American manga: I drew Superman in the Great Depression

"On the left, a volume of 10 cents."

When I heard the inquiry, the boss sitting in the newspaper didn't think much about it, pointing at the position of "Merchant Manga", I returned a word casually.

"OK."

Pick up a book "Credit Comics".

Pedestrians didn't say much, leaving 10 cents directly, so they turned and left.

"Is this? Sell it?"

"So simple?"

Looking at the 10 cents in front of him, the boss's face could not help showing a little wrong expression.

"Boss, I want to buy" Credit Comics "!"

However, he hadn't waited for him to understand everything that just happened.

In front of the newspaper pavilion, there was an urgent inquiry.

"No problem, one volume of 10 cents."

One morning, wait until the boss returned to God.

The "Credit Comics" in front of the newspaper pavilion has been sold out. Looking at the "Credit Comics" on the bookshelf and the brightly contrasting blank position in the surrounding area.

"I know, I bought a few more volumes of" Credit Comics "from the delivery staff."

And this annoyance, with the inquiries from from time to time in front of the newspaper pavilion, became a bit more obvious.

Nympho

"Thank you, sir ..."

In front of the messenger newspaper, a child wearing an unfacked dress, a waxy child with a waxy face looked up at the Collin in front of him, and thanked the childishness.

"No need to be polite, kid."

Smile with a newspaper to wrap a piece of bread, put it in the child's hands, Collin patted his head while patting his head, and said softly.

Remove your hand and grab the bread handed in Collin firmly in his arms. The little boy stepped out of the team in three steps and two steps. He ran forward a few steps and turned his head to look at Ke Ke who stood in front of the team to distribute the bread in front of the team.

Lin, then hurried back to the parents of the street corner.

"Mom, Mom ..."

When I came to my mother, the child held the bread wrapped in a newspaper in his hands. The tender face showed a smile and said in a show off.

"I got the bread."

"Good, baby."

Pick up the bread from the child's hands, and the mother's thin face has a little shame.

In this era, there is only a front line between begging and accepting the alms.

For many people, visiting the porridge kitchen on the street has become a commonplace, which is the only guarantee for their difficult life.

In the face of alms, parents who are too self -esteem and are unwilling to accept the alms will send their children because they know that the children's shame is not so deep and fixed.

Even if you have no way to fill your stomach, at least make your child from starving.

In general, the porridge kitchen on the street can only provide a small amount of food and cannot be taken away.

And this time, Mr. Collin Lulbo, a messenger newspaper, is obviously rare for poor families to be brought home and shared by children.

Although, the other party's semi -cheap pork liver bread.

However, for many families who can't even eat bread, such a piece of pork liver bread is still a rare food, and it can fill the stomach more than the porridge kitchen on the roadside.

"Tonight's food may be used with pork liver bread with potato puree, plus a little bit of wild vegetables before ..."

On the way to the "Hoover Village" holding the child, the woman thought about what kind of food should be made for dinner to eat for the family, a piece of pork liver bread, which greatly reduced the burden at home.

"Mom, Mom ..."

When the mother thought about it, the child on the side pointed at the comics on the newspaper outside the bread. The figure wearing a cloak and asked about it.

"What are you painted on it?"

When I heard the child's question, the mother's thoughts came back from dinner, and looked down at the newspaper wrapped in the bread in her hand. From the vague folds and words, they barely recognized the identity of the figure.

"It's Superman."

"Superman?"

When he heard the mother's answer, the child blinked and looked at the figure in the newspaper. A blurred superman image in his heart gradually produced outlines.

Nympho

"... In the young memory, watching the" Superman "comics in the old newspaper has become the most anticipated thing in my childhood."

"Cleid Berke was born on the eve of the Great Depression. When the Great Depression occurred, he was only six years old. Before the Great Depression, his father was a bank employee and lost his job in 1929. He had to go to the dock to find a job in order to survive.

But at that time everyone had a difficult life, and the same is true of the Cleid Berke family. "

"Cleid Berke's father often went out for a whole day, but did not make a penny. Because of this, Cleid Berke could often hear his parents' quarrels, but they still live together

During that period, divorce was still social taboos, and the economic cost was great. Either the husband abandoned his wife, or the couple still lived under the same roof in a tense atmosphere. "

"... Later, as life became more and more difficult, the Cleid Burke family had to move into 'Hoover Village' with nearby, and 'Hoover Village' was the Great Depression. People will use tin iron.

After moving to the "Hoover Village", the dilapidated shanty village built by the can, the cardboard and the sacks, the quarrel of the Cleid Burke family became more frequent, and his father became alcohol ... "

"At that time, I was still forbidden, but obviously no one would take care of the problem of" Hoover Village ". Many private wine traffickers hid there and made 2 24 hours a day. These inferior wines were very affected by 'Hohao Village.

'The welcome of the people in the people, many people would rather not eat a day, but also to drink a bite ... "

"For children, a must -have psychological path is to realize that their parents are not absolutely correct. But during the Great Depression, this understanding is often much earlier because young people find that parents are like babies like babies.

helpless."

"Because of poverty, my mother had to take me to the porridge kitchen on the street to find food. At that time, I didn't know the meaning behind this, but I just felt that I could fill my stomach.

When she didn't accompany me to eat, she always told me with a smile that she had eaten. Now I recall it. This may be her as a parent, and finally insist. "

"... On that difficult day, the biggest fun of the children of the same age is to see the comics of" Superman "from the" Boxer ".

In the morning, he gave the bread. He used the Observatory's old newspaper to cover the bread. Therefore, each week became my most anticipated day. "——It is taken from" Remember the Great Depression of My Great Depression "

Author: John Walker