Is this cartoonist mentally ill?.

Chapter 22 This is a thought (Part )

In the penguin group of the previous "Magic City Science Fiction Hobby Group".

King of Force: "@理工男大 YES 也 男大 The comics you recommended are really good."

Zhou Wenwei had just gone to the newspaper kiosk to buy the latest issue of "Comic World Gogo" magazine when he suddenly felt his cell phone ringing and took out his flip phone.

He smiled happily when he saw the message from Aite, the King of Force in the group.

It’s such a great feeling to see the work that I recommend as Amway recognized by others.

He typed a reply, "Right, but are you just looking at it now?"

King of the Force: "Yeah, I just saw it on the magazine stand this week. I read the latest episode and thought it was pretty good."

King of the Force: "Especially the latest issue has his written interview. I really didn't expect that science fiction comics have such deep intentions."

King of Force: "Then I went back to look for the previous serials and read them from the beginning in one go. The setting is really good."

Zhou Wenwei was stunned for a moment when he saw the King of Force's reply. In this issue... there is a text interview with the author of "Edge Walker"?

And it’s very good, with a deep intention.

And as far as he knew, the King of the Force never paid attention to comics.

As a result, he actually followed all the previous serials of "Edge Walker" because of the latest serialization and written interview?
Photo of online dating show bird being cheated: "I watched it, and the setting is indeed very interesting, but the plot is a bit frustrating at the moment."

The man was so tired: "The plot opened with a lightning strike. There was no father and no mother. It shocked me."

The man is so tired: "But I think this plot arrangement is normal. It's quite realistic. It doesn't have the halo of the protagonist."

Black hole gravity: "I really like that heroine Lucy, hey, my wife is so pretty."

King of the Force: "Shit! That's my wife!"

……

Zhou Wenwei looked at the chat records where the group started joking, and immediately smiled, and then he returned home with the magazine.

After grabbing a can of Coke from the refrigerator, he sat down in his room and opened the magazine.

He first read the latest serialization of "Edgewalker". The title of this issue was "Joining the Gang".

Immediately following the plot of the last serial, Lucy really betrayed David, allowing Mann, Dorio, Pyrrha and others to capture David.

Their target is the military prosthetic body "Sianwistan" that has been implanted in David. It turns out that David's mother Gloria has quietly reached a deal with Mann.

Gloria steals the "Sianwistan" from the scene and sells it to Mann.

However, Gloria was already dead, and David did not know this, so he was directly stimulated by Katsuo, a classmate who bullied him, to implant the "Sianwistan".

Mann and others did not believe that David could control the powerful prosthetic body "Sianwistan", and David showed it on the spot.

In the end, because Mann owed Gloria some favors, he relented and chose to give David a chance to join their team and make money to pay off the debt.

At the same time, Arasaka Company discovered what was special about David, and asked Tanaka, the dean of Arasaka College, to invite David to return to the college and let David throw himself into the trap.

But David refused directly, and at this moment, Mann's first task for David to show his abilities and join the gang appeared.

"This is the end of this story."

The plot once again ended in an exciting place, but the plot direction was within Zhou Wenwei's expectation. "This serialization is too slow. I have to wait another week."

Zhou Wenwei said very irritably.

That's the bad thing about "Edgewalker". It's serialized in a semi-monthly format, which is not enjoyable at all.

It would be great if it was a weekly.

Or just wait until "Edge Walker" is released as a single volume, and then buy the single volume and read it.

But the setting and story of "Edge Walker" are so attention-grabbing that Zhou Wenwei simply can't stop pursuing the serialization and wait for the standalone book to appear.

"The Force said that this issue has a text interview with Edgewalker. Let's go and see what's going on."

Zhou Wenwei directly turned to the text interview side, and then saw the text interview about "Cyberpunk 2077: Edgewalker".

I saw the logo and mascot of Manga Culture with a bubble box drawn on its head:
"In this issue, we specially invited Mr. Qingshan, the comic teacher of "Cyberpunk 2077: Edgewalker", to answer the three questions that everyone wants to know most."

"First of all, the first question. Teacher Qingshan, what exactly does the cyberpunk in the title of your work mean?"

Below is a bust of David, which directly represents the cartoonist Aoyama who created "Cyberpunk 2077: Edgewalker".

I saw it written in the bubble box, "Cyberpunk is actually an English word - Cyberpunk, which is an English word formed by Cyber ​​and Punk."

Cyberpunk?

Cyber ​​and Punk?

As a man majoring in science and engineering, Zhou Wenwei naturally knew that Cyber ​​meant network and computer. He suddenly realized that it turned out to be a direct transliteration of the word.

But what is Punk?
"Cyber ​​generally means network and computer, but here Cyber ​​mainly refers to Cybernetics, which means control and governance, while punk is a music type popular among civilians in the West. It is a relatively rebellious music. Their music The mind is more inclined towards ideological emancipation and a sharp anti-mainstream stance.”

"So in my interpretation, the term cyberpunk means high technology and low life."

"Cyberpunk mainly means that in a world of extreme development and powerful capital, people have become insignificant creatures. Due to the development of high technology, the dividing line between humans and machines begins to disappear, and the development of artificial intelligence was born. A story about the conflict between thoughtful androids, artificial intelligence, hackers, and large corporations that control wealth, while marginalized characters use high technology to escape collective consciousness and achieve individual freedom."

"I see."

Zhou Wenwei suddenly realized.

Since then, his doubts have been lifted. It turns out that cyberpunk is a transliterated English word, and it is also a new vocabulary created by the cartoonist.

Next, he looked at the next question.

"Teacher Qingshan, may I ask what is the creative concept behind your work "Edge Walker"?"

This question is also very critical. Zhou Wenwei immediately looked at the answer Lin Qingshan gave next.

"The main thing is to look at the current science fiction works. They all highlight the power of future technology and the benefits and advantages of interstellar exploration. However, it seems that no one has thought about what will happen to the underlying individuals in the era of rapid technological advancement."

“So the cyberpunk I paint is about imagining the worst possible ending under the background of powerful future technology.”

"Technology, wealth and knowledge are completely in the hands of the upper class elites and capital companies. They will dominate the subsequent third and fourth world wars and divide the power of the entire world."

"The lower class people and individuals have completely become consumables and slaves. At the same time, the development of science and technology and material satisfaction have also led to a lack of spirituality and humanism."

"The essence of cyberpsychosis is not simply that the degree of transformation of the prosthetic body is too high, causing the nerves to be unable to withstand the erosion of the prosthetic body, but the pressure of the entire social environment and the weakness of the spiritual world, coupled with the degree of transformation of the prosthetic body. Too high, resulting in the consequences.”

(End of this chapter)