My Cartoonist Guide

Two cups of boiling water were placed on the coffee table, and Wei Mao looked at Lu Yiming, who was sitting opposite, with a serious face.

"Teacher, do you think... the quality of "Full of Warm House" has become lower?" Wei Mao was full of suspicion. "I also read the rankings given by "Girls' Century". It is no different from the previous ones. It is basically the top three. The ranking of the first name."

"Sometimes, rankings don’t explain the problem... I know you must be suspicious of what I said, but, as an editor, I think "Full of Warm House" has been in the last few months-to be precise, the last interview After that-it is no longer so rigorous, and the quality decline is more obvious. There are actually many things about the store manager’s life experience and the reasons for running away from home, but you have ignored them. It was originally an image of the store manager’s entire character It's a pity to set up the opportunity.

"Love comics pay attention to personal design. Once the people are set up, readers can buy it. Isn’t love comics a popular'stock market' now? A sharp rise in a stock or a sharp drop in a stock will cause readers to argue. Why does it appear?' The situation of stocks? Isn’t it because the image of the character attracts readers?"

"You said, how should I establish a personality?" Wei Mao asked rhetorically.

"what?"

Lu Yiping initially thought that Wei Mao was joking with himself, but when he carefully looked at Wei Mao’s expression, he found that Wei Mao was serious. Only then did he remember that even though Wei Mao is very popular now, he is just a man who just created comics alone. A cartoonist who has only been two or three years old has not even a complete work.

Wei Mao really still has a long way to go if he wants to become a real popular cartoonist.

"For an example, I remember you watched "Y’s", right?"

Wei Mao nodded.

"Actually, many people ignored this cartoon, not only because it was the first cartoon drawn by Mr. Shen, but also because it won the "Newcomer Award" of the "Comic Festival", just because it was serialized in two time periods. Popularity has been severely affected."

"None of the best feature stories of the comic festival were very attractive, and ";DUNK" did not participate, let alone the newcomer award." Wei Mao sneered.

"Nobody is angry now! I remember that Ye Hexu and his "Hunting Abyss" together with Teacher Shen hit the newcomer award, and then the "Crime" jointly created by Su Han and Han Ye. What is the level of these two comics? Needless to say? "Y's" was serialized in second-tier magazines such as "NewWorld", and the result was overwhelming "Hunting Abyss" and "Crime". What do you think of this book?"

Wei Mao curled his lips, thought for a moment, and said bitterly, "This comic also has shortcomings. Basically, it talks about the protagonist Yigui and Iori, but I didn't say much. Not only Iori's parents did not appear. , Even Iori’s home hasn’t even come out... the perspective is single. And... I used to be... as a notebook."

"Indeed, these are the most criticized areas of "Y's", but these are also the characteristics of "Y's". In terms of scale, "Y's" is indeed relatively large. This must be admitted, but people of different ages are watching this movie. It’s also true that you see different things in comics. Also, the perspective of "Y's" is single, most of the shots are locked on Yigui, and there are very few shots with Iori as the main perspective. So, no matter where you are from On the one hand, this comic is not so friendly to female readers. But because the male protagonist is the first point of view, doesn't it just satisfy the male readers' longing for love?

"Back to the human setting... The first half of this book is mainly about Yigui's indecision in character, and Iori's own opinions on many things, but he is evading his relationship with Yigui. All of this, It broke out in the final ending. In order to protect Iori, Yi Gui fought with the villain and finally fell on the snow. Yi Gui's performance in this scene has nothing to do with'indecision', right?"

Wei Mao nodded, "Indeed, if you are an indecisive person, you should also hesitate."

"So, has this person collapsed?" Lu Yiping asked.

Wei Mao scratched his head. He had only watched "Y’s" once, and suddenly asked him to comment. He had forgotten many details.

"I'm telling you, it didn't collapse. In front, many boys gathered around the classroom, waiting for Iori to take promotional photos. Yigui took the broom and beat these people away. Similarly, someone wanted to sneak a photo of Iori and change his clothes. It was discovered by Yi Zhi. At a critical moment, Yi Gui rushed up by himself. Yi Gui was indecisive in character, but it did not mean that he had no blood and no bottom line.

"Similarly, at the end of "Y's", Yi Gui suffered a head injury and was in a coma. His classmates went to Iori and told her that the reason why Yi Gui was reluctant to wake up was because Iori in reality had already left. He left, but in a dream, and only in a dream, he can be with Yizhi. What does this mean? Yi Gui is evading reality, which is in line with the characteristics of indecision.

"Humans are complicated, and sometimes there is a contradiction between what they do and what they think in their hearts. If you want to reflect both of these things, this is the personality. If you simply tell the readers what they should do, This kind of comics is at best a big hit and can't become a classic. Just imagine, if Yigui hadn't worked hard for Iori many times before, wouldn't Yigui's last desperate effort seem too abrupt? People will collapse.

"Whether it is "Y's", "Gossip Soul", "Steel Refining" or "DN", there is its uniqueness in the character design. Now the hot ";DUNK", the same is true, not only the protagonist team has Character charm, people from other teams, also have their own characteristics. The total sales of China and District 11 have exceeded 100 million copies. This is not only the fastest comic to exceed 100 million copies, but also the comic with the fewest published volumes."

"But I haven't watched it yet..." Wei Mao said embarrassedly.

He is also a cartoonist. When he saw the whole network discussing ";DUNK", he also had a hint of jealousy in his heart-so many people blow this cartoon, I don't even watch it.

Besides, he is the author of a girl manga, ";DUNK" is a standard juvenile manga ~www.NovelMTL.com~ and he doesn't need to read it.

"That's really a pity. After all, the volume can reach 5 million volumes, and the domestic volume is nearly 3 million volumes. It is impossible to have no advantages." Lu Yiping sighed.

Wei Mao laughed embarrassingly. Even if Lu Yiping said so, he still didn't plan to change his attitude.

"By the way, Teacher Lu, I want to ask you one thing."

"what's up?"

"Judging by your 35 years of experience as the editor in charge, how much money can the author get for a comic book like "Full of Warm House" under normal circumstances." Wei Mao rubbed his hands and said bitterly.

"Look at the royalties. If it is 10% of royalties, looking at the royalties alone, it should be more than 2 million, about 3 million. Adding animation and other peripheral copyrights, it is estimated that it will be more exaggerated, perhaps more than royalties." Lu Yiping roughly Said his own judgment.

Wei Mao opened his mouth slightly. He was already quite struggling with 20,000 yuan, but he didn't expect that this comic could bring such a big profit.