黄苗子先生是我国著名老漫画家、美术评论家,“蚁堂”是他的书斋名。但我无从知道黄老以此为斋名的典故,是书斋如蚁穴之窄小,还是人如蚁蝼之卑微,抑或是先生自谦?也许兼而有之。他是画漫画出身的,幽默是他的拿手好戏。平时在家他无大无小,与儿孙一律讲民主、平等。有一次在厨房 Mr. Huang Miaozi is a well-known old cartoonist and art critic in China. “Antsang” is his title of book. But I have no way of knowing Huanglaola as an allusion to this name, whether it is as narrow as a nest or as a humble man or as a gentleman, perhaps both. He is a comic origin, humor is his masterpiece. At home, he is usually big or small, talking about democracy and equality with his children and grandchildren. Once in the kitchen