The word "caricature" originated in China's Northern Song Dynasty, and the word "caricature" was first used by the Northern Song Dynasty scholar-painter Shao Yidao in his "Jingxuushengji", which said, "The Yellow River is a genus of many amoy rivers, and there are said to be caricatures, which often use their mouths to draw water for fish." Here said caricature is the name of a kind of waterfowl, because it is dashing when fishing, like painting on the water and so named.

In May 1925, Literature Weekly serialized Feng Zikai's drawings and noted them as caricatures, the earliest works to be called caricatures in China.

Western comics originated in England, and the 19th-century French painter Dumier made the finest achievement in the history of Western comics.

As a branch of the art of painting, caricature has evolved into three forms, namely, the traditional caricature of satire and humor, the narrative multi-panel or serial cartoon caricature, and the exploratory pioneer caricature.

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Categories of Manga

1. American Manga - Manga published by the United States, mostly in color. There are cartoon style like Peanuts and Garfield with simple and clear lines, and a hardcore realistic style like superheroes.

2, European comics -- mainly refers to the comics published by the European region. Most of the European comics picture and framing is very beautiful, there is a kind of elite art temperament. Its drawing cycle is longer, mainly in color.

3. Taiwan comics - mainly refers to the comics published by Taiwan. It is y influenced by Japanese cartoons. In addition, some cartoonists add the painting technique of brushstrokes in their cartoons, which looks very exquisite and is mainly in black and white. Representative characters include Ao Youxiang, Chen Mou, Tsai Chih-Chung and Cheng Man.

4, Hong Kong comics - mainly refers to the comics published by Hong Kong. Often based on martial arts novels, hooliganism and fighting as the theme, such as: Dragon and Tiger Gate, God's Soldier Xuanqi and so on. There are also a lot of comedy works, such as: old man, cowboy, McDull, etc., nowadays mainly in color. Representative Hong Kong cartoonists include Wang Ze, Ma Rongcheng and Huang Yulang.

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