reborn in america

"How is the communication with those cartoonists?" Carl returned to his small office and asked some of his editors in charge. They usually contacted the cartoonists in the exhibition hall to discuss the progress of the plot.

"The cartoonists whose works may be cut in half have been notified. They expressed regret, but they will try their best to submit new works, but only Stern can guarantee to provide new works next month. In addition, Gary Burt said I will take a break for half a year to travel, and I will not start writing before I come back." Leder frowned, and said with some annoyance that he is very clear about the company's situation now, but this time the action is really too big, and the time given is not enough. Too small, in order to be able to fulfill the requirements of the editor-in-chief, a few of them are going crazy.

"Since Gary said so, let him go. The remaining few who have created new comics, you must follow closely at all times. If they don't have a clue, you remember to discuss with them in time, anyway, submit new works as soon as possible , We must review and revise this new work a week in advance, and try our best to ensure that at least one work can be released as a single book." Carl rubbed his temples and said firmly.

"Yes." Ryder reluctantly responded, he could foresee what kind of torture would be in less than half a month, and he was destined to have countless sleepless nights.

"In addition, what do you think of newcomers' submissions?" Carl asked again. Although he knew that they were able to submit new works before the deadline under heavy pressure, the main problem was not that there were no works, but that the works were too much. Mediocrity cannot satisfy the market, otherwise why would they bother to cut down many comics and launch new comics.

"We preliminarily ruled out those that did not meet the requirements of comics, and there are nearly dozens of new works by newcomers. I haven't read the specific content in detail due to the tight schedule." Leder replied, in fact, it cannot be said that the number of submissions is too small. The number of submissions is actually There are not many, but most of them can't be called comics at all, barely enough to be graffiti, and those that meet the comic standards, or reach the level of ordinary comic storyboards, are less than one-tenth of the total number of submissions.

"Send me all these works." Carl nodded. He also climbed up from the bottom editor. Naturally, he knows what is going on with these submissions, but at this time, he can only be a dead horse as a living horse doctor.

After all, relatively speaking, comics in the United States are really a niche niche. The total annual sales are at most a few hundred million US dollars, and the long-term profit can exceed [-] million, which is considered a very good year.And the royalties brought by a phenomenal novel to the writer can overwhelm the annual sales of the entire comic book industry, let alone a masterpiece like Harry Potter.

Coupled with the restrictions on the theme of comics, although countries in the 80s and [-]s no longer shouted at comics as before, the horror that was almost wiped out in the past still exists in the nerves of various high-level leaders. Positive energy, but generally speaking, Wei Guangzheng's superhero comics dominate the mainstream.

And the result of this is that the routine and homogenization of the entire comic industry is getting more and more serious, and the audience is gradually concentrated in fewer and fewer comic nerds and teenagers, so it is possible to come to the contributors with a slightly decent quality. Most of them are die-hard comics, so the quality is extremely mediocre, and it is difficult to produce wonderful works.

And this time Carl was able to get dozens of preliminary submissions, mainly because MV is the top comic in the United States. For some small companies, it would be good to have a few preliminary submissions a month.

However, although these dozens of works have passed the first level, Carl is almost drowsy after reading the plots in it. Because superhero comics dominate the mainstream, most of the fans of comics are superhero comics. Zhong, from this, you can imagine what kind of comics they will draw, but that’s all, after all, they mainly focus on superhero comics, but unfortunately, the plots in the submitted works are different from the existing superhero comics. The similarity of the hero plots is so high that he thinks he is watching a fan.

And those who can make him have this evaluation are actually pretty good among the submissions, and most of the rest are like a group of demons dancing wildly. Embarrass him.

Just when Carl was about to lose confidence after reading about two-thirds of the 'garbage' works, a comic called "Druid" appeared in his sight.

In fact, to be honest, the theme of this comic is old-fashioned, no different from the superhero comics on the market now, and I don’t know if it’s because of ability or other reasons, the comic is only better than the mirror draft, and it’s so crude that I can’t bear to look directly at it.

But compared to the advantages of this work, these shortcomings are almost negligible-the theme is cut quickly, the plot design is natural and smooth, and the suspense between each episode is extremely good, which is very attractive to follow up.

In addition, the language style of this work is playful and funny, and the fighting is much more exciting than most superhero comics on the market today. I know what is called oriental martial arts. In short, it looks dazzling, which is much better than the simple moves on the market.)

You must know that when the company restarted "Night Devils", the cartoonist Johnny Holt deliberately innovated on the martial arts scene to make the comics more appealing to teenagers, and this was indeed a success, and it was promoted to other superhero comics superior.

But since several senior painters in the mv, especially Johnny Hall and the screenwriter who has worked with him for many years left, although the remaining painters tried their best to imitate their comic style, there is obviously a big gap between the two , is difficult to achieve in a short period of time.

Although the comics in Carl's hands are not up to the level of Johnny Hall, but with another style of painting, the whole fighting scene looks thrilling and full of blood, even if the comics sent are artificially reduced by a large amount of background , but it still makes readers excited.

"This is a genius. Although we don't know how he did it, we must get him!" Carl read the short five-episode cartoon three times, and then said to himself.

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Not to mention what happened to the mv comics company over there, Cheng Yi, who had waited for more than a week without reply, had no hope for the works he delivered, and was a little annoyed in his heart. The background simplifies the overall structure.

But no matter what, it is useless to regret it now. The only thing he can do is to read the book carefully and take the exam in the later time. Although he is not too worried about mathematics, literature and history are really important to him. It was a mess, plus I was perfunctory in order to draw comics before, which wasted a lot of time, and I had to grind my guns in the end.

You must know that their school is a standard private middle school, and there are not many goodies in it. If he accidentally fell to the bottom position, it would be too embarrassing. Disgraceful.

But having said that, the American high school summer vacation is really unbelievably early. It is not until the middle of May, and they have to prepare for the end of the semester. Compared with China, which starts in July, it is really frighteningly early.

Thinking of cross-country cross-country trek to another state in the near future, Cheng Yi's head began to ache just thinking about it, and what's even more frightening was that he was about to face a new environment, which was really frustrating for him who was an otaku. A huge challenge.

Having said that, since the end of the period is approaching and the matter of moving, Cheng Yi hasn't started to draw manga since that family meeting. Another setback really made him a little bit unmotivated, but he didn't know Surprisingly, soon he will be 'forced' to start his comics 'career' again.