Yan Cong has been publishing these newspaper strip dimension collections of "Beggar Comics" for the past several years. The comics feature a mix of tragicomic scenes and the reflections on making art. In one of the panels here, someone recommends that a gallerist sign a contract to represent a struggling cartoonist. The gallerist responds, "Quit joking around. We can't even support artists who are making serious oil paintings. There's no hope for comics."
[Image description: The first image features photos of all three collections of "Beggar Comics" printed in black and white on colored paper. In the interior pages, sketchy, brush painted panels feature characters ranging from people to anthropomorphic mushrooms. Hand drawn dialogue in Chinese fills many of the panels.]