is of course a loyal reader of " Dragon Tiger Gate ". This longevity comic published since 1969, due to poor sales, was returned by the original author Huang Yulang to the copyright holder "Cultural Communication" in May of this year, who hired the chief writer to continue painting and publishing. The former also painted " Dragon Tiger V ".
Here, the theme I want to talk about is: Why did "Dragon Tiger Gate" succeed?
is the first, of course, is a socio-economic factor: when the economy took off, people's pockets were rich, and the part spent on entertainment consumption naturally increased. That is to say, before that, children could not afford comics, but after that, children have more pocket money and naturally consume more comics.
is the second, Huang Yulang has published many comics before this. Although they are also very successful, they are not very popular. The feature of "Dragon Tiger Gate" is actually an eternal formula: struggle, growth, friendship, which is the so-called "hot blood" today, the formula summed up by Japan's Shueisha. Of course, Huang Yulang had never heard of the equation, but he hit it by mistake.
is the third, among all the juvenile comics at that time, "Dragon Tiger Gate" is the most suitable. The Japanese gangsters it describes, as well as Porsche sports cars, etc., are the "enlightenment mentors" of countless young readers. Now we talk about it, or talk about it. The problem with
is that, decades later, the readers of "Dragon Tiger Gate" have grown up, and now the comics have become a high-consumption product, and the readers are almost all adults. However, the story is still playing with blood, which is obviously not to the taste of adults. Besides, the screenwriter of Lian Duqiao is also a few decades old, so how can he make a bloody episode?
Furthermore, those very attractive gangs and luxury life bridges are all gone, replaced by some super martial artist, exaggerated fighting, when martial arts has evolved into a sci-fi level, it is hard to think of it, this is still Gang Vendetta. Furthermore, readers will inevitably think in their hearts: "Che, these bridges, copy and paste, I can figure it out!"
To put it simply, the readers of "Dragon Tiger Gate" have grown up, and so has the author. But the bridge did not grow up. Of course, this does not mean that if it changes, it can not die. After all, the times have changed, and the craze of comics has also changed. It cannot survive against the times. But the speed of dying is a little slower, but it can still be done... Now it is naturally impossible.