001 from the New World
"What the hell are you?young mutant Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?!"
Mocking and contemptuous words, with an extremely exaggerated tone, resounded in one of the offices of Pacific Comics.
The executive editor-in-chief, Alan Claude, was carrying a stack of drawings with two fingers, shaking constantly, and that disgusted look as if he had gotten something dirty.
A trace of anger flashed in Meng Qi's eyes, the other party's disrespectful behavior towards people was indeed unpleasant, but he still tried to remain calm: "Mr. Claude, if you think that my creation is not up to the standard of your company's publication, please return my manuscript to me." ”
"Creation?!" Claude pressed his hands on the table and stood up suddenly, and Meng Qi realized that the executive editor was not tall, and fat, like a ball.
"You bunch of shit deserve to be called creation?" Claude exclaimed, pointing to the latest issue of the comic magazine produced by Pacific Comics, on the table, "This is creation! This is comics! What are you? Sensational turtle!"
Meng Qi stood up suddenly, and in the face of repeated insults, he had no need to hide his anger, and walked to his desk, staring at Claude with his eyes.
Meng Qi's height of more than 180cm is much taller than Claude, and he instantly suppressed the other party in terms of both body shape and momentum.
The obese editor-in-chief was also visibly feeling the pressure, and all the unspoken words were stuck in his throat. He swallowed his saliva, his voice trembling a little: "Yellow-skinned boy, what do you want to do, believe it or not, I will call the security guards to come up and blast you out immediately." ”
"Feel free, Mr. Claude, but I can promise you that you'll get your fat meat to your heart's content before the security comes over......"
As he spoke, Meng Qi raised his hand, and when Claude saw this, he let out a miserable cry of "ah", his legs weakened, and he knelt on the ground.
Meng Qi shook his head, ignoring this clown, it is enough to intimidate this kind of scumbag who is lustful and inward-looking, but it will bring unnecessary trouble.
Meng Qi picked up the original comic manuscript on the table, put it in a file bag, and left Pacific Comics.
Coming out of the Bell Building, Meng Qi looked at the traffic coming and going, and exhaled deeply.
It was almost noon, and the weather in San Antonio in October was pleasant, but that didn't make Meng Qi feel any more comfortable.
For half a month, Meng Qi took the original manuscripts of the first three issues of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" and ran to more than a dozen comic companies and publishing houses, but no one expressed interest in this comic.
Of course, the worst attitude is still the Pacific Comics company today.
"Isn't the classic comics of that world unpopular in my world?"
Meng Qi thought with some distress.
Meng Qi, who is actually a third-year geology student at Southwest Associated University and now studying at the University of Texas at San Antonio as an international exchange student, has another memory in his mind after encountering turbulence and strong turbulence on a plane from China to the United States a month ago.
This person is a cartoonist's assistant, from "Earth", which can be regarded as a parallel world to the world where Meng Qi lives.
The biggest difference between these two worlds is that in their own world, that island country no longer exists, but has become the territory of the Huaxia Republic. At the same time, the Chinese Republic of its own world, compared with China on the earth, is a superpower that can keep pace with the American Federation in terms of economic strength and military strength.
It's just that in terms of culture, although the cultural industry in our world is far richer and more sound than that of the earth, it is not rich and diverse enough.
Especially in terms of anime, the level of manga in my own world is only equivalent to the 1960s on Earth, a gap of nearly half a century!
Compared with the earth, although the animation industry in its own world is extremely prosperous and full of flowers, it is actually a pool of stagnant water under the surface prosperity. The lack of imagination and innovative subject matter became the biggest problem.
Children's comics are still unchanged with animal protagonists, fairy tales, and fables, and edutainment is still the mainstream; Juvenile comics are rooted in oriental fairytales, martial arts, mythology, and science fiction, and have bloomed, but due to the lack of pioneering themes, the development of juvenile comics is also difficult; shoujo comics are mainly based on love themes; the composition of general comics is more complex, and in general, it is mainly based on four squares, funny, and serious in some areas. Professional themes are the mainstay, the malleability of the subject matter is not strong, and it is relatively niche, and youth comics and some comics with vague positioning are basically divided into general comics.
As for American comics, they are also based on detective comics, suspense comics and adventure comics, although superhero comics appear, but they are still based on the theme of ordinary people hiding in the dark instead of law enforcement, and there are no aliens, superpowers, armor and the like at all.
In short, the world has an incomparably large comic industry, and at the same time, there are comic works that don't match it.
Meng Qi had to admit that the animation industry in his world was a deformed industry.
Of course, that plane bump not only gave Meng Qi a memory of a parallel world, but also gave him endless treasures.
In Meng Qi's mind, there is an extra thing that can be called an "anime material museum", which contains all the anime-related things on the earth, including comics, animation, movies, special effects, games, toys, etc.
The most important thing is that everything in this museum is available for viewing!
At the same time, the perfect fusion of the two souls, coupled with the bonus of the museum, made Meng Qi a comic master who was proficient in all painting techniques, and could draw works that were not inferior to anyone, and his painting speed was also greatly improved.
It can be said that the current Meng Qi is simply a "comic human flesh printer".
harvesting the animation resources of the whole world made Meng Qi, who has worked hard to become a cartoonist since he was a child, ecstatic, and at the same time produced a strong **.
Become the greatest cartoonist!
To bring the classics of the planet to all those who love anime!
Make the world crazy with comics!
But reality is always ruthless, and Meng Qi's "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" was rejected by so many comic companies and publishers, which shows how rigid the world's perception of comics is.
You must know that on Earth, this classic comic produced by Phantom Studios is a rare masterpiece outside of the two giant companies DC and Marvel, and has spawned various animations, live-action movies and video games, and it is an indelible collective memory of a generation.
No one can look up to such a masterpiece, what a joke!
To be honest, Meng Qi also wanted to directly bring out popular comics such as Superman, Batman, and Iron Man, but most of the resources in his mind were in a state of "can't be opened", so he retreated to the next best thing, and Meng Qi chose "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles".
"It doesn't matter, there are two comic companies, if not, it's a big deal to go to Los Angeles and New York!
Meng Qi clenched his fists, regained his spirits, and walked towards the subway.