My Cartoonist Strategy

"Yes, to a certain extent, second-line magazines are indeed not valued. No matter which organization, the strong have the right to speak. But within the organizing committee, they are mutually constrained." Yan Fei turned again One page notepad.

"How to contain?" Shen Xin asked curiously.

"Each year the organizing committee consists of 12 positions, of which 7 positions are fixed and are the three major journals, plus four magazines with a single issue of more than 1.5 million copies-"Man Weekly", "Girls' Century", "Boom" District" and "Excellent Students Weekly". In addition, there are five non-stationary magazines. Before the meeting, the Cartoonists Association will send them to the five magazines by email and invite them to serve as members of the organizing committee."

The Cartoonists Association is mainly based on retired old cartoonists, and has a relatively high prestige in the comic industry.

"Although the organizing committee is composed of 12 magazines, there are only 7 magazines with voting rights, and they are mainly composed of three major magazines and four small magazines. If the comics participating in the selection are not related to these seven magazines, then The seven magazines will use voting to determine the winning entries.

"Once a comic is part of a magazine once it has participated in the selection, the voting qualification of this magazine will be replaced by one of the candidate magazines."

"In other words, the magazine is not qualified to vote for his own comics?" Shen Xin finally understood.

Yan Fei nodded.

"I didn't expect it to be so complicated."

"No way, after all, each award has a big bonus, and at the same time, it can bring great honour to the cartoonist. As long as there is a chance, everyone will work hard. In addition, in order to ensure the fairness of the vote Sex, the Cartoonists Association will also supervise the entire selection process." Yan Fei closed the notebook, and the news she heard was basically so much.

"Thinking of this, "Y's" can't play animation in July, the impact is still quite big." Shen Xin leaned on the sofa, his brain a little confused.

"Yes, but there is a little room for operation." Yan Fei said.

"How to say?" Shen Xin puzzled.

"Because of the limitations of the Newcomer Award, the length of each comic will not be too long. If it is screened in the first half of the year, it must be now... even years ago, the animation will start to be produced, so that there will be an original plot, breaking the overall sense of the comic. For this reason, the screening of newcomer comics usually takes place in the third quarter.

"And in July, August, and September, the popular selection is another model. At this stage, only five comics are eliminated, and the accumulated popularity will not be brought into the final selection. In other words, we only need to press After the sixth place is OK." Yan Fei explained.

"Sister Yan, even if this is stipulated. But those magazines will also consider the popularity of the second stage when they vote? After all, it is still bad for Xin brother." Xi Muhan was worried.

"I know. But in the third stage, "New World" can't help. Teacher Shen can only rely on the quality of "Y's". Some words are actually cruel. The president and editor-in-chief never expected too much. Teachers can win the "Rookie Award". As long as "Y's" can enter the third stage, they are very satisfied.

"Attracting enough eyeballs and using these popularity to increase the sales of magazines as much as possible is the president’s greatest concern. Rather than do his best to fight for an award that may not be obtained, it is better to just shortlist the comics. . At a minimum cost, to attract some readers. After all, if you can not get the'Newcomer Award', then there is no difference between the second and fifth. This is the living method of the small magazine."

Yan Fei said here, biting her lip, holding the notepad tightly in both hands, her nails deeply embedded in the rubber cover of the notepad.

"Sister Yan, I just want to ask a word, do you think so too?" Shen Xin sat upright, staring at Yan Fei.

Yan Fei shook her head and looked a little excited, "Of course not. I remember I said a word,

"The dream of a cartoonist is to draw a comic that is recognized by the world, and the dream of a comic editor is to look at the co-author and stand on top of the cartoonist."

Shen Xin's mouth curled up, his face lightly smiling.

"Sister Yan, I want to meet the president and editor in chief as soon as possible. I want to know what they think."

"We go to work on the seventh day, which is the day after tomorrow. Then, you go to the editorial department of "New World", and I will take you to the president and editor in chief." Yan Fei recorded this matter in the notepad.

"Well, the seventh day of the first lunar month... The single copy of "Hunting Abyss" seems to be on sale that same day."

"February 16? That's right." Yan Fei also remembered this matter.

"So... the competition for the "Rookie Award" has actually begun." Shen Xin murmured.

After Yan Fei said goodbye, Shen Xin returned to his room and fell asleep.

The next day, after Shen Xin got up, he sat on the sofa and fell into deep thought.

Manga Capsule gave him knowledge about painting, but did not tell him how to operate manga.In particular, what can he do in an absolute disadvantage.

Animation production cannot be expected in a short time.

ad?

If it is just to promote the comics, and no new elements are added, the effect will be limited.

game?

"Y's" can indeed be made into Galgame, but the production cycle of the game is not short, and it can't be hydrolyzed.

Fiction?

There are many novels changed to comics, and comics changed to novels, which is really not common.

Further on is hand-made, badass and the like.

Having said that, "Y's" really has the potential to do it. The female characters appearing in it are very beautiful, and the scale of "Y's" is also very suitable.

However, the results are not good only if they are launched by hand.The nature of hands-on business determines that it can only "kill" regular customers, and few people are interested in unfamiliar hands-on business.

If you can’t expand your readership, you won’t be able to increase your book sales.

As for the movie, it is even further away.Most of the random change movies are led by animation, and then investment is made after judging the quality of the results.

So, a method that is friendly to old readers and can attract new readers... indeed, you need to think about it.

Shen Xin thought for a long time, his thoughts slowly drifted to "Dream Eater".

Compared with comics of fighting blood, love comics also belong to a relatively niche type.

If it is analogous to online novels, roughly, fantasy and metropolis can be regarded as "kingdom", while other categories, such as supernatural, suspense, sports, games, etc., can be regarded as "evil road".

In the same way, love comics are also "evil ways" to blood comics.

"Kingdom" has a way to testify to "Kingdom", and "evil way" also has the survival rule of "evil way".

Maybe... Is it possible to start from other aspects?

Shen Xin thought of this, thinking deep in his mind, trying to find a glimmer of light from all the dead ends.

Xi Muhan came out of the room, poured a glass of milk, and turned back to see Shen Xin sitting on the sofa, dumbfounded. Then, he saw a smile on Shen Xin's face.

"Brother Xin, are you okay?" Xi Muhan was worried.

"It's okay." Shen Xin stretched his waist, "Just suddenly thought of something interesting."