nucmednet Chapter 258: Bright Sword and Flying Tiger Eagle
Chapter 258: Bright Sword and Flying Tiger Eagle
With the continuous advancement of reform and opening up, more and more painters have joined the comic strip industry.
Among them, under the leadership of Qingdao Publishing House, the high royalties offered played a great role in promoting this.
With such generous rewards, the enthusiasm of painters was greatly stimulated, and the comic industry showed unprecedented prosperity.
However, the prosperity of the comic book market also brought some problems.
The most obvious of these is the continuous decline in the printing volume of comic books published by individual authors.
In the past, a comic strip with a slightly better subject matter and drawn by a master could print 700,000 or 800,000 copies.
But now, at most only 200,000 or 300,000 copies are printed.
There are many reasons for this. On the one hand, there are more people drawing comic strips, and there are countless comic strips with themes of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and history.
Competition in the market has become extremely fierce, and readers' choices have become more diverse.
On the other hand, Qingdao Publishing House's excellent long comic strips had a huge impact on the market.
Readers have been "addicted" to the wonderful stories published by Qingdao Publishing House, and it is difficult for them to be interested in ordinary stories or stories that are both entertaining and educational.
Now, there are rewards for drawing long comic strips at Qingdao Publishing House.
As long as it can pass the review, the level of royalties received will be one level higher than that for short stories.
Although Qingdao Publishing House encourages the creation of long comic strips, it also welcomes excellent short stories.
Whether it is a long story or a short story, as long as the quality is good, it can occupy a place in the market.
Although many comic book creators are reducing their print runs,
But in fact, for the creators, the royalties have not been greatly affected.
It only affects the creators' royalties advancement.
However, Qingdao Publishing House has gradually begun to make conscious changes.
The first thing that is reflected is that Qingdao Publishing House is now increasingly strict in reviewing comic books on historical themes and the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.
Jiang Weimin gave clear regulations to the editorial department. For comic strips with historical themes and the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression the first thing to consider is whether they can be adapted into storytelling or movies.
If it is a story that is familiar to everyone, then see if the painting is a masterpiece. If not, just return it.
This regulation has also caused dissatisfaction among many painters.
They feel that such review standards are too strict and put great restrictions on their creations.
In fact, those who can come to Qingdao Publishing House are painters who have not yet reached the master level.
Master painters are the targets that all major publishing houses are vying to attract. The salary is not low in local cities.
This kind of polarization has now appeared in Qingdao Publishing House.
One type is the person who can paint good subjects. Although their painting skills are not sophisticated, they live a quite comfortable life.
Their works are often favored by publishing houses and receive generous returns.
The other group of people cannot draw good subjects and can only envy others.
However, they were unable to produce good works, so some of them turned to other publishing houses.
In this day and age, as long as you can draw it, it can basically be published.
Although it can be published by other publishing houses, the treatment is definitely not as good as that of Qingdao Publishing House.
However, although Qingdao Publishing House’s review process is becoming increasingly strict, the treatment is indeed good.
Because as long as you can publish a comic book in Qingdao Publishing House, you will be eligible for housing and settlement.
Moreover, if it is adapted into a storytelling or a foreign exchange earning material, its level will rise quickly and you can continue to receive royalties.
It was equivalent to drawing a comic strip and getting paid three times the amount, and also giving him a house.
If you license the copyright to Qingdao Publishing House, you can also join Qingdao Publishing House and receive a salary, which is one of the best benefits in the country.
Some painters who did not draw good works happened to encounter the situation that the animation production department of Qingdao Publishing House was recruiting a large number of workers.
This is undoubtedly a new opportunity for those who have difficulties in comic creation.
Some people decisively joined the animation production department of Qingdao Publishing House.
Another group of people choose to go to other cities to find development opportunities that are more suitable for them.
This can be considered a kind of survival of the fittest. Those who are able to adapt to changes and dare to challenge new fields can continue to move forward on the road of cultural creation.
Those who fail to adjust themselves in time may gradually be eliminated by the market.
Jiang Weimin's comic strip creation opened up the horizons of Chinese creators in the process.
His works also allow more creators to see the infinite possibilities of comic strip creation.
At the same time, this can also be regarded as a major training exercise for foreign comics and animations to enter China.
Improve the creative level and market competitiveness of Chinese comic strips in advance.
Qingdao Publishing House is now working hard to print "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" and sell it all over the world.
Currently, the release of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" overseas is basically coming to an end, but it has just begun to create a craze in China.
Jiang Weimin and Song Wenqing planned to release "Dragon Ball" right after the completion of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy".
Although the circulation of many comic book creators has declined, the circulation of Jiang Weimin's comic books has increased instead of decreased.
The circulation of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" in China is very impressive, and basically every volume can be guaranteed to sell 300 million copies.
Although only one copy of Kung Fu Panda was released in China, its sales have reached 500 million copies.
Just after Zhang Tianshui finished painting "Young Justice Bao", some of Qingdao Publishing House's printing equipment was freed up for printing.
Although the popularity of "Young Justice Bao" in Asia cannot be compared with that of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", its popularity is not low either.
Since Jiang Weimin has been quite busy recently, the script for the second part of "Young Justice Bao" has not been fully written, and Zhang Tianshui also happened to be planning to take a break for a while.
Therefore, Qingdao Publishing House decided to publish "Bright Sword" and "Flying Tiger and Condor" painted by Jiang Weimin with a month interval.
These two works are basically released one volume every two months.
Qingdao Publishing House attaches great importance to the domestic distribution of "Drawing Sword" and "Flying Tiger and Condor Heroes".
"Flying Tiger" can actually be seen as a sequel to "Father's War of Resistance".
With the successful case of Wang Tieshan's battle with Captain America, Qingdao Publishing House has a high sales forecast for Flying Tiger.
The work "Drawing Sword" is another innovative move in the theme of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.
It is no longer limited to common themes such as legends of heroes, descriptions of famous battles or armed work teams behind enemy lines, but focuses on the contest between legions.
This new perspective has brought new vitality and highlights to the comic strips on the theme of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.
It also allows readers to understand and feel the history of the War of Resistance from different levels.
Of course, the most important thing is Li Yunlong’s personal charm.
Therefore, Qingdao Publishing House believes that the sales volume of "Drawing Sword" should be comparable to that of "Flying Tiger and Condor Heroes".