American manga: I drew Superman in the Great Depression

Putting down the newspaper in his hand, Colin's weakened version of [Super Hearing] came into play, and he heard a series of rapid footsteps approaching the newspaper office.

"boss……"

He subconsciously looked up at the door and saw the sweaty figure of Little John appearing.

"I have followed your instructions to investigate the nearby publishing houses." When he met Colin's eyes, Little John's originally excited voice subconsciously became a little lower. He took a breath and calmed down.

Then he continued: "Generally, the business of these publishers is not very good. I asked specifically, and many of them expressed worries, fearing that they would be implicated..."

At present, the specific bill has not yet been released.

However, a magazine has received a lawsuit from the U.S. Postal Service because the magazine was suspected of being obscene and its content was not "public interest information."

Many publishers, especially small and medium-sized publishers, are beginning to worry about whether they will become the next target.

"In order to avoid possible jail time, many publishers have been forced to adjust the content of their magazines, but this has also led to a problem, that is, the loss of original subscribers. I have encountered the publishers in the worst situation. The magazine subscriptions are sufficient

More than two-thirds are missing."

The reading group attracted by vulgar content will obviously not like a 'serious' magazine.

"So, have you completed what I asked you to do?"

In the Courier newspaper office, Colin was seriously investigating Little John, and then he asked.

"It's done."

Little John nodded: "They even couldn't wait to say that as long as The Courier is willing to publish the comics in the magazine, they will do anything."

Colin's rejection of the publisher's proposal was not because he was unwilling to serialize "Superman" in the magazine.

On the contrary, with the serialization of comics, the sales of "The Courier" have gradually stabilized.

Therefore, he needs a new channel to increase the popularity of the "Superman" comics and gain more [faith].

Publishing a magazine is obviously a good idea.

In the past, both Famous Comics and Humor Publishing House showed great sincerity.

However, they were all rejected by Colin for various reasons, not only because they had doubts about the conditions they proposed, but also because there was no guarantee that if "Superman" was serialized in the hands of others, the response would be transformed into "faith".

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Now it seems that his decision was obviously correct.

The current situation may be a crisis for the large and small publishing houses in New York City, but it is a rare opportunity for Colin.

An opportunity to personally create a comic magazine belonging to the Courier newspaper.

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New York, inside a small publishing house.

Publisher Harry Donnerfield was in his office, pacing back and forth uneasily.

"Calm down, Harry."

Seeing the restless Harry Donnerfield in front of him, his colleague and partner Jack Leibovitz couldn't help but offer some advice.

"How do I calm down..."

Hearing his friend's words, Harry stopped and said with a little anxiety in his tone: "Ever since the news about the damn Senate was published in the newspaper, the sales of the magazine have begun to plummet. You know that yesterday we had a total of

How many copies of the magazine have been sold? Three thousand, which is less than one-tenth of the previous number. If this continues, we will go bankrupt soon!"

"I know, but this is not just our problem, it's the same for everyone." Hearing Harry's complaint, Jack said with the same helpless expression on his face.

Previously, publishing houses took advantage of the wave of the "pornographic tabloid era" to make money by publishing vulgar magazines on a large scale.

Now, with the end of the "pornographic tabloid era" and the influence of policies, in order to avoid falling into jail, the publishing house has to reluctantly abandon the original vulgar route and instead publish all kinds of fashionable and serious content. However, it has encountered a large number of

Scorned by the original readers, the magazine's sales plummeted, and it continued to lose money.

If things go on like this, the two of them will simply not be able to support the publishing house's deficit.

"Simply, let's continue publishing the original content."

Thinking of the loss situation of the publishing house that he saw in the morning, Harry couldn't help but twitch in his heart. He turned his head and glanced at the new issues of magazines piled up like a hill in the corner of the office, and couldn't help but gritted his teeth and said.

"If you want to go to prison, I don't object to your suggestion."

"Even if you go to jail, it's better than going bankrupt. At least you can still have food in there."

Although he said such words, Harry did not have the courage to actually implement what he said. He still had a large family to support. Once he was imprisoned, his family would not be able to survive the Great Depression.

Just when the two of them were troubled by the current difficult situation of the publishing house.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door from outside.

"Please come in."

A sudden knock on the door interrupted their conversation.

In the office, Harry and Jack looked at each other. Jack carefully reached under the table and grabbed the handle of the gun. He raised his head and nodded to Harry in front of him. The latter then relaxed and replied to the door.

Don't think that the reaction of the two people was exaggerated. In fact, it was the most normal reaction during the Great Depression.

Harry had personally witnessed on more than one occasion that on the streets of New York City, robbers borrowed guns from the police and then divided the loot together.

This is a chaotic and crazy era. Everyone is trying their best to survive. For money, people will ignore anything. For those guys, uniforms are just a means to facilitate travel. After all,

The government has been delaying their wages for a long time.

Then, the two of them saw the office door being pushed open and a man wearing a black windbreaker walked in.

He took off the hat on his head, revealing a young face with a confidence and ease that is rare in this era.

"Good morning, Mr. Jack Leibovitz, Mr. Jack Leibovitz."

His eyes swept over the two people in the office. Colin ignored Jack's obviously abnormal sitting posture, put the hat in his hand on his chest, and said hello to them calmly.

"I am Colin Looper, the boss of The Courier. The main purpose of this visit is to discuss magazine cooperation with the publisher."

"The Courier! Colin Looper?"

"cooperate?"

After listening to Colin's self-introduction, Harry and Jack looked at each other.

Putting the gun handle in his hand a little further into the drawer, Jack at the desk muttered the name "The Courier" and asked with some uncertainty: "If I remember correctly, "The Courier" should be

Is it the newspaper where the comic strip "Superman" was published?"