Mei Man: I drew Superman during the Great Depression

Chapter 64 Disney

Toy man, as Superman's regular opponent, Colin spent some thought when creating him.

Although, due to newspaper serialization, it is impossible to introduce the origin story of the toy man in the plot.

However, comics in this period generally did not have any decent origins.

Even if it is Superman as the protagonist of the comics, his Kryptonian origin is not complete, just use two or three plots and skip it hastily.

Readers don't seem to care too much about this. On the contrary, they care more about Superman's love story with Louise in the metropolis, fighting against evil villains to save the world.

In a way, readers during the Great Depression were the best audience for comics.

They have not been baptized by many comics in later generations, and they have no preconceived concepts.

Everything in "Superman" is full of novelty and attraction for them.

Just like the design of the toy man in the comics, how can such a character be placed in later generations, at most it will be positioned as a third-rate villain. There are almost as many villain designs as scientists like this.

However, for comic readers of this era, the role of the toy man is particularly interesting.

With a new villain on the horizon, The Courier once again broke last weekend's sales record.

In fact, this record has been constantly being refreshed. In order to cope with the increasing circulation of the "Courier", Ke Lin has purchased printing machines from more than one bankrupt newspaper. However, the "Courier" is still in short supply. This reader has written more than once to complain.

"Why, I still can't buy the Courier in the neighborhood I live in..."

"The greatest cartoon in the world, I hope the "Courier" can continue to be serialized..."

"...It was my childhood dream to be able to make toys move!"

"When I saw in the comics, when the toy people control the toy army to appear in the metropolis, even knowing that Superman is omnipotent, I couldn't help but sweat for him."

"Mickey, I saw Mickey's shadow in the army of toy people. I was shocked when I found out, because there is an identical Mickey doll in my home!"

That's right, in the latest issue of "Superman" comics, Colin also set up a little "easter egg" plot. In the toy man's toy army, there is a doll that looks very similar to Mickey Mouse, and it The shape of holding the rudder undoubtedly reproduces the classic image of Mickey in "Steamboat Willie".

The inspiration for the appearance of this character was just a random drawing after he read the report about Disney in the newspaper.

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Los Angeles, Walt Disney Studios.

"Hey, Walter, maybe you should take a look at this."

Roy Disney walked into the studio with a newspaper.

In the studio, Walt Disney is trying the latest film shooting technology invented by Technicolor. He put a black-and-white Mickey stop-motion animation in the center of the machine, and then printed the film through three-color printing technology. The animation is colored bit by bit.

Although in previous interviews, Roy Disney said that Disney will shoot the world's first color cartoon.

But in fact, the world's first color cartoon appeared as early as 1916. It was released by Paramount Company and drawn by Bray Production Company.Kate's First Appearance", the entire work is made in blues natural color process.

However, due to technical limitations and cost considerations, "Thomas.For a long time after Kate First Appeared, no one experimented with color animation.

It wasn't until 1930 that Universal Pictures filmed "The Jazz Singer" that Walter was interspersed in the film.Lanz produced color animation segments, and at that time, the animation in the film was using the dichromatic process.It wasn't until 1932, two years after "The Jazz Singer" was released, that the animation technology developed from the previous two-color method to the three-color printing technology, and Walt Disney moved to apply it to animation production.

In the dimly lit studio, Walter stopped what he was doing when he heard his brother Roy's voice, and turned his head back.

"What is it again, is it your latest interview in the newspaper, or the completion time of "Confused Symphony", if it is the latter, it may take a few days, not a week or so..."

"A week ago, didn't you just tell me that the 28th episode of "Just Dogs" (only dogs) is almost done?"

Hearing his brother Walt Disney's answer, Roy Disney couldn't help frowning.

"It's almost finished, but the rest will take a week to finish."

"Why, why can't it go according to plan, Walter."

Facing his younger brother's explanation, Roy suddenly felt his emotions welling up. Walt Disney is undoubtedly a genius in making animation, but in a certain aspect, his dedication to animation often makes the head of the studio Roy had a headache.

"Compared to these, you haven't told me why you came to the studio?"

Seeing that his brother Roy's anger began to rise, in order to avoid nagging, Walt immediately made a question.

"A newspaper in New York."

Hearing Walt's inquiry, Roy had to suppress his emotions, and handed the newspaper in his hand to his brother in front of him.

"It is said that its sales in New York are in short supply. If it weren't for the fact that the serialized content in the newspaper happened to be related to us, the other party would not have sent us the newspaper."

new York.

Hearing New York once in his brother Roy's mouth, Walter couldn't help frowning, and some bad memories emerged from his heart again.

Speaking of it, the birth of Mickey Mouse is precisely because of the influence of a trip to New York.

In 1927, Walt Disney Studios produced the "Oswald the Lucky Rabbit" series of animations, which received a good response after the animations were launched.Therefore, in February 1928, Walt Disney brought his wife to New York to find the publisher at the time, Charles Mintz, to discuss the renewal of the contract.

Walt's original purpose was to increase the price, but Mintz asked Walt to lower the price, and told Walt that he had bought most of the production staff of "Lucky Rabbit Oswald" and that he owned the "Lucky Rabbit Oswald" according to the contract. If Walt does not agree to the price reduction request, he can continue to produce "Lucky Rabbit Oswald".

During that trip to New York, Walt not only lost the copyright of "Oswald the Lucky Rabbit", but even most of the studio's animators were poached away.

This is undoubtedly a huge blow to Walt Disney Studios.

On the train back to Hollywood, the depressed Walt Disney had a sudden inspiration and created a cartoon character based on a mouse - Mortimer.

Later, after his wife's suggestion, Walt renamed the cartoon character Mickey.

And so far, Mickey Mouse has become a symbol of Walt Disney Studios.

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