1983 Past Life Manga King

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Didn’t I say it was a short story?

“The serialization in Boys’ Kyungyang has been confirmed! The popularity of the short manuscript I sent this time was so high that the serialization decision was made.”

“Really?”

When Park Sang-sik asked in a surprised voice, Kang Yong-cheol smiled and nodded his head.

“okay. 3rd place in the reader’s postcard popularity poll. Readers are furious that they want to see the next part. That’s why the publishing house has asked me to officially publish it.”

Like Park Sang-sik, I couldn’t help but be surprised.

Even though I thought the level of perfection was high, I never imagined that the serialization would be decided suddenly.

Actually, 3rd place in the popularity poll would be enough, but the serialization would not have been decided unless a vacancy suddenly appeared.

It seems that luck followed.

And since this short story leaves room for a sequel to some extent, serialization is possible.

“Is this really a dream or a birthday?”

Kang Yong-cheol is pinching his cheek.

Isn’t that pinching too hard? The ball is turning black because it is not red.

Well, the sentiment is understandable.

It will be the happiest moment for Kang Yong-cheol now than ever, as the monthly magazine’s first short story debut and serialization were decided at the same time.

In the meantime, I was alone in my room with no work, and focused only on painting, and because of the slow speed, I was not recognized for being a great painting.

This is a time when a lot of comic magazines are popping up.

Thanks to this, there are several kinds of monthly children’s magazines, so the work of cartoonists has increased compared to before. But it’s still not that big. Still, the main trend is scripted comics.

As a result, the most necessary ability for cartoonists at this time was how quickly they could create a manga.

Monthly magazines have the advantage of having a lot of free time, around 20 pages a month. However, the interval between the books is too long, so even though the content is interesting, it has the disadvantage that it may disappear from people’s memories. Thanks to that, popularity doesn’t help either.

And the biggest problem is that the money comes out because I only work on 20 pages a month. It would be difficult to run a studio with that money.

Although comics are published when they exceed the volume of one volume, it takes a considerable amount of time to publish comics as a monthly series.

About one book per year.

Therefore, it is difficult to expect this.

After all, if you are a typical cartoonist, unless you work alone, you have to publish three or four more serials. Or draw a script small manga.

Well, that’s the truth. Anyway, it’s enough to be happy now just by escaping from the worst possible situation. It will be similar to that feeling when a high school student finally passed the 9th grade civil service.

Of course, the civil servants of this time are not as desperate as the civil servants of my time.

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That dream, I’ll help you (4)

“Yoon Hwan-ah.”

Kang Yong-cheol calls

“Why?”

“When the serialization begins, can you help me a little with the story?”

I’m cautiously asking if it’s because I’m worried about the story.

Of course it would be.

Because you cannot satisfy the expectations of publishers or readers with your own storytelling skills.

“Well, if it’s just dictation.”

It’s a monthly magazine, so it’s okay if it’s just about thinking about and talking about stories together.

“That is enough. Because I can do the conti by myself. And since the drawings are only about 20 pages a month, one person is enough. Of course, I will reduce the manuscript fee by 20% to your share. I know I should give more, but please take a look.”

“Okay. Oh yea, about the second copyright…”

“I know. Because I heard it from Park Sang-sik. I will write you a contract.”

“Okay then.”

“By the way, is there any way for me to make money with the second edition?”

“That’s something you don’t know.”

In fact, about 30% of the original story manuscript fee is reasonable if you do it yourself. However, I’m not going to do any storytelling and I’m just going to talk about it, so 20% is enough.

In fact, after deducting 20% ​​of the manuscript fee, which is not much, there is not much left.

Luckily, it’s a monthly magazine, so there’s a little bit of room for speed, but it’s not that much money, so it’s obvious that living expenses will be tight.

It’s okay if you sell comics anyway, but it takes at least 10 months to make one book to make a book with a monthly delay.

At least five years have to pass before the weekly comic strips become active, so there is nothing we can do. However, it is not something I can do for free.

