連環圖畫(亦稱小人書)是通俗而具有群衆性的藝術形式之一,它不但是一般少年兒童歡喜閱讀的恩物,而且是初學文化的勞動人民羣衆的精神食糧。全國解放以來,隨着文化學習運動的普遍展開,連環圖畫的出版事業也就蓬勃地發展起來。據最近初步調查,上海市一九五○年出版了六百六十三種,印行了七百六十四萬餘冊;一九五一年上半 The comic strip (also known as the comic book) is one of the popular and mass art forms. It is not only a kind of thing that ordinary children and children enjoy reading happily, but also the spiritual food for the working people of beginner culture. Since the liberation of the country, with the general launch of the cultural learning movement, the publishing of comic books has also been thriving. According to a recent preliminary survey, Shanghai published 663 kinds in 1950, and printed more than 764,000 copies. In the first half of 1951,