Characters
The main character of Boxers
Who is Bao?
Addictive drug introduced in China by Europeans.
What is opium?
Event that first represents conflict between Chinese natives and foreign missionaries
What is destroying Tu Di Gong?
The content of the panel that appears closest to the viewer
What is foreground?
Historical figure who presents herself to Vibiana in visions
Who is Joan of Arc?
Brought together China after the Warring States' Period and appeared to Bao in Boxers
Who is Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi?
The official name of the Boxers
What are the Righteous and Harmonious Fists?
City where the climax of the story takes place
What is Peking/Beijing?
The entire box or segment that contains the image and text frame
What is a panel?
A kung fu–related power given to Bao
What is mystic vision?
Shifted her perspective over the course of Boxers, even caring for wounded Christians in the end
Who is Mei Wen?
The Boxer Rebellion happened near the end of this century
What is the 19th century (1800s)?
Reason the Boxers avoid women, supposedly connected to corruption — a sustaining principle related to Daoism.
What is yin?
The space that lies between and separates panels
What is a gutter?
Mentor who represents Chinese nationalists who rallied support against foreigners at the start of Boxers
Who is Red Lantern Chu?
China's final dynasty
BONUS 100 points: The year the dynasty collapsed
What is the Qing Dynasty?
What is 1912?
What Bao does at the end of Saints to save his own life
What is praying/saying a prayer?
When an image goes beyond the borders of the page
What is bleed?
The figure in Boxers who is depicted similarly to Jesus in Saints
Who is Guan Yin (Goddess of Compassion)?
Who is Lu Pai?
U.S. instated this in 1899, stating all nations be given equivalent trading rights in China
What is the Open Door Policy?
In a moment shared in both Boxers and Saints, Father Bey smashes a cherished icon of this Chinese traditional deity in Bao's home village.
Who/what is Tu Di Gong?
Emphasis put on different elements in a frame or composition to create balance, hierarchy, or pull the eye.
What is graphic weight?
Jesus Christ, Master Big Belly, and others are each decorated by this extraordinary visual element at some point in the two novels — an element that signifies compassion and perception.
What is an eyeball?