Mei Man: I drew Superman during the Great Depression

Chapter 148 Exclusive Publication
After leaving the Polo Stadium, Ke Lin returned to the newspaper office smoothly.

Looking at the direction the car was driving away from, he felt a little regretful in his heart.

Originally, I thought that Luciano would have some arrangements on the way, who would have thought that the other party would send him back without incident.

It can only be said that as expected of Luciano, he was indeed 'lucky' and of course careful enough.

Shaking his head and looking away from the back of the car, Colin turned and pushed open the door of the newspaper office.

bang-

With the sound of pushing the door outside, everyone in the newspaper office raised their heads one after another.

"Good morning, Mr. Colin."

Stopping the paintbrush in his hand, Jacob greeted Colin in front of the workbench.

Stepping to his desk, Colin picked up a letter on the desk, glanced at it, then raised his head and nodded to the workers in the newspaper office: "Good morning, gentlemen."

"A new issue of Courier Comics is out..."

When Colin sat down, Harry Donnelfield came to him with the latest issue of "Messenger Comics".

Reaching out to take the comic book in Harry's hand, Colin flipped through the contents.

With the success of "Messenger Comics", the number of picture albums issued has basically stabilized at around [-] copies per issue.

This is an astonishing number for any publishing house.

This means that in New York alone, five out of every seventy people bought the "Messenger Comics" published by the newspaper, and this is not counting piracy.

At present, the content published on "Messenger Comics" is mainly based on the serial reprinted plots on "Messenger Newspaper".

Although this saved a lot of effort, it was still a bit too slow for Colin, whether it was the collection of [Faith] or the ability improvement of those still at the [Black Iron] level.

Therefore, after a little thought, Colin had a rough idea.

"Currently, the sales volume of "Messenger Comics" has basically stabilized, but the popularity of "Superman" is far more than that. Maybe we should try to develop new comic books and print a quarterly magazine dedicated to "Superman", so that those who missed Readers of the Courier-Journal and Courier Comics will be able to read about the superhero in Superman Quarterly."

"A publication dedicated to Superman?"

In this era, publications like Messenger Comics are an innovation in themselves.

And the publication that Colin said is exclusive to Superman is a step further on the premise of "Messenger Comics".

Of course, those who are familiar with the sales methods of later generations will know that this so-called exclusive publication is actually just peripheral marketing in a different way.

Once the quarterly issue is released, Superman will also become the first hero in the history of superhero comics to have his own exclusive publication.

"Yes."

Nodding his head, Colin's thoughts on the "Superman" quarterly are of course not limited to reprinting the original printed serials to make money.

In this case, it is no different from the first issue of "Messenger Comics".

In this reprinted Superman-exclusive publication, he intends to add two pages of new origin stories to complete the background of Superman’s origin that was hastily skipped in the previous newspaper serials, so that the background of Superman’s setting is more complete and tends to his own. Familiar plot direction.

Harry did not object to Colin's decision to produce a Superman-exclusive publication. On the contrary, he also thought it was a good idea.

After all, the best-selling of "Messenger Comics" has proved the potential of "Superman".

Even if the sales volume of the quarterly magazine is not as huge as "Messenger Comics", the circulation of [-] to [-] copies can still bring a lot of money to the newspaper.

"Then what's the name of the quarterly magazine?"

In the newspaper office, after listening to Colin's description, Harry couldn't wait to ask.

"Superman."

Since it is a publication dedicated to Superman, it naturally does not need to be named by other names. The name Superman is enough to represent everything.

After finalizing the "Superman" quarterly issue, Harry began to prepare for related work.

Including the contact of the printing factory and the arrangement of the newsstand are all things he has to consider.

Fortunately, the best-selling of "Messenger Comics" has laid a good foundation for it. I believe that under this, Harry should be able to arrange everything soon.

The work of publishing the quarterly magazine was handed over to professional people. In the newspaper office, Ke Lin finally had time to open the letter and read the contents.

Tear open the envelope, pull out the letter paper inside, and browse through the contents.

The owner of the letter is from Disney Studios.

The main thing is to tell him that Disney's first color animation "Flowers and Trees" has been produced and released not long ago. Unsurprisingly, Hollywood responded enthusiastically to such an animation film made with color film technology. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences expressed great interest in the technology used in the short film, and in order to thank Disney for its efforts in animated films, it has been confirmed that it will award Walt with a special Oscar.

This is undoubtedly an affirmation for Disney.

In the letter, Walter also expressed regret that Colin could not enjoy the premiere of "Flowers and Trees" with them in Los Angeles.At the same time, he was also informed that most of the animation production of "Mickey and Superman" has been completed. When the animation is completed, Colin must come to Los Angeles to watch this linkage animation.

It has been several months since Colin and Disney talked about the linkage animation, and it has also been a while since Mickey's serial appearance in the "Messenger".

The animation of "Mickey and Superman" has only been completed for most of the time, which is enough to prove the difficulty of animation production in this era.

In particular, Disney still adopts the currently immature color animation technology, which greatly delays the completion of the animation.

Therefore, even in Walt's letter, he informed Colin that most of the animation of "Mickey and Superman" has been completed.

He didn't feel the slightest turmoil in his heart, because it was very likely that the remaining half of the animation in Walt's hand would take several weeks or even more than a month to complete.

Of course, no matter what, the smooth production of the "Mickey and Superman" linkage animation is good news for Colin.

After all, this will be Superman's first big-screen movie appearance.

Even if it's just in the form of an animated short, the thought of Superman in the comics moving is enough to surprise people.

Moreover, the release of animated short films is not limited to Hollywood cinemas. There are also a large number of cinemas in New York City for short film screenings.

I believe that readers who like Superman will never miss the scene of witnessing Superman taking off in the cinema.

　Thank you for the 100 starting point coins tipped by the old friend Liushang.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)