An egg dreamed it was a rock.

"I often feel like I'm living in a dazed state, and those occasional flashes of electricity in my heart, those fleeting moments of clarity, have materialized into the sentences and images in this book."
The Egg Dreams It's a Stone is a collection of "comic poems," comprising 22 entries. "I thought that everything I see, think, and hear when I open my eyes every day is my immediate surroundings. These things envelop me as I slide through time, and I want to capture and present them." Wo Shi Bai skillfully combines images and text, creating a series of special graphic works. These "comic poems," consisting of only one or two sentences and one or two panels, are sometimes stories, sometimes emotions, sometimes boundless thoughts, and sometimes they point to ultimate questions of life. These "comic poems" all spring from the subtle details of life, yet they contain the power to shake the universe.
【Editor's Recommendation】
Wo Shi Bai's second officially published work, created over three years, is also his latest and most groundbreaking work. It has been eagerly anticipated by millions of fans across the internet.
Observing the "nearby" from an eye-level perspective, capturing the life perceptions and emotional currents of ordinary people in subtle details. The content is rich, the perspective is broad, resonating with readers and inspiring deep thought.
"Paintings created with poetry, poems written with paintings." The form is novel and interesting, and the content is short and easy to read. The author uses unique creative techniques, making the entire book full of ingenious ideas, ethereal and moving, and full of philosophical insights.
【Endorsement】
Wo Shi Bai's work is painting, poetry, and Zen. Inspiration lightly touches perception, and suddenly the nearby has life, and the world is no longer the same.
——Xiang Biao
Wo Shi Bai demonstrates the most refined comic magic: nothing happens when two panels are separated, but when they are placed side by side, the magic appears.
——Yan Chong
A rising star in alternative Chinese comics.
——Publishers Weekly
"Wo Shi Bai's drawings are layered and meticulous, making one feel both surprised and helpless about the absurdities of life, both real and imagined."
——Comic Bookshelf
"Wo Shi Bai's minimalist style invites us to project ourselves and our perspectives into these meditations on existence."
——ComicBook.Com
"Wo Shi Bai's comics are humorous and explore themes of the mundane and the fanciful. ...His comics are entirely monochromatic, minimal, and focused. He jumps between single and multiple panels, effortlessly constructing narratives. ...The ability to see the large in the small is undoubtedly the charm of Wo Shi Bai."
——It's Nice That
"Wo Shi Bai" is a pseudonym, and the artist's true identity has remained unknown throughout his artistic career, much like the Chinese comic master "Banksy." His work is full of keen wit and sharp social commentary. ...Wo Shi Bai's acute insight into paneling and composition also creates an incredible non-comic form—panels are often two per page, but each panel exists independently in what it conveys, rather than highlighting its position in a sequence like typical comics. He uses repetition and replication to evoke a feeling that is both unified and alienated in a single panel, thereby producing a similarly incredible effect.
——The Free Press
Wo Shi Bai's comics are not entirely sequential art, nor entirely stories; they are more like illustrative vignettes hovering between minimalism and abstraction. It's not surprising to learn that Wo Shi Bai is a professional illustrator, as his comics are beautifully rendered, possessing both the mathematical precision of a draftsman and the reflective thought of a philosopher.
——popzara

2025-06-01

广东人民出版社

Salt Salt Circulations, Yuefu Culture

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9787218157863