Original Title 寻谣记 Author anusman Language Chinese Pages 358 Published Neverend October 2020
A documentary graphic novel about a journey searching for the old nursery rhymes that have nearly been forgotten. After deciding to launch a project about collecting and singing old nursery rhymes, the protagonist, Xiaohe, and his friends embarked on a long journey of searching. They met all kinds of old people: Aunt Li, who lived through the war; Aunt Wu, who changed her destiny for herself through the national college entrance examination (GaoKao), and so on... Xiaohe has noticed that despite old age and the ups and downs a person has experienced, no matter how many cities he has traveled to, he can easily recall those old rhymes of his childhood; they always bring up warm memories.
- Based on the true story of the “Searching for the Rhymes” Project
- Illustrated by the highly acclaimed artist anusman
- Memoirs of 9 elderlys, 20 old rhymes revived
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Xiaohe/小河, formerly known as He Guofeng, was born in Handan, Hebei in 1975, and is the third son of Tian Qiaoyun and He Ping. Xiaohe is a real person and the protagonist of this novel. He is a very experimental folk singer, the lead vocalist of a Chinese folk band, “Glamorous Pharmacy”, a music producer, the founder of the Yan Er Wen Hua, and the initiator of a series of musical projects. Wang Shuo (anusman) was born in Liaoning in 1984 and currently lives in Beijing. He is a comic artist and a comic critic, and he studies independent comics. After completing his bachelor’s degree in copperplate etching at Tsinghua University, he went to France to study for five years. During his studies in comics at the European School of Visual Arts in Angouleme, he published his book "aLa bande dessinée muette d'Anusman". In 2017, he graduated with a Ph.D degree from the Central Academy of Fine Arts School of Design, Beijing. Now he is teaching comics at the Animation School of the Beijing Film Academy. His other works: Eleswhere, Kinakaal Forlag, Bergen, Norway, 2019 Mr. Doors, New Star Press, Beijing, China, 2017 Lesson of Comics-New Language, Paper Frame, Hong Kong, 2017
漫画家王烁的半虚构式图像小说 一场在公园的漫游，只为寻找时代的童谣。 聆听故人的低语，唤醒共同的记忆。
决定发起一个以唱童谣为主的活动之后，主人公小河与朋友走上了漫漫的寻谣之路。他们遇到了形形色色的老人，有经历战乱的李阿姨，有通过高考改变命运的吴阿姨，还有……在寻谣的过程中，他发现，一个人，无论年龄有多大，经历过多少风雨波折，走转过多少座城市，童年时常挂在嘴边的那些童谣，总是能够随时唱起，并带来点点温暖记忆。不曾想，这场寻谣之旅终有关于一个时代的微小印记，一个民族的波澜历史，一个城市的零落记忆和一个人的短暂一生。
“童谣没有消失，只是童谣中的诗意和美消失了”让童谣回响，演耳文化独家授权，根据音乐人小河发起的“寻谣计划”真实故事改编。《门先生》作者、漫画家王烁（anusman）全新图像力作以文代歌，以画代诗，开启漫漫画中寻谣路，寻找记忆中的老童谣。古朴细腻的笔触、质朴直白的叙事，带来读故事、唱童谣新感受。 看见9位“被忽视的人”，珍藏20余首“濒危”童谣。记录9位老人的真切回忆，从细枝末节处感受时代故事，聆听老童谣。 跟随真实记录走入“寻谣计划”北京站。众多音乐人、漫画家联袂推荐 |阿雅|btr|高虎|胡晓江|陆晨|莫西子诗|孙孟晋|谭维维|万晓利|我是白|小老虎|小龙花|烟囱|有待|一鸣|张尕怂|张玮玮|钟立风|周云蓬|左马“爱是另一番景象。当小河在公园走向那些陌生的人们，听着他们即将被淡忘的歌声和故事；当他坐在长椅上，看着售卖机灯光下的老人和年轻恋人，那时他心里宽广，万物同在。”——张玮玮（音乐人）
“寻谣计划”与《寻谣记》
发起于2018年“胡同童谣”旨在挖掘北京本地的老童谣，让老童谣发出新声。北京站结束后，“胡同童谣”正式更名为“寻谣计划”。这是对全国范围内的老童谣进行挖掘、新编的音乐计划，也对当下文教环境、音乐应用中大家共有的疑惑作出的反应与实践。随着一代代老人的离去，一首首老童谣也在消失，找到即将消逝的它们，并以今天的方式唱响、传承，是件刻不容缓的事情。
《寻谣记》的诞生，也是基于这样的想法，我们都希望童谣能以更多元、现代的方式留存、传唱。“寻谣计划”并非仅限于“民间调查”与“田野录音”，通过童谣，让老人、孩子和年轻人之间发生自然而美好的连接；通过童谣，为主流与边缘人群及文化提供有机的互动场域；通过童谣，也将有效地传承中国文化与音乐中的诗意与美。
目前，寻谣计划已经走过北京、长沙、杭州、上海、古劳水乡五地，搜集到当地童谣几百首，改编童谣歌曲近50首。
作者简介
小河，原名何国锋，1975年生于河北邯郸，为田巧云和何萍所的第三个儿子。小河是《寻谣记》的主人公，也是真实存在的人物。他是极具实验色彩的另类民谣歌手，是“美好药店”乐队主唱，是音乐制作人，是演耳文化的创办者，是“音乐肖像”“回响行动”“寻谣计划”的发起人。
乐队专辑：《请给我放大一张表妹的照片》《脚步声阵阵》《红水乌龙》《虚构》个人专辑：《飞得高的鸟不落在跑不快的牛的背上》《身份的表演》《傻瓜的情歌》《小河配乐作品集》《回响》《五》
王烁(anusman)，一九八四年出生于抚顺，现居北京。漫画家、漫画评论者、研究独立漫画的人。清华大学美术学院版画专业毕业后赴法国留学五年，获法国安古兰欧洲图像学院漫画硕士，期间出版《anusman的无字漫画1&2》。回国后于中央美术学院教书并获得博士学位，现为北京电影学院动画学院漫画专业讲师。代表作：《寻谣记》《漫画课：漫画新语》《门先生》《门当弗对》
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