“Heh heh heh.”

However, there is no need to tell a depressing story to a person who is touched like that.

*

next day.

I went straight to Itaewon.

I couldn’t find the book I was looking for for a while, so I ended up having a book that I had requested through a foreign book seller here.

I stopped by a bookstore specializing in poor foreign books.

“Oh, come on. This is the book you mentioned, right?”

“Yeah. That’s right.”

I am excited to check out the book.

I thought it was hard to get it back then, but I’m glad I was lucky enough to get it through a book bundle award that travels back and forth between Korea and Japan.

I paid the extra balance and got the book.

I paid the advance payment before ordering, but I couldn’t help it because it was a little different. This is the time, this is the time However, I cannot go and buy it separately.

Anyway, after purchasing the book, I wandered around Itaewon looking for other books. Luckily, I also found a few Japanese weekly manga magazines for boys.

In fact, I couldn’t find Boy Jump because it was a time when boys’ magazines were a little better than Boy Jump.

Then I stopped by Kang Yong-cheol’s studio again. Because today I received a call asking me to visit the studio.

Thanks to you, it was already dark when I got home.(Read more @ wuxiax.com)

“Are you here now?”

“Huh.”

“Have you not eaten yet? It’s all over, so wait a minute. There is warm water, so wash up.”

“Huh.”

The briquette water heater tank is full of hot water.

Once you enter the room, Kyunghee is sitting in front of the TV. But next to Kyung-hee, a cat is eagerly eating something.

I haven’t seen you for a while, but it seems like you’re back.

“What about Seon-hee?”

“garret.”

“Oh. this.”

When I hold out the plastic bag, I accept it and check the inside.

“Wow, is this a human market?”

“You sang because you wanted to read it.”

“Hehe thank you.”

Kyung-hee takes out the book and hugs her tightly to see what she likes. Then he immediately rolled his eyes and came up to me and said quietly.

“Oppa, by the way, keep this a secret from your sister.”

“Why? It’s not expensive either.”

“No, not like that. The content is violent and they nagging a lot.”

“okay. okay.”

“Thanks.”

I haven’t read the human market either, but I know roughly what kind of writing it is. However, it is a story of a protagonist who punishes social evils. For a girl who will be graduating from middle school now, it means a lot of stimulation.

But Kyung-hee is now a high school student, so she’s not too young to even think about it. In addition, the human market itself is not a problem because it is the story of a man named Chang Chong-chan who fights against social evil.

In fact, when you reach high school, you need to know what the world is like.

On the other hand, I don’t think I’ve done much.

Because I was just an idiot who only knew cartoons.

Anyway, leaving Kyung Hee whom I like so much, I knocked on the attic door and went up.

Seon-hee sits at a crippled desk as usual and is absorbed in something.

Come to think of it, the ink has also been changed to ink suitable for comics, and the nib seems to have been changed to something that is usable, although it is not for cartoonists.

After watching Seon-hee for a while, he suddenly held out a white envelope.

However, I am still immersed in the drawing because I have not yet noticed that I have uploaded it.

“It’s Seon-hee.”

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Then the hand that was moving hard stopped.

“Come on, take this.”

As she gently shakes the envelope, Seon-hee makes a strange expression.

“What is this?”

“Yongcheol hyung, I got money from a publishing company. He told me to tell you.”

“······Thanks.”

Seon-hee’s little hand, holding the envelope, was trembling slightly, perhaps because it was the first money he had earned.

“Oh, and this one too.”

I tapped and pointed at the plastic bag I had placed on the floor.

“Luckily I got it.”

Seon-hee picks up the plastic bag with puzzled eyes, looks inside, and immediately takes it out.

One large and thick comic book, and one general comic book.

Both are original books that have not been translated into Japanese monographs.

“This is a manga written by Japanese author Katsuhiro Otomo. ‘Akira’ and ‘Dongmong’. Looking at your picture, it reminds me of a cartoon. I thought it might be helpful to you, so I placed a separate order, and it came in today. Well, I was lucky anyway.”

