Illustration:
ill. 6.25 b (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, 1987:29.
Keywords:
Hitler, villain, depiction, visualisation, gesture, Three Prominences

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. 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.