Xiangtan Online, October 26 (Xiangtan Daily All-Media Reporter Gu Orange) On October 25, "Hunan Cultural Celebrity Comic Strip" caused many literary and art lovers in Xiangtan to discuss hotly. This comic strip created by Xiangtan people Xiao Zhongren, Nie Xinhan, Qu Xianggan and other comic strip enthusiasts recently won the 11th Hunan Excellent Social Science Popular Reading Award, and a total of 14 award-winning works were awarded this time, and "Hunan Cultural Celebrity Comic Strip" is the only award-winning work in Xiangtan.
"Hunan Cultural Celebrity Comic Strip" tells the story of Five Xiangtan celebrities, Wang Minyun, Qi Baishi, Yang Du, Li Jinxi and Li Jinhui, each comic strip is 100 pages. "Because of a responsibility, a love, so there is this set of books." Xiao Zhongren, 70, the editor-in-chief of the comic strip, has loved comic strips since he was a child, has been collecting comic strips since 2000, and is currently the director of the Comic Strip Professional Committee of the Hunan Provincial Collection Association. Considering that there are no celebrities in the comic strip about the above 5 celebrities, Xiao Zhongren has been brewing this matter since 2014 and put it into practice in 2015. The creation of comic strips is different from literary works such as novels, essays, and biographies, and it must respect facts and its stories must be interesting. Nie Xinhan participated in the compilation of Xiangtan City Chronicle before retiring, and went to all parts of the country to collect information extensively, including a large number of Xiangtan local celebrity materials, laying a good foundation for the creation of comic strips. After nearly 4 years of creation, "Hunan Cultural Celebrity Comic Strip" was finally released, and this award in the province will help further publicize the history and culture of Xiangtan.
Xiangtan comic strip creation and other work is at the forefront of the province. In 2015, "Hunan Anti-Japanese War History Comic Strip" compiled by Xiao Zhongren won the Excellent General Reading Award of Hunan Provincial Federation of Social Sciences. In 2003, Xiangtan held a national comic strip exchange auction, and in the same year, he founded the comic strip publication "Xiaoxiang Liantan Newspaper", which was deeply loved by comic strip lovers across the country, and won the Excellence Award of the National Folk Daily for many times, and has been issued 335 issues so far.
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