reborn in america

At this time, the comics market in the United States was undergoing a drastic change in the 80s and [-]s, and the readership of comics began to be fixed and clear. Apart from the basic group of comics—teenagers, a group of real comic fans emerged.

This group of comic fans has gradually gathered, forming a force that cannot be ignored for the entire comic industry.At the same time, comic specialty stores also became popular, establishing outlets in every state and even every city in the United States, forming a sales network covering the entire United States.

With the rise of comic specialty stores, comic companies have another channel that does not need to go through newspapers and magazines, getting rid of the channel constraints of newspapers and magazines, reducing the cost of publishing comics, and at the same time increasing circulation.

This has also inspired many emerging comic companies to join in, making the comic content during this period more abundant and diverse. Although the old comic companies can already occupy a strong advantage by relying on classic heroes, the competition from latecomers is indeed true. put a lot of pressure on them.

In order to maintain market share or expand market share, comic companies have offered more attractive conditions to cartoonists, and even opened the copyright door to them, allowing them to enjoy part of the copyright, although compared with literary creation, comics at this time The share of copyright enjoyed by everyone is not large, but compared to the previous situation where copyright was completely excluded, it can be said to have made great progress.

Therefore, cartoonists also exploded with great enthusiasm, and many wonderful cartoons appeared one after another, and the entire cartoon market developed more rapidly because of this.

Cheng Yi chose this path as a test, firstly because the manga ability brought to him by the original body made him quite willing to try*; secondly, the failure to deliver the script, in addition to making him realize that Hollywood is not that simple , It also made him question his own English creation, and comics have very low requirements in this regard, which is very suitable for his needs.

However, although it has been decided to create comics, the content of the creation still needs to be carefully considered.

After all, today is the most prosperous era of comics development. Various high-quality comics have appeared on the market one after another. Even veteran heroes have undergone great changes in their storylines. Even his skin color can be darkened. It has to be said that the competition between them is extremely fierce, and it is not easy to kill blood.

What's more, Cheng Yi didn't have much contact with comics in his previous life. He knew more about comics because of animations, TV and even movies adapted from comics. In this life, even though he has the understanding and memory of comics in his original body, if he wants to create, Still have to plan carefully.

For example, DC heroes such as Batman, Superman, and The Flash occupy the mainstream in American comics, as well as Marvel heroes such as Captain America, Iron Man, and Hulk, plus Star Wars comics from Dark Horse Comics and the darker Hellboy and Evil. city ​​etc.

But if you think about it carefully, there are only superhero comics that are easy to operate and have a greater chance of success.Although they are too standard, there are reasons why the market chooses them.And if you choose a completely unfamiliar subject matter, firstly, few companies will accept it, and secondly, even if some companies are willing to accept it, it will be useless without a mature market to digest it.

It's just that how to design his own superhero comics can be accepted by the market and be welcomed by the market, which needs to be carefully considered.

First of all, the most important thing in a comic is the protagonist. When it comes to the setting of the protagonist, one must know the main target of the comic - otaku and nerds.There may be a few comic fans who are athletes, but most of them are like the original body that Cheng Yi crossed. They are thin and thin, obsessed with books, and their grades may be good, but most of them are sports idiots, and they are excluded and ridiculed in school. The friends he has are basically similar to him.

So it's good to use the original body as the prototype, and it's easy to talk about it if it becomes a reality.In addition, it is best to have a black friend who is kind and loyal, so as to ensure political correctness. You must know that in the United States, comics have been harmonized many times, especially in the 50s when Wittham listed the eight crimes of comics and almost sentenced him to death. The death penalty has been imposed, so political correctness is extremely important, not to mention that at this time, the black community has a full sense of existence, and even Hollywood has begun to implement black political correctness, and comics are no exception.

In addition, Cheng Yi wants to put the story timeline in which the protagonist is a middle school student, that is, his own age group. After all, his age determines that it is impossible for him to set the hero as an adult, and choosing a middle school student can use the original body as a matter of course. The memory can strengthen the rationality of the plot and reduce the difficulty of plot creation.

It is determined that the protagonist is a middle school student, so there must be a beautiful cheerleader, which is a standard configuration. You know which teenager in the United States did not have a beautiful cheerleader as an object of secret love in middle school in the United States?

Then there is the cheerleader’s boyfriend—the quarterback (or captain) of the school football team as the rival in love. The emotional entanglement between them can be used as the main line of the plot. , and who doesn't know the virtues of those American dramas that are popular among teenagers, basically choosing this emotional thread is a joy to hear and see.

Others, such as parents, ordinary friends, etc., are basically secondary characters. You don’t need to spend more brains to design the characters’ images and personalities. They can be arranged in a symbolic form, so that the plot design can be much simpler.

Cheng Yi thought for an hour, and simply designed these characters, as well as the personalities of the main and supporting roles, so that the first key point was solved.

Then, there is another important point for the success of this comic-the superhero's superpowers.

I have to say that this point is quite difficult to design. Although you can refer to other famous superheroes, it doesn’t matter if comic companies do this kind of behavior. For example, DC and Marvel in another world have borrowed from each other’s popular heroes.It's just that if a newcomer does this, basically what awaits him is the death penalty. You must know that popular comics have popular fans and fanatics.

Therefore, Cheng Yi must think of a novel, interesting, and can make readers think of it involuntarily - if I have this ability, it would be great.However, due to the needs of comics, this ability must be able to match the development of the plot.

Cheng Yi closed his eyes, went through all the superheroes he knew in his mind, and ruled out those who were obviously impossible. Several superheroes came into his sight—Spiderman, Ant-Man, Hawkman, Catwoman , Batman...

Well, the latter two are only related to animals in name, but in any case, with the addition of animals or villains of the biology department, it can be seen that humans are actually very interested in some abilities of animals.

Therefore, after some consideration, Cheng Yi decided to neutralize these, so that the protagonist's superpower is to borrow the abilities of various creatures for himself.

In this way, not only the protagonist has superpowers, but also increases the scope and plasticity of superpowers, and has more choices when fighting villains, making each plot more interesting and less likely to be the same.

Another advantage is that since the protagonist possesses the superpowers of various creatures, will the habits of those creatures whose abilities come from have a negative impact on the protagonist?If so, many conflicts and jokes in the comics are also resolved.

Thinking of this, Cheng Yi put down his pen, heaved a sigh of relief, and solved the two most important problems. This comic has been half-successful, and the rest cannot be solved in a short time.

Speaking of short time, Cheng Yi looked up at the wall and saw that the clock jumped to a quarter to six. He quickly packed his things and ran out of the library.

Cheng Yi hurriedly ran to the school gate, saw that Brett hadn't left yet, he breathed a sigh of relief, then walked over while panting slightly.

You must know that the school bus usually leaves after class, but first, it is too early and there is no one at home. Catherine disagrees with Cheng Yi going home early by himself. Some post-reading impressions or something.

In the past, when their father had never passed away, they used to be picked up and sent home by their father. Now that their father has passed away, they can only rely on Brett's classmates to help them get a ride. Fortunately, they are very happy and save the two of them. trouble.

So Cheng Yi will mostly wait for Bright to rub his teammate's car to go back. Although it is a bit embarrassing, it is better than walking for two or three hours by himself. Something is too much.