"The world is inherently absurd, and if people can't recognize this reality, they will make themselves very unhappy."
Recently, Zhu Deyong, a famous comic book master who has been famous in the Chinese-speaking world for more than 20 years, has been newly revised and published by the People's Literature Publishing House. The series consists of two titles, Everybody's Sick and Everybody's Sick 2: Falling in Love with the Idiot.
"Choosing from a different perspective can solve the dilemma of life" is the original intention of Zhu Deyong to insist on hand-drawn comics for thirty years. He presents the diversity of sentient beings from a sharp and humorous perspective, and conveys to the reader the flow of emotions and brave insights that are connected with joy and sorrow. In the current context, reopen these two classic works and use "Zhu's humor" to heal all kinds of "unhappiness" in life.
This era is a psychic joke for everyone
All along, Zhu Deyong's creation has never disappointed, and every new work will discover the characteristics of a certain type of person.
He explores both sexes and love in the "Shibu Girl" series, shows the "Chu philosophy" in "Anything Is Happening", and penetrates the essence of work in "About Going to Work".
By 2011, the first book" "Everyone Is Sick" turned out, and Zhu Deyong used crazy imagination and sharp humor to depict this era, subverting our understanding of the world. The "Everybody Is Sick" series has been selling well since it was first published.
■ "Everyone is sick" by Zhu Deyong, People's Literature Publishing House
"Everyone Is Sick" tells the story of a sick era. You are sick, I am sick, he is sick, everyone is sick, and this era has made a joke of the heart for all of us...
As a social observer with sharp eyes and sharp brushstrokes, Zhu Deyong began to conceive the book "Everyone Is Sick" as early as 2000. At that time, he began to feel that everyone was "sick", and he himself was "sick".
In an interview, Zhu Deyong once said: "At that time, I was very busy, I arrived at the studio at eight or nine o'clock in the morning, the phone did not stop, and everyone was looking for me to ask for something. I couldn't come home until eleven or twelve o'clock at night, but I couldn't sleep in bed. Lying there alone, many things will involuntarily run into your head, and you will think about how this has not been done, how that has not been done well..."
At worst, Zhu Deyong even wanted to jump from a tall building. Until his wife gave him two choices, "stop or divorce". So Zhu Deyong, at the peak of his career, gave up all his work and took his wife and children out on vacation.
■ Zhu Deyong
During that time, Zhu Deyong did nothing on the surface, very relaxed, but in fact, he healed his wounds in his heart, learned to slow himself down, and learned to find his original self. Of course, he never stopped observing and feeling. By 2005, Zhu Deyong felt that he was well, and only then did he pick up the paintbrush again. "I want to paint a picture of the difficulties that this generation has encountered, so that everyone can know themselves better."
Zhu Deyong's previous works will have several obvious protagonists, but there is no specific protagonist in "Everyone Is Sick", he paints all kinds of people and all kinds of behaviors into the work.
The "suicide three brothers" commit suicide for various reasons every day; the "anxiety duo" is a couple with endless troubles every day; the "OK Bandage Man" is almost covered with Band-Aids, and is a person who is easily injured physically and mentally, in addition to the doorman, hairdresser, bodyguard, psychologist and other people from various professions, who appear on the scene every day, and stage all kinds of absurd dramas every day. The whole book is like a mirror without edges, reflecting all aspects of this era.
"When we 'progress' too fast, it is just to let the few get wealth and let the majority get mental illness." Zhu Deyong's humor is a joke, but also a cure, straight to the heart.
Under the brush of depicting various pathological phenomena, he exudes a great sense of compassion, calling on modern people to simply slow down, slow down, have their own pace, and enjoy their own "slow fashion".
"The world is running forward, and we're all chasing after it. Can you stop and catch your breath and choose 'yourself' instead of 'everyone'? Maybe this will no longer be the pursuit of speed, but lose our lives, and the essence of growth. ”
Interpret the crazy love of this era with crazy imagination
Love, marriage, and gender have always been topics that Zhu Deyong is good at discussing. His early fame work " Double Cannon " satirized the marriage of people at that time. In the "Shibu Girl" series, Zhu Deyong depicted women's concept of love and marriage in a beautiful way, which resonated with many readers.
In "Everyone Has a Disease 2: Falling in Love with Stupid People", Zhu Deyong once again pays attention to and ridicules modern love. In Zhu Deyong's view, the love of modern people is gradually bubbled. The absurdity of people is that they use secular standards to find love that is off-the-beaten- And love is not suitable for thinking, only for feeling, if you start thinking about love, it is over.
■ "Everyone has a disease 2: Falling in Love with Stupid People" by Zhu Deyong People's Literature Publishing House
In the book, Zhu Deyong adheres to the usual sharp and humorous tone, and depicts the love of men, women, lovers, animals, and even robots, aliens and other modes of love in modern society, fully analyzing the uncertainty, confusion, certainty and happiness of people in love. Learning to love is another outlet in life.
Zhu Deyong believes that love is a heavy rain in life, and everyone has their own love weather. In this book, readers can find their own love shelter from the rain.
"This is an uncertain time. We are not sure about ourselves, and we are not sure about others. We're not sure about love, and we're not sure about marriage. The only thing that is certain is that each of us will meet an idiot at least once in our lifetime, that is, the time we are really in love, and sometimes, we ourselves are the idiot. ”
"Everyone Has a Disease 2: Falling in Love with an Idiot" tells love to the fullest, but it is also the last time Zhu Deyong talks about love.
Zhu Deyong said in an interview: "I have talked enough about love, that is, I hope that everyone will have less calculation and more feelings when they are in love. What I want to tell you through this book is that true love is probably the easiest thing to do in such a complex time. ”
Zhu Deyong's comics have led popular culture for more than 20 years, and the genuine cross-strait sales have exceeded 10 million copies, occupying major rankings at home and abroad, and where there are Chinese, there is "Zhu's humor".
In 2009, he was awarded the "Top Ten Writers most concerned by readers in the 10 years of reading in the new century", and in 2016, he was awarded the Special Contribution Award of the Golden Comic Award.
His works have been adapted into TV series and stage plays many times, and the paintings have repeatedly set records in the auction of famous artists.
Zhu Deyong was praised by the media as "the only writer who can win the respect of the cultural crowd and conquer the fashion crowd". He considers himself "a walker of the city and an observer of human nature." ”