1983 Past Life Manga King

“So I am worried. It would be difficult for my next project to be like this.”

Perhaps it is because the relationship with the magazine here may end.

“How many copies of our Weekly Boy Heroes are published these days?”

Jiro thought for a moment in response to the team leader’s sudden question.

“I know about 110,000 copies.”

“I heard that Shonen Jump has now surpassed 3 million copies, mainly focusing on Geun Gyun Man and Bukdu Kwon.”

As if envious of Yajima, he clicks her tongue and says. Then Jiro tilts her head.

“Isn’t Dr. Slump the most popular?”

“It’s popular, but strangely, after the anime aired, the number of books sold has dropped. Usually it’s the other way around.”

“Still, other works are doing so well. Well, thanks to you, you’re the only number 1 right now, it can’t be helped.”

“We should have at least one such monstrous cartoonist.”

“Iknow, right.”

The three of them sighed deeply.

***

“A character contract?”

I asked surprised. Then Jeon Sang-gil answered with a smile.

“okay. It’s a company called ‘Playbox’, and they said they wanted to put the notebooks that go into stationery and sketchbooks. They said they would give it depending on production and sales, but when I found out, they said it was a fairly successful company.”

“I got 500 for my first contract. You’re 30 percent, so it’s 1.5 million won, right?”

Saying so, he held out a bundle of cash.

Park Sang-sik looks at me with absurd eyes.

It’s the look of ‘Is this money I can accept?’

I’m used to this kind of cash too, but I couldn’t help but be surprised by the unexpected income. Still, it is because I did not think that such a character-related profit would already be generated.

In particular, considering the time period of 1984, it is natural.

Although it is unexpected, this man, Sang-gil Jeon, may have had talent as a salesperson rather than a cartoonist.

Thinking like that makes me laugh without realizing it. But you can’t smile to your face.

“Why are you looking at me with those eyes?”

“Yeah?”

“Eyes are smiling…….”

“Please. no.”

“okay?”

Eyes are fast

“You didn’t think it was surprising, did you?”

flinch.

This is a human ghost

“Yeah. In fact, I wondered how this contract could have been.”

“Didn’t you expect something like this?”

“Of course it is.”

At my words, Jeon Sang-gil leaned his back on the sofa and folded his arms.

“Actually, there were some phrases that used our character at will.”

It is the expression of many people who have a story to be proud of.

In this case, it is polite to add a little chuimsae.

“So?”

I’m curious, but even with a little bit of MSG to create an excessive expression.

Therefore, Jeon Sang-gil’s expression looks more exciting.

“I contacted the company directly and asked. There’s a story you once told me sometimes. What is that…”

He scratched his chin and clapped his palms together.

“Yeah, in the future, the secondary copyright or something is going to be important, so I tried a little bit. I have heard some stories from lawyers I know. Anyway, ah, I can’t remember this even after I wrote the contract. That’s right.”

Are you saying you’ve discussed this matter with this gentleman, a lawyer?

This is also surprising.

Anyway, thanks to that, it seems that I was eventually connected with a good company.

“Ah, and recently, a soccer-related company contacted me asking if they could use their company trademark. They say I’ll pay for advertising if I just let them appear in the manga, but I haven’t met them properly yet.”

Wow, until the PPL?

Aren’t you going to make great strides as a character businessman rather than this yangban cartoonist?

“By the way, when you realize that you can make money in this way, just like you said, you feel great all over again.”

“I think the teacher is the best. You look like a businessman while being a cartoonist.”

“Ahaha, I learned something from the management king you wrote. I’m sure there will be things I learn while drawing manga.”

It’s been a while since I laughed at myself.

Seeing him like that, Park Sang-sik laughed awkwardly.

Well, I’m smiling with a similar expression.

Anyway, it was nice to have an unexpected income.

“Oh, and yes. A flat-footed striker.”

“Yeah.”

“There is one attractive character among the characters here. A guy who sends a ghost-like pass from behind.”

“Ah, the midfielder Kok-cheon?”

“uh. I heard that this guy is surprisingly popular with middle and high school students.”

“···········?”

Why are you suddenly saying that?

Isn’t the character copyright story over?(Read more @ wuxiax.com)

“How about making a separate cartoon out of this?”

“Why all of a sudden?”

“Ah, that was a request for a serialization in a monthly magazine.”

“A request for a serialization?”

“okay. Maybe it’s because of the popularity of flat-footed strikers these days, and I got calls from Treasure Castle and Boys Middle School, and also from Boys Kyungyang, which was launched recently.”

“really?”

“okay. I can feel the popularity rising these days. I see a picture of a flat-footed striker once a day on the road. Of course, most of them sell stationery and sports related items.”

Still, I’m still in a good mood.

“Anyway, I’m doing this because of the serialization, but is there any room for the story? You don’t need a specific storyline, you can just write it in writing. I don’t even need a long story like that.”

No problem.

After all, it’s an extrovert story.

It is the story of a genius midfielder named Gok-cheon, who is not the main character, but the focus.

In fact, Tsubasa, the main character of the Japanese manga “Captain Tsubasa,” is also a midfielder. Thanks to this, it is a famous anecdote that the ridiculous thing happened when the midfielder overflowed after the explosion of popularity.

That’s how attractive the midfielder is.

So, the popularity of Gokcheon may be a natural result.

However, I am concerned that I have to work except for Park Sang-sik.

