American comics: I drew Superman during the Great Depression

"Sir, if you go to the restaurant, you can say my name... Girls, too, use my name to get a discount..."

When the taxi arrived in Hollywood, Colin held his hat with his left hand and picked up the suitcase with one hand and got out of the car.

On the other side, the driver poked his head out of the driver's seat and reminded him with some reluctance.

"If I have time."

He nodded to the 'enthusiastic' taxi driver.

Colin quickened his pace and entered Hollywood along the coast of San Pedro Bay.

Looking up, a line of white big words "hollywoodland" can be vaguely seen on the hillside in the distance.

In fact, this is an advertising billboard set up by a construction company to promote the newly built residential community. However, with the occurrence of the Great Depression, the construction company went bankrupt, and the billboard was no longer taken care of, so it gradually became deserted. Until later, it was valued by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, and the last four letters were removed and the letters on the top were repaired.

It became the "Hollywood" logo that the public later knew and was protected by trademarks.

In other words, "Hollywoodland" at this time is completely unattended.

I wonder what would happen if I bought this logo?

Colin's eyes were withdrawn from the white letters on the hillside, and this thought flashed silently in his mind.

He restrained the thoughts in his mind and continued to walk in.

Soon, he arrived at his destination, the Walt Disney Studios.

"Welcome, Mr. Colin Luper."

In front of the studio, Luo Yin Disney, who had been waiting early, welcomed him and introduced his brother, the famous Walt Disney family, to Colin.

"Mr. Luper, your "Superman" impressed me deeply."

He stepped forward and shook hands with Colin, and Walt smiled and explained his shock at the idea of ​​Superman.

"Your "Steamboat Willie" also gave me the same feeling, Mr. Walt."

Although, for Colin, who shuttled between the positive and negative worlds, the Disney animation that had just started at this time was far less exquisite than that of later generations.

However, as a pioneer of sound animation, Steamboat Willie has had a milestone impact on Disney's creation.

After a few simple greetings, Colin entered the studio under the leadership of the Disney brothers.

At this time, Disney had just started, although it had earned revenue through some peripheral authorizations.

However, most of its revenue was invested in the production of the latest animated films. As for theme parks, there was no shadow yet. Therefore, Disney attached great importance to this cooperation with Colin.

In the studio, Colin saw Disney's first color animation "Some Fragments of Flowers and Trees" created by Walt using the latest film shooting technology invented by Nitti Nicol Teicolor.

To be honest, from Colin's perspective.

The technology of this color animation is still very rough. In the performance of the animation, in order to cover up the technical problems, Walt used symphony to distract the audience's attention to the maximum extent, so that they would not care about the details of the animation.

However, during the Great Depression, Colin was able to see a touch of color in many black-and-white movies. In his heart, he still had some special feelings, especially in the narrow screening room of the studio, when he saw the Walt Disney brothers hurriedly ending the screening.

In Colin's heart, a sense of witnessing history arose spontaneously.

"Very wonderful animation, I can already imagine the cheers and exclamations of the audience after the movie is released."

Raising his hands and clapping gently, Colin did not hesitate to praise Walt Disney who made this animation.

"You are changing the history of animation, Mr. Walt Disney."

"I'm just doing what I should do."

Facing Colin's praise, Walt smiled shyly.

...

After watching Disney's latest color animation, Colin and Walt and others began to get to the point of this meeting.

"... No, Mickey can't do this..."

In the studio of the studio, Colin and Walt had a heated discussion about the plot of Mickey Mouse's appearance in the "Superman Comics".

"That's a good idea, Colin..."

"Pluto, it's a pet dog I raised for Mickey..."

"To be honest, Mickey's prototype is a mouse, but Pluto is a dog. Don't you think it's a bit strange?"

"No, I don't think it's strange. Although Mickey's image comes from a mouse, in my world it represents humans. That's the world of fairy tales. Why should we use common sense to make judgments? Common sense is the most unnecessary thing for fairy tales, because it will only destroy children's dreams?"

"Speaking of dreams, what do you think of the idea of ​​a black Snow White?"

"Black? Snow White!"

"Are you kidding me, Colin? If this is a joke, then I can only tell you that it's not funny at all. Black people may have their own princesses, but they will definitely not be Snow White. Snowwhite, with skin as white as snow, is the description of Snow White in fairy tales."

Disney has always planned to make an animated film of the story of Snow White, so it was so surprised by Colin's weird idea.

If you know the changes of Disney princesses in later generations, you may have a different opinion.

After silently complaining in his heart, Colin did not debate the color of Snow White for a long time, and their topic also changed from Mickey's appearance in Superman to the production of animation.

Yes, Disney agreed to make a crossover animated short film for Colin, which was actually the reason why he came to Los Angeles.

"I think the scene of the story can be moved to Metropolis, so that Superman's appearance will not be too abrupt..."

"As for the scene of Superman's transformation, I have a good idea."

After Flowers and Trees, Walt intends to develop Disney's animation from black and white to color.

And Mickey and Superman will also be Disney's second color work after Flowers and Trees, and it is also a crossover animation.

Kacha!

Just as Colin and Walt were discussing the content of making an animated short film.

Suddenly, a shutter click sounded.

Hearing this sound, the two people in the studio subconsciously stopped their actions and looked up.

"Sorry..."

Lillian, the wife of Walter, a female employee of the studio, smiled and said while holding up the camera.

"I just think that this scene is very memorable."

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