The comic market in this life is better than it was in the previous life in 99, but it is not much better.

In the 99 years of the previous life, the manga market was almost completely occupied by island manga, and Akira Toriyama, Masami Takada, Rumiko Takahashi, and others were the good memories of a generation of teenagers.

Except for the occasional Hong Kong Island Jade Dynasty comics, domestic comics have hardly come to an end.

Zhou Lin still remembers that there was a magazine called "The King of Picture Books" that was a smash hit, and carried the banner of revitalizing domestic comics in the barren era of animation, and launched excellent domestic comics such as "Pan Tao Club", "Snow Coconut", "Xiaoshan Diary", and recommended many classic comics from the island country to Chinese teenagers.

It's a pity that this magazine only published 24 issues a year, and it was discontinued because of a sentence from an old comrade, which caused the comic industry of Huaguo to suffer a major blow in the previous life, delaying the golden time for seven or eight years.

In this life, China is one of the superpowers in Asia and the whole world, and the cultural industry occupies a dominant position.

But in Zhou Lin's view, the current level of comics in Huaguo is not much better than in the previous life in 99, and it is not as good as the seventies and eighties in the island country.

For example, the current popular girl's comics, blindly pursuing the complexity and gorgeousness of the painting skills, the pursuit of the delicacy and grandeur of the details, each character is beautifully drawn.

The picture is beautiful, but it lacks the setting of the story and characters. Every story is sad and sad, you love me and I don't love you or I love him and you love me, and every comic book character looks so handsome, but there is a sense of similarity, like a scarecrow in a gorgeous skin, which can't make people identify with it at all.

The story between these handsome men and beauties is okay at first glance, and I have seen a lot. It will make people feel a greasy feeling in their eyes.

However, the comic authors are not conscious, and once they find that the comics are not selling well, they will draw more complex and gorgeous, and they can't wait to paint every texture on the skin of the characters.

In this way, the comics have become beautiful girl atlases, and the eyes of the big doll's head on the cover are so hollow, which is very similar to the rag dolls that the girls play with.

Seeing such a low-level comic dominate the market. Zhou Lin has long wanted to intervene, but he really has no talent in painting, so he has been shelved until now.

At this moment, he was holding Xia Da's comic book in his hand, and he was actually very excited in his heart.

This kind of excitement is like the excitement of finding a treasure trove of literature and art in your head after being reborn, and it is a kind of excitement of picking up a treasure.

Shada is the treasure he picked up!

Different from the current popular shoujo manga, although Xia Da has a good drawing ability, her brushstrokes are very simple and natural, especially the composition is full of a lively tension. With just a few strokes, you can sketch out an interesting scene.

Such an ability can no longer be called style, but a talent. Today's popular shoujo manga is complicated, vulgar and messy, like a baroque oil painting, but Shada's manga is a fresh, natural and simple modern style sketch, giving people a completely different feeling.

If you insist on comparing the cartoonists in her previous life, Zhou Lin feels that she is like Anda Chong, and she also has a little bit of the feeling of Rumiko Takahashi in the early days.

Rumiko Takahashi?

The name "A Moment of Reunion" instantly popped up in Zhou Lin's mind, which was one of his favorite comics and an early classic work of Rumiko Takahashi.

This manga is completely different from Rumiko Takahashi's later "Lucky Star Kid", "Ranma 1/2", and "Inuyasha". It's a complete romance manga.

Among Zhou Lin's peers, there was a period of time. As long as you mention the romance TV series in the island country, you will definitely think of "Tokyo Love Story", and as long as you mention love comics, many people will definitely have the manga "A Moment of Togetherness" in their heads. In the minds of many, this manga is the pyramid spire of romance comics!

"Do you want Xia Da to paint "A Moment of Togetherness"?" This thought popped up in Zhou Lin's head, but he immediately killed it.

"A Moment of Reunion" has never been just about the love between Goyo and Hibiki. It is still the joys and sorrows of youth, the ups and downs of the years, and the ups and downs of little people in the city.

Zhou Lin experienced a life, recalled the stories in those comics, and had a new feeling.

And Shada is still too young. She may have talent, may have painting skills, or may be determined, but Zhou Li doesn't think she can control "A Moment of Togetherness" at this age.

But Zhou Lin did think of a comic, which can not only give full play to Xia Da's ability, but also perfectly reflect his current state of mind.

Xia Da had been nervously waiting for Zhou Lin's so-called serious evaluation, but Zhou Lin stopped after only saying one sentence, which made her a little overwhelmed.

Just when she panicked and felt that Zhou Lin was about to criticize herself again, Zhou Lin finally opened her mouth after thinking about it.

"Dada, you said you wanted to be a cartoonist?"

Xia Da nodded and said, "Well, this is my dream. When I was in junior high school, I loved reading comics, but I didn't like the popular ones. I thought that if I came to draw one day, it would be better than them. ”

"Your style has always been like this?" Zhou Lin asked curiously.

Xia Da said: "I don't like the complicated style now, and I don't like comics that use too many dots and effects, so I like to draw naturally." ”

"I love your style." Zhou Lin said, "But your story is not much better than those current girl comics." ”

Xia Da was embarrassed and pouted, "Not everyone has your ability to make up stories. ”

After a pause, she said, "Otherwise...... Can I adapt your Zhu Xian? ”

"Do you want to paint "Zhu Xian"?" Zhou Lin was surprised.

Xia Da nodded and said, "Well, when I first watched "Zhu Xian", I thought that it would be nice if I could draw this story one day. ”

Zhou Lin hadn't thought about it before, but when he heard Xia Da say this, he thought it was a good idea to give "Zhu Xian" to Xia Da to paint.

But he is not in a hurry, "Zhu Xian" is destined to be a big IP, and it is a big project that will be run until he has a certain status in the cultural industry. Even if it is to be adapted into a manga, it is not now.

"I can't adapt "Zhu Xian" to you now." Zhou Lin groaned.

Xia Da showed a look of disappointment on her face, lowered her head and said, "I know my painting is not good......"

"No, you've already drawn it well. Shada, I ask you, would you like me to help you become a real cartoonist? Zhou Lin asked very seriously.

Xia Da was startled, raised her head and blinked with two big eyes: "What do you mean?" ”

"I'll be the original, you will paint, and we'll work together on a comic. Would you like to? ”

A sudden sense of happiness filled Xia Da's heart, and she didn't even ask what kind of story it was, nodding vigorously: "I do!" I do! (To be continued.) )