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With the launch of Lianhuanhua: China's Pulp Comics, we also have a new option on our website, a lianhuanhua bundle that we offer at a steep discount. This bundle includes all five contemporary lianhuanhua we've published, the new book about lianhuanhua, and one vintage lianhuanhua that we found in a flea market.

Included in this bundle:

Closet by Woshibai 我是白 @woshibai

Peach Boy by Toyoya @toyoyali

Lost Things by fenta 粉塔 @chenfenta-blog

Migraine by Woshibai 我是白

Two Stories by gantea

Lianhuanhua: China's Pulp Comics by Orion Martin

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[Image description: The covers of all six of the contemporary lianhuanhua volumes we've published, plus a question mark to represent the random vintage lianhuanhua.] 

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A few pages from gantea's comic, Two Stories, available on our web shop now. The comic is inspired by the Cute Animal Fan Club, a wechat group organized by gantea that remains active, years after this comic was published.

[Image description: In a series of six minimalist illustrations, a character pulls a cat and then a poodle out of their cell phone screen.]

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BACK IN PRINT

gantea’s wonderful lianhuanhua volume, Two Stories, is back in stock after being sold out for at least a year. There is so much energy packed into these tiny vignettes —  we are thrilled to have it back in stock. 

Two Stories

Author: gantea

Digital / b&w / 44 pages / 5 x 3.5”

ISBN: 978-0-9989050-3-7

One woman learns she can pull animals out of her cell phone screen, while a young rabbit faces a simple yet insurmountable challenge. In both of these short stories, Gantea's carefully articulated narratives seem to grow and develop on their own.

"Agreeably strange." - The Comics Journal

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Originally published February 6th

In this comic, gantea documents some of her experiences as the quarantines were spreading across mainland China. She has now moved back to Urumqi, in the Xinjiang province of China. She says that although there are few reported cases, anxiety of an outbreak remains high. Since the comic was published, her family got a new fish to replace the one that died. 

Comic by gantea

Translation and design by Xinmei Liu

Foreword and editing by Xinmei Liu, R. Orion Martin, and Jason Li

Originally published by Art Book China as part of their Apple a Day series

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Found this delightful riso comic by gantea in the Paradise Systems library. It’s hard to see in the photos, but the English translation is printed in light orange on the facing pages.

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Blanket Creature by gantea (Shanghai, CN) @gantea

This comic appears in SYSTEM 01: Hot Net Hotel, funding now on Kickstarter! 

gantea’s previously published works include:

-Two Stories (Paradise Systems)

-The South Park (O.Q Comics)

-らんらんと私 (Hand Saw Press)

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BACK IN STOCK! The South Park by gantea

Offset printing / 2 color / 76 pages / 7 x 9" 

Published by O.Q Comics.

The South Park is the first mid-length comic by gantea. It tells the story of two friends walking through a soon-to-be demolished park. At the top of a Ferris wheel, they unexpectedly solve the mystery of an urban legend circulating in the city.

Embellished with a suite of delightful features, The South Park is a triumph of book design. It includes tear-away panels, a velvety green cover, a bilingual page layout, and more.

Image description: Photos of the book, which appears to be almost glowing due to its softly textured cover. In one photo, it is nestled in the bark of an enormous tree and seems perfectly at home.

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New in the shop: The South Park by gantea, published by O.Q Press! This is the first mid-length comic by gantea. It tells the story of two friends walking through a soon-to-be demolished park. At the top of a Ferris wheel, they unexpectedly solve the mystery of an urban legend circulating in the city. 

Embellished with a suite of delightful features, The South Park is a triumph of book design. It includes tear-away panels, a velvety green cover, a bilingual page layout, and more.

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Image description: Cover and interior pages of the book. The cover is mostly dark green and includes only a small illustration in the center. The pages are composed of simple but information rich linework. Opposite to the page of illustrations is a full English translation, with the text appearing in the same locations as it does in the original Chinese.