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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 40 Pp. + Covers. Color And B/W Illustrations, Text. First Printing Of The December 15, 1936 Issue. Light Wear, No Marks.This 1936-1937 Satirical Journal Targeting The Political Left, Right , And Center Is Quite Scarce (It Had No Political Friends), Worldcat Showing Only A Few Institutional Holdings. (From Wikipedia): Among The Artists Who Established The Original Shanghai Manhua / Shanghai Sketch In 1928, Several Had Worked Together On The Small, Short-Lived Journal Sanri Huabao (Three Day Pictorial), Including Ye Qianyu And The Brothers Zhang Guangyu And Zhang Zhenyu. The Journal Was Shut Down When Chiang Kai-Shek's Northern Expedition Reached Shanghai In April 1927. Out Of Work, Cartoonists Ye Qianyu, Huang Wennong, And Lu Shaofei Published A Dedicated Publication For Manhua Named Shanghai Manhua (Shanghai Sketch). The First Effort Resembled A Propaganda Poster And Was A Failure. Undeterred, The Original Three, Joined By Eight More Artists, Including The Zhang Brothers, Ding Song, And Wang Dunqing, Formed The Shanghai Sketch Society (Also Translated As Shanghai Manhua Society) In The Autumn Of 1927. It Was China's First Association Dedicated To Manhua And A Major Event In The History Of Chinese Comics.Shanghai Manhua (Simplified Chinese: 上海漫画; Traditional Chinese: 上海漫畫; Pinyin: Shànghǎi Mànhuà), Originally Titled Shanghai Sketch, Was A Weekly Pictorial Magazine Published In Shanghai From 21 April 1928 Until 7 June 1930. Considered The First Successful Manhua Magazine In China And One Of The Most Influential. In May 1936 Zhang Guangyu Re-Established Shanghai Manhua, While Many Of The Original Members Were Then Working With Modern Sketch. Together They Organized The Highly Successful First National Cartoon Exhibition In September And Formed The National Association Of Chinese Cartoonists In The Spring Of 1937. The Blossoming Movement, However, Was Brought To A Halt By The Japanese Invasion A Few Months Later. …