Illustration:
ill. 6.26 a (set: 6.26)
Author:
From film to Comic: Wang Zuyi 连环画改: 王祖毅
Date:
1976
Genre:
comic strip
Material:
scan, paper, grayscale; original source: photographs print on paper, black-and-white
Source:
Chunmiao 春苗 (Chunmiao). Shanghai: Shanghai renmin, 1976:187.
Keywords:
hero, heroine, positive character, gesture, Three Prominences, healthy, strong, smiling, full view, central, close-up, Cultural Revolution, idealization, Chunmiao

Spring Sprouts (Chunmiao 春苗)

In stark contrast with the villains, the positive characters, heroes, and especially the main heroes are, in their idealized form of the Cultural Revolution comic and in accordance with the principles of the Three Prominences, always shown in full view. They deserve many close-ups. In Spring Sprouts, three of the final four panels show the heroine Chunmiao displaying her healthy, strong, and smiling face against different backgrounds significantly tinged with elements such as fields and electricity masts, which mark progress and prosperity.