trenches

Huang Yao wrote in the preface to his "The 3 Talks of Niu Bizi" that his other instructional book, ‘The Ten Talks of Niu Bizi’ was written in a...

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1942

1942 Chen Hengan of Guiyang

1942 Chen Hengan of Guiyang

Once I reached Guiyang, I noticed that all the shop signs were written by the same person. The construction of the calligraphy was roundish and had a style like Yan Zhenqing.

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1942

November 1942 Guiyang in Cartoon

November 1942 Guiyang in Cartoon

Niubizi Travelling Cartoons I (200 pages) Stone print, published by Wentung Shuji in Guiyang.

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1942

November 26 1942 Donation – Manhua Guiyang

November 26 1942 Donation – Manhua Guiyang

I drew a set of “Guiyang Cartoons”. Because the Guiyang City Government was promoting literature and art, they wanted this set to be kept permanently at the public education center and would be exhibited once a year with free admission for Guiyang residents.

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1942

November 26 1942 Manhua Guiyang Exhibition

November 26 1942 Manhua Guiyang Exhibition

Announcement in newsper - Exhibition of ‘Guiyang Cartoons’ (Manhua Guiyang) or scenes of Guizhou. Free entry. Creator of Niu Bizi, on the invitation by the Mayor He Jiwu, Huang Yao will be donating all the exhibits to the City Government for the development of the city’s art and culture.

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1943

1943 Yu Songhua

1943 Yu Songhua

Yu Songhua introduced Huang Yao’s character and artworks in both ‘The Chinese in Wartime’ and ‘Chongqing Cartoons’.

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1943

June 1943 Chongqing Cartoons

June 1943 Chongqing Cartoons

Huang Yao published Manhua Chongqing, the publisher is Guilin Science Book Publishing. The introduction was written by Huang Yao and signed off with him in Guilin.

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1944

1944 Huang Yao leaves Guilin

1944 Huang Yao leaves Guilin

When Huang Yao left Guilin and returned to Guiyang in 1944, he left two sets of woodblock prints and other art works at Lequnshe, which were all destroyed by the bombing of Guilin.

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1944

1944 Visit to the Miao Area

1944 Visit to the Miao Area

In Guilin, it was recorded that Huang Yao’s artworks were published, including cartoons, sketches, propaganda artwork and sketches of his ‘Visit to the Miao Area’, there is mention of specially commissioned Niu Bizi cartoons that appeared in ‘Travel Magazine’ and Saodang News.

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