Is this cartoonist mentally ill?!

Chapter 9 Serialization

"Okay, okay... I'll notify the typesetting department right now..."

"Yes, this issue of Newcomer Grand Prix is on the title page of the magazine, and the second cover will be given to Professor Ye Feng's serial promotion for this issue."

"This first interview with the cartoonist will be with Mr. Kuxuan! Don't print it wrong!"

"Lao Li, your side will print more this time!"

...

Manjie Culture Company's Editorial Department.

Every time the magazine is finalized and the typeface is about to be printed, the company gets very busy.

Ayumi Ito is the most idle at the moment, as she is a new editor and is currently only responsible for one author.

That's Lin Qingshan.

In front of her desk was the manuscript of "edgerunner" that Lin Qingshan had given her earlier.

There are only episodes 1 to 6 so far, and she has finished them completely.

After reading these 6 episodes, Ayumi Ito is full of confidence in Lin Qingshan and "edgerunner".

The content of episodes 1 to 6, under Lin Qingshan's plot, is the part where David meets Lucy and starts cooperating.

As a lot of introductory content had to be inserted during this period, the progress of the plot was actually much slower.

But in terms of painting, you could say that Lin Qingshan reproduced the animated scenes in detail.

In any case, it didn't take much effort for him.

The existence of master-level painting skills makes him draw like a God, with the same precision as his skill and speed!

But this is the first time Ayumi Ito has been responsible for the serialization work of a new cartoonist, so she can't help but feel a little nervous.

"Definitely... Professor Qingshan, and I... we will definitely succeed!"

She looked at the drawing on the table, her eyes full of determination, and said silently in her heart.

...

Soon, a new edition of Comic World was printed and sent to various cities in the Republic.

Weekend, Lin'an.

In an ordinary working-class family.

"Son! Come down and bring me the newspaper and, by the way, your magazine too!"

"OK!"

Fan Siwei, a high school student sitting at his computer desk, immediately perked up, rushed downstairs and signed for today's newspaper and a new comic book from the post office.

After returning home and putting his father's newspaper on the table, Fan Siwei went back to his room with his comic book in his hands.

He is also a faithful reader of Comic World. He's been reading Comic World in bookstores near his school since middle school.

When he entered high school, he told his father that as long as he got into the top ten of his class every month in the exam, he would get a weekly subscription to Comic World.

He's also working hard. After all, at this time in the world, before the popularization of smartphones, the means of entertainment are quite limited.

Fan Siwei's family has a computer, but as a high school student, he can't play with it for long, even at weekends.

So reading comics and magazines has become one of the few forms of entertainment for him during the vacations.

To do this, of course, he has to study hard.

"Trial of Light"! And "King of Spells"! I can finally read the latest serialized edition."

Fan Siwei is currently the one who likes these two works the most. In all the popularity polls, he votes for these two works. Each time he fills in the popularity ranking, these two works are ranked first and second.

In fact, this is the same as most "Manga World" readers. They subscribe to comics for one or two works.

Once you've read the works you like, you'll see other works in the magazine.

Fan Siwei was like that. He looked directly at the magazine's catalog and read the latest series of "Trial of Light" and "The King of Spells" first. "We'll have to deal with that evil bishop next time, won't we?"

"This edition of King of Spells is very good. Ah Ju hasn't even saved anyone yet. Are you still here reminiscing?!"

After watching the latest series of "Trial of Light" and "The King of Spells", Fan Siwei couldn't help but complain.

But just for the sake of complaining, he went straight to the next page of the serialization.

"Huh? Newcomers' entry in the Grand Prix? Another serialization of the newcomers' work..."

Fan Siwei didn't want to say any more and just continued reading.

"Cyberpunk 2077: Edgerunner... the name is so long and so strange. What is Cyberpunk? 2077? Is it just the year, is it the setting of the future 2077, is it a science fiction comic book?"

When he saw the name, he couldn't help but complain.

However, Fan Siwei couldn't help but be surprised when he saw the content of the comic that followed.

"This newcomer's comic... is so exquisitely drawn."

The individual reproduction of the animation graphics, together with the powerful master-level painting resources, make the "Edgerunner" comics very exquisite.

It opens with a monologue by the protagonist David Martinez inside a floating train.

"In 2077, the city where I live was voted the worst area in the United States."

"Why? Violent crime continues to rise..."

"The number of people below the poverty line ranks first in the United States..."

At the same time, the cartoons are high-tech urban scenes that seem to come from the future, with maglev cars, holographic projection technology, trains traveling through the city and...

A half-cyborg with mechanical human body parts.

"This is a fact that cannot be denied, but people still come here. This city will always give you a glimmer of hope..."

"It doesn't matter if it's a lie or an illusion, but it's so close, as if it's within reach... It makes people desperate!"

Then there's a scene of a Cyberman going mad and an introduction to the transformation of the prosthetic body and the Cyberman.

"That's over."

Compared to an animated episode, a comic book chapter is quite limited. In addition, "edgerunner" will insert the trailer for "Cyberpunk 2077", and will also introduce the prosthetic transformation and cyber madness.

So the first episode of "edgerunner" can only stop here.

Lin Qingshan only finished all the plots of the first episode in the original animation of the fourth episode.

However, Fan Siwei still felt good about the first chapter of the comic, especially the first chapter with a battle plot between a cyber madman and the Night City police.

"This newcomer's work... is very good! Future technology, prosthetic transformation, cyber madness, this is the first time I've seen this kind of work."

Fan Siwei sighed.

He silently remembered the work "edgerunner" and then went on to read other comics in the magazine.

This is also how most comic book fans feel about the first episode of "edgerunner".

After all, this is the first episode and Lin Qingshan is still a newcomer.

When a new cartoonist creates a blockbuster for the first time, the first chapter becomes a blockbuster. That can only happen in novels.

Not to mention the new cartoonists, most of the great cartoonists have famous works. Which of them could be a blockbuster in the first episode and become an instant hit?

These famous comic works were gradually perfected and their popularity gradually increased over a long period of serialization and finally...

Followed by thousands of people!

(End of chapter)