Mei Man: I drew Superman during the Great Depression

Chapter 70 Roy Disney

"... Clyde, an evil shooter, tricked the judge into breaking out of prison by knocking off his little thumb."

Isn't this the male and female thief - Clyde in Bonnie and Clyde.

Opening the envelope in his hand, Colin scanned the content on the comic page, silently complained in his heart, and wrote it down casually.

Unlike what Little John and others were worried about, there were quite a few letters on the table.

But Colin was obviously much easier to deal with than Little John and the others.

In the real world, although the unlocked [Super Brain Power] is still suppressed, it has greatly improved his work efficiency.

For ordinary people, it may take three to four minutes to process a letter, but it only takes a dozen seconds to complete the classification in Colin's hands.

In this way, the working hours of him and Little John were naturally greatly extended.

Opening a letter from a reader with ease, Colin scanned the contents of the comics, and the functioning [Super Brain Power] immediately gave the answer.

While dealing with the mountain of letters on the table, Colin still had time to think about the plot of the latest issue of "Superman" comics.In fact, from the letters opened in front of him, he has already seen a lot of good creative designs, which may be used in future comic characters.

Just like that, amidst the rustling of the envelope.

In the newspaper office, an hour passed quietly.

Colin stopped turning over the letters in his hands, reached out and rubbed his temples, to relieve the fatigue caused by using [Super Brain Power] for a long time.

Picking up the cold coffee in front of him, he drank the strong alcohol and bitterness in the cup.

Colin let out a breath, and glanced at the densely packed content on the manuscript paper in front of him.

Although it has been expected, the second issue of "Messenger Comics" will cause a wave of excitement after its launch.

However, the number of letters from readers still somewhat exceeded his expectations.

Colin obviously underestimated the popularity of "Superman" in the age of entertainment scarcity during the Great Depression.

"Sir, this is the reader's design and name of the character in the last batch of letters."

Holding the manuscript paper that had just been sorted out in his hand, Little John sent him to Colin.

With Harry's help, Little John's work efficiency has improved a lot.

One of the two is responsible for opening the letter and the other for recording, which is much faster than Little John working alone before.

"Thanks for your hard work."

After taking the manuscript from Little John's hand, Ke Lin thanked him casually.

I lowered my head and was about to read the content recorded above to see if there were any suitable settings for serialization in newspapers, [Super Hearing] heard footsteps coming from outside the door.

Stopping what he was doing, Colin looked up at the gate of the newspaper office.

A few seconds later, a man with a suitcase walked in.

"Excuse me, is Mr. Colin Looper in?"

……

"Roy Disney?"

Inside the Courier Office.

Colin looked at the man in front of him who called himself Roy Disney, with a somewhat surprised expression on his face.

Not long ago, he had read news in the newspapers about Walt Disney's intention to produce color animation.Unexpectedly, the other party has found him now.

Could it be that in this era, Disney's strongest legal department has roughly taken shape.

To be honest, the reason for Roy Disney to find himself was nothing more than the toy soldier 'similar' to Mickey that appeared in the "Courier" serial.

He frowned secretly, but Colin did not expect that Disney would make a special trip to New York to find him for an inconspicuous picture in a comic.

Although Roy Disney is not as famous as his brother, Walt Disney.

But his arrival more or less showed Disney's wishes.

But, in this day and age.

The Walt Disney studio is far from being as huge as the later generations, so Roy's arrival only surprised Colin, and he didn't flinch or fear anything because of it.

To be honest, the Courier newspaper, which gained a firm foothold in New York with "Superman", and the Walt Disney Studios, which has just become famous with Mickey Mouse, are not without the ability to fight.

"Before I talk about my purpose in New York..."

It is not clear what Colin is thinking at the moment.

Roy took a look at the layout of the Courier newspaper, especially staying for a while on the envelopes that could be seen everywhere in the newspaper office, and then took out a copy of "The Courier" from the suitcase and handed it to Colin.

"As for this newspaper, I think you should be familiar with Mr. Colin Luper."

Sure enough, it was because of the serialized content.

Seeing the "Courier" handed over from Roy, Colin's eyes flashed with a hint of understanding.

"of course."

On the surface, he still nodded calmly.

The big headline of "The Courier" was printed on the newspaper, so he couldn't help but admit it.

"However, the distribution area of ​​"The Courier" is only in New York City. Mr. Roy Disney, where did you get this newspaper?"

As he said that, Colin's face showed just the right surprise, and he asked Roy in front of him.

"From a good friend of mine."

He casually explained how he got the newspaper.

Roy Disney flipped the "Courier" in front of him and turned the content of the comics to the page where Mickey Mouse appeared.

"To be honest, when I first saw the comic strip in the newspaper, I immediately showed it to my brother Walt. Both of us were a little surprised by the appearance of Mickey in the comic."

"about this point……"

Hearing what Roy Disney said, Colin considered it for a while, and was about to tell the other party that the Mickey that appeared in the comics was not the Mickey they thought, but something 'similar'.

"...The main purpose of this visit is to talk to the newspaper about the cooperation between Mickey and Superman."

Colin: "Why does this sound so familiar?"

Harry Donnefield: "Why does that sound so familiar?"

However, in the next second, the content of Roy's words.

But Colin stopped talking: "After the animation "Steamboat Willie", I fell in love with the image of Mickey. I believe this animated character who can whistle, has lifelike expressions and body language, It will definitely become a classic in the history of American animation in the future."

"Walter would be delighted to hear your compliment, Mr. Colin Luper."

"In fact, he is also full of praise for the "Superman" comic that Ni serialized in the "Courier", thinking that it is a very good work."

"Unfortunately, because of the production of Disney animation, Walt can't come to New York to meet you in person."

(End of this chapter)