Seonhee opened the book while listening to my explanation and stopped as if frozen.

There was an earthquake in the pupil as if it had been properly impacted.

I have to do it.

At that time, the appearance of Katsuhiro Otomo, the master of cinematic directing and realistic depiction, was a shock in itself in Japan.

Dongmong, which depicts the battle of superpowers between a girl and an old man, is a new book published in August 1983 as a single-volume book with 100 pages added to the 134 pages serialized from 1980 to 1981.

In particular, the hat worn by the villainous old man with psychic powers in this cartoon is famous for being a homage to the hat worn by Arare of ‘Doctor Slump’ that came out later.

Later, this manga will not be published again because the author Otomo does not allow it, so it will become a very valuable comic book over the years.

And in the case of Akira, which is so famous, it was serialized from 1982 to 1990.

It is now the end of 1983.

In the case of Akira, the serialization is still in progress in Japan.

Akira was later made into a theatrical anime in 1988 and became a cyberpunk anime legend. He is also famous for his influence on Terminator 2’s Judgment Day and The Matrix.

In fact, he asked for the work of Moebius, a French cartoonist who influenced Hayao Miyazaki and Katsuhiro Otomo, but the dealer said he couldn’t find it.

Come on, it’s not an easy-to-find book.

Anyway, it is understandable how he feels now that he is looking at Seon-hee, who is still dreaming and doesn’t say anything. At this moment, perhaps, all the cartoons you’ve ever seen (only in terms of pictures, of course) seem like garbage.

A battle of superpowers that takes place in an old apartment complex.

From detailed pictures of collapsed buildings to realistic battles.

Perhaps Seon-hee is experiencing the most shocking moment of her life right now.

I quietly looked at it and came down the attic.

***

December has come to an end and the new year of 1984 has dawned.

Are you turning 22 here?

Even so, he is still three years younger than before.

It’s not like there’s any particular difference though.

By the way, the first 10 volumes of ‘Flat-footed Striker’ have finally arrived in our local comic book store.

However, the advertisement poster was not attached because the cartoonist’s name value was low.

If it was the work of a famous cartoonist like Lee Yeon-se, Park Yong-seong, or Ko Young-seok, the new poster would have been pasted in the most visible spot as soon as it came out. No, even if it was one grade lower than that, it would normally have been attached when a new one came out.

However, as expected, the name Jeon Sang-gil is still just a joke in the scriptwriter industry. Of course, it’s natural to see that I can’t even remember a lot of 80’s cartoons, even though I’ve watched them a lot.

There are two manga rooms nearby, and the situation is the same for both.

Even if you go inside and look at the reaction, the atmosphere is still not like this.

As he left the manga room, Park Sang-sik scratched his head and tilted his head.

“uh? No response?”

“I don’t know yet.”

“Is that so?”

Having said that, I was also a little nervous.

***

The door rattles open and middle and high school students rush into the manga room.

These are the children who were taking supplementary lessons during vacations at a nearby school.

“Madame! Do you have flat feet?”

“Oh, I’m reading over there right now.”

“Is there only one?”

“I took three. But are you watching it all now? Wait a minute, I’ll ask the people watching.”

“Please from me. Because I came first.”

“I came in a little earlier.”

“no it’s not.”

At that time, one of the people reading the book scolded me.

“Oh, you bastards, aren’t you quiet?”

“Aww, I’m sorry.”

Having said so, the hostess immediately gives attention to her children.

“If you don’t keep quiet, I will kick you out. Come on, there’s a number plate here, so grab it and wait.”

“·················ogue.”

After handing out numbered tickets to the children, they go straight to the people reading the book.

“Have you read the first book?”

“It is, but…”

“I’ll give you a poppy cookie, so take a look.”

“I know.”

The lady of the comic book store, who hastily rolled up the book, immediately checks her number plate, hands it over to her children, and receives the money.