However, Park Sang-sik nods his head whether he agrees on the matter.

“Anyway, I don’t have much spare time these days.”

Come to think of it, Park Sang-sik is the busiest these days.

Although it is a monthly support, Kang Yong-cheol’s Orion’s leopard, Jeon Sang-gil’s king of management, and a flat-footed striker. And even the basic storyline of Samsara drawn by Seon-hee.

However, since we eat in the studio or at our house, we have enough time to spare.

But it’s me, my snout is always fluttering.

Of course, the part of the story… It’s strange that the story is well organized in my head to the extent that it’s a bit strange to myself.

“If that’s the case, let’s do it. It’s a monthly magazine.”

“Oh yeah. Thank you.”

I leaned back on the sofa, sipping my coffee and looking away.

Lee Dae-bong is sitting in his seat and shaking his head while listening to the music playing on the radio.

[Sunny! yesterday my life was filled with rain~][Sunny! you smiled at me and really eased the pain~]

I think I’ve seen a movie with the same title before, but hearing it here is new.

However, the eyes of the people in the studio who glance at Lee Dae-bong, who are obsessed with music, are not very good.

This hyung is really good too.

Still nodding his head and looking at Lee Dae-bong, who was writing something in his notebook, he shook his head.

“That bastard these days only listen to that song to see if he’s into that song. After all, he’s crazy.”

Saying that, the whole path was exhausted.

“That guy, these days, he’s been writing strange stories and his head hurts.”

“Yeah? What story?”

“Before, they brought in a story with a school setting. Looking at the contents, it was a story of children fighting with loyalty and other things. But what that kid is saying is that comics like this will become popular in the future.”

Having said that, he took a deep breath and continued.

“Oh, really. I’m still watching the manga review committee and what the parents are saying with my eyes wide open on a fictitious day. What do you mean by drawing something like that? Dissuaded me to kill anyone. Well, after reading it, it sounds like fun.”

“Wow, Daebong hyung, were you making a story like that?”

Park Sang-sik also turned to Lee Dae-bong with surprised eyes.

It’s surprising to see what you’re doing.

By the way, school violence?

As expected by Daebong Lee, it is not a genre that will be popular in the future. As the 90s pass, there will be quite a few published mainly in weekly manga magazines.

But not now.

As Jeon Sang-gil said, if the school is the subject of the story, and violence is the mainstream, then at least the comic books are a feeling of being burned at the stake. Of course, it will be difficult for cartoonists too.

Oh, by the way, if it’s Japan now…

Kazuhiro Kiuchi’s manga ‘Bebop High School’ must have been serialized in a young magazine for a while.

The manga became a huge hit, selling over 40 million copies in Japan. It must be very popular in Japan right now.

I heard that Daebong Lee sometimes lives in the alleys of Itaewon for Japanese comic magazines, but he was probably influenced by that.

“But now this child is tormenting me with another story.”

Now I get curious.

“What is it?”

“Food comics. Isn’t that funny? What fun is it to say that the main character only eats food in a cartoon?”

Jeon Sang-gil smiles with an absurd expression.

“Anyway, I want to take a peek inside that crazy guy’s head.”

However, I was surprised inside.

It’s me who already knows about the history of comics that will happen in the future, so I have a different point of view, but how can a person living in this era think like that?

Of course, ‘Master of Taste’ is currently serialized in Japan.

Still, I can’t help but be surprised at the ability to pinpoint the comics that will become the mainstream of an era like that.

Wow, looking back, there was a real story genius.

I turned to Lee Dae-bong with a surprised face, and I was still nodding my head and riding the rhythm to the music. And then it meets my gaze.

eating.

He raises the corner of his mouth and waves his hand.

If I didn’t do that, that handsome face would stand out a little more.

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Sunny (3)

Finally, the twins’ middle school graduation day.

Park Sang-sik looked at us and shouted.

“Come on, kimchi!”

Centering around the twins holding a bouquet of flowers, my mother and older sister are on either side, and I stand behind the twins and look at Park Sang-sik’s camera.

Kyung-hee and Seon-hee make a V with their fingers, and their mother and sister look awkward.

Park Sang-sik, who is about to take a picture, smiles instead of trying to take a picture.

“Come on, Mom and Jin-hee, smile comfortably.”

But then, there is a human who suddenly intervenes in our family.

“Let’s take a picture together!”

When Lee Dae-bong tried to intervene, Park Sang-sik shouted.

“Why is hyung in other people’s family photos?”

“I am like a family.”

“It’s a close family. Chin! family!”

“Can’t I do it for my own family?”

At that, my mother laughed.

“Mr. Gems is like a real family. This is a close family.”

“Uh-huh, as expected, your mother is the best. By the way, not Gems, but James.”

“Oh, I’m sorry.”

“Hurry up, brother. We can take this picture together next time.”

At the words of Park Sang-sik, Lee Dae-bong withdrew with a gloomy expression.

Then Park Sang-sik raises the camera again and shouts at us.

“Come on, stand up again. one two.”

“Kimchi!”

click!

As soon as the picture was taken, a different group of people gathered in front of the camera this time.

This time, it’s photo time with the studio family and the twins.

After my sister learned how to use the camera from Park Sang-sik, she takes on the role of filmmaker.

“one two”

click!

As soon as the sister took the picture, the three fishermen flocked to Seon-hee to congratulate her.

“Congratulations on your graduation, sir.”

“You two, work hard even in high school.”

“fighting!”