Li Shiqi became more and more fascinated as she read, and soon finished the entire comic.
When she turned to the last page, she realized that the comic was gone. Li Shiqi said with a lingering feeling, "There's too little content in this comic!"
There's nothing we can do about it!
After all, today's comics are all hand-drawn, so the drawing efficiency is of course very low!
Even when the script is ready, there are still follow-up steps.
There are also steps such as designing character images, determining script storyboards, drawing sketches, finalizing and revising, etc., which is very tedious.
Especially when relying solely on hand-drawing, the efficiency will not be high.
Even though Xu Nanxing recruited quite a few people, these people were a newly formed team after all, and they had no tacit understanding at all.
Moreover, Xu Nanxing also required that the tone of the comics be girls' comics, that is, all the comic characters should be beautiful boys and girls, which was inconsistent with the comic style they had drawn before, so everyone was still in the adaptation stage during this period.
Now that the first volume has finally been published, things are slowly getting on the right track.
However, Xu Nanxing did not urge them too much.
After all, as a comic that wants to boost sales of girls' comics, Xu Nanxing has no requirements for the progress of the plot, but large-scale paintings are used for scenes such as the appearance of important characters, luxury houses and cars, exquisite clothing and jewelry.
The main purpose is to make readers deeply attracted by these beautiful pictures!
This is actually what makes comics very different from other creative works - they have a certain collectibility!
Yes, comics are also a kind of work worth collecting.
As a marginal collectible, comic art cannot be compared with oil paintings, sculptures and other works of art that are accepted by the mainstream. However, in this circle with no shortage of investors and collectors, it is still full of amazing market miracles.
Especially after 2010, classic and meaningful comic works became members of the "million club".
In addition to the value of scarcity, comics have become an important part of many people's childhood memories because they contain both artistic and intellectual meanings.
Some comic books become prized collector's items due to their rarity, artistic value, historical significance, rare signatures or illustrations, and sentimental value.
For example, at an auction in Hangzhou in 2018, an illustration of "The Little Prince" titled "Above China" and a signed copy of "War Pilot" were sold for 588,000 yuan.
This is just a hand-drawn illustration, but it was able to fetch such a high auction price.
It was not only a microcosm of the rapid development of the comics industry at that time, but also promoted the resurgence of comics collecting.
In 2012, 25 copies of Hugo Pratt's watercolor comic "Cordo, the Seven Seas Ranger" were sold at the top auction house in Paris, selling for 700,000 euros; in 2014, at the same auction house, Hergé's double-page ink manuscript of "The Adventures of Tintin" was sold at a sky-high price of 2.5 million euros, setting a world record for comic auctions.
There are also original manuscripts of animations such as "Crayon Shin-chan" and "Spirited Away" (early works were all black and white, and later works were hand-drawn with lines and then computer-colored), each of which costs around RMB 5,000.
In 2016, a set of six original drawings from "Castle in the Sky" edited by Hayao Miyazaki himself was sold at an auction in Japan for 20.5 million yen. The set of drawings depicted a classic scene where the protagonist plays the trumpet.
These are the auction prices for foreign comic illustrations, and many domestic comic illustrations were also sold at high prices.
For example, Zhao Yannian's complete set of woodcut prints of "Diary of a Madman" was sold for 667,000 yuan, becoming the "highest bid" for all comic works in the auction; a set of original manuscripts of "Nezha Conquers the Dragon King" from Shanghai Animation Film Studio was sold for 552,000 yuan; Wang Xiaoming's complete set of original manuscripts of "Snow White" comic strip was sold for 184,000 yuan, more than twice the estimated price; in 2008, four original manuscripts of "Old Master Q" drawn by Wang Ze were sold for 259,500 yuan.
Just like Xu Nanxing also collected a lot of domestic comic books and put them in the space, he also planned to wait for them to appreciate in value in the future!
Compared to novels, no matter how good a novel is, you can borrow it from others to read, and there will be no follow-up after you finish reading it.
And if the comics are drawn exquisitely and beautifully enough, many readers will want to buy a set to take home and collect even if they have read it!
Just like now, Li Shiqi has clearly finished reading this comic, but still can't help but continue to look at the beautiful illustrations inside!
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