Illustration:
ill. 6.24 (set: 6.16)
Date:
1985
Genre:
comic, comic strip
Material:
scan, paper, black-and-white; original source: print on paper, black-and-white
Source:
Xitele 希特勒. (Hitler) Disandiguo de xingwang 第三帝国的兴亡 (Rise and fall of the Third Reich), vols. 1-8. (Hitler comic series in 8 vols.), Chengdu: Sichuan meishu, 1987:2.
Keywords:
Hitler, villain, Three Prominences, comic, after Cultural Revolution, depiction, gesture, visualisation

Hitler (Xitele 希特勒)

After the Cultural Revolution, a series of Hitler comics published in 1985 continued to adhere to the standards of Three Prominences. Hitler, the villainous hero of the story, is presented in a position never quite central, never quite in the foreground, and with a bearing that is never quite straight and forward-looking. In one of the first panels of the comic, he is seen crouching on a set of stairs in front of a house. His crouching position is highlighted by the passers-by, who appear much larger in scale, and almost all of them disregard him almost completely—only one of them is turning to look at Hitler, but he does so contemptuously. Although the central figure in this comic, Hitler is clearly marked as a negative character in his gestures, in the type of lighting used to depict him, in his facial expressions, and more (e.g. ills. 6.25).