Shandong commercial newspaper reporter Cao Jianmin
74 year old Wu Guoliang is the Ji'nan City District Shun Garden community residents. Over the past three years, Wu has been writing and writing more than 200 community cartoons. Wu used his paintbrush to express his thoughts and thoughts in his later years. Most of the paintings are the colorful inner world of the elderly. Reporters learned from Shun Yu Street office, Wu Lao cartoon adapted from the small drama, is also staged in the community small stage.
Wu Guoliang's role in the creation of two "self portraits" in community comics in the third floor of Shun Garden community, Wu Guoliang has his own studio, and the wall is covered with the comics he has created in recent years.
Wu Guoliang, 74, graduated from the Chemistry Department of Shandong University. But he spent most of his life working with art and worked in Ji'nan black pottery factory for a long time. In 2015, Wu Lao, who was over seventy, began cartoons.
in his comic book, the protagonist is an old couple, big brother, 78 years old and 76 year old fat sister-in-law. He also had a net name for his big brother. Wu Lao said that these two characters had a sense of self portrait. "Of course not the image, it's the idea of the story." In
comics, the elder brother is tall and thin, with a nice face. The three strand of hair on the top of the head is an indicator of the old man's mood, which is plaster on the head in a flat day. Once angry or excited, the three hair will stand upright. The fat sister-in-law always wears a smile, her eyes are full of love.
"the source of the story is mostly my life experience, there are many emotions to express, I picked up the brush." Wu said that comics are more approachable and easier to tell stories. Most of his cartoons tell the story of the elderly from the perspective of the elderly.
each piece of work, from creative ideas to character composition, to drafts and manuscripts, Wu Guoliang has to pay a lot of painstaking efforts. A group of comics often takes four or five days.
in more than three years, he created more than 200 cartoons.
"a black chicken" led to the leading role of elder brother and fat sister-in-law, and he also named the series "the old two mouth". Among these works, his favorite story is "a black chicken", telling him a warm memory of his wife and children.
on the screen, the fat sister-in-law looks at the health program in the TV telling about the effectiveness of the black chicken, then says to her companion: "old man, I want to drink black chicken soup." Big brother smiled and said, "OK! I'll go and buy it. You wait." The big brother came to the market in the North District and was told by the stall that the black chicken was sold out. The stall owner also kindly reminded him that it was windy and heavy rain and hurried home.
but big brother missed his wife, or ran farther away to buy chicken in the southern vegetable market. He ran in the rain and found that there was nothing in the booth owner's business. When I got home, my brother, who was in the rain, apologized to his wife with embarrassment. "Black chicken didn't buy it and brought back a" drowned chicken. "
at the end of the story, the fat sister-in-law wiped the tears from her eyes, and Zhang Heying placed them on the wall many years ago.
the real story happened in July 2016. Wu Lao persisted in finding his black chicken for his wife in the rain. "The child did not find me, and finally I ran home in the rain. Though wet, I often feel warm when I remember that day. I remember the eyes of the old companion for a moment. There are complaints, pain, and love. There is a family member who is worried about his own happiness. " Recalling the story at that time, Wu quietly wiped away tears from his eyes. The love of vinegar, "giving up seats" is the second story told by Wu Lao, and it is also four caricatures. In the picture, big brother and fat sister-in-law sit on the bus. The big brother suddenly heard the dialogue between two young girls next to him, and he rose to give up the seat for the girl. When
returned home, there was a witty conversation between the fat sister-in-law and the elder brother. "Who is she?" "I don't know." "Who believes!" "believe it or not." "Why don't you know why your old man wants to give up his seat to a young girl?" "Hey, that's the case. I heard them talking just now. One said, 'you don't look good, you're tired from a nurse', and the other says' tired! I don't live for a day, and I really want to be sick at the moment. ''
Wu said that he knew the nurses' busyness and remembered that the old people gave seats to the young people in the news.
adapted drama is being staged in Wu Lao's studio. Besides comic books, there are more than ten scripts. Most of these plays are based on comics. Five of them were completed last year and staged on the small stage of the community. Now, he also has a "strike record" on the theme of anti - corruption flies.
in order to increase the sense of closeness and authenticity, the old works of Wu are not only derived from life, but also from the details of clothing, which are derived from life. "Walking on the street, I will be careful to watch, see good clothes, or some living scenes, things, it will be taken with a mobile phone, as a daily accumulation."