As Charles Addams said, his creative style is very special.

If the creative style of the previous candidate William Steiger is biased towards fairy tales, then the works of Charles Addams obviously have a dark tone.

In the manuscript, Charles Addams used messy brush strokes to describe a love story about a skeleton awakening from the cemetery.

This was obviously something that Charles Addams had always been interested in.

Because it is a first draft, the content of the entire comic is a bit crude, but just through these rough characters, people can already feel the eerie but slightly absurd and humorous comic style behind the entire story.

This eerie cartoon, combined with the weirdly dressed Charles Adams in front of him, finally made Colin remember the identity of the other person.

Charles Addams is a representative figure of American black humor comics and the original author of the comic "The Addams Family".

It is worth mentioning that when he was serializing "The Addams Family", Charles Addams did not name the comic characters.

The names of these characters were not discussed and determined by Charles Addams and the screenwriters at the time until they were later adapted into TV series and movies.

For example, my daughter Wednesday’s full name is Wednesday Friday Addams, which actually comes from an English song at the time that helped me remember time:

"...

Wednesdays child is full of woe,(Children born on Wednesday are full of woe)

…

Fridays child is loving and giving,(Children born on Friday are loving and giving)

…”

Charles Addams thought it was funny, so he named it Wednesday.

Charles Addams's black humor style with unique values ​​also became the basis of the Gothic style that was sought after by the public in the future. It even formed a special film and television genre in Hollywood, including director Tim Burr's

Dayton is a loyal fan of this style.

Of course, in today's era, the Gothic style has not yet taken shape.

Cartoonist Charles Addams, one of the founders of this style, has not yet created the classic comic "The Addams Family".

At the moment, he is still troubled by the newspaper's rejection of the article.

After all, no matter how obsessed he was with coffins, skeletons and tombstones, he still had to fill his stomach.

Although Charles Adams liked these things, he had no intention of accompanying them so early.

Thinking of this, Charles Adams looked up at Colin in the newspaper office, with a look of expectation in his eyes.

Although deep down in his heart, he didn't have much hope for this recruitment.

“Very unique style.”

Looking away from the drawing, Colin spoke slowly under the gaze of Charles Adams.

"But……"

Hearing this, Charles Adams felt a chill in his heart, and he had even imagined what Colin would say next.

"Congratulations, Mr. Charles Adams."

However, what Colin said next was very different from what Charles had originally expected.

"What?!"

Because of such an unexpected relationship, Charles Adams didn't even react for a moment...

"I mean congratulations, Mr. Charles Adams, you have been admitted."

Looking at Charles who looked a little surprised in front of him, Colin smiled and repeated this sentence.

After Colin's reminder, Charles reacted as if he had just woken up from a dream. He grabbed the hat with strange eyes inlaid in his hand and murmured with a bit of disbelief: "I heard it wrong.

Yes, or..."

"You heard me correctly, Mr. Charles Adams, can you go to work tomorrow?"

"Yes, of course!"

Upon hearing Colin's inquiry, even in a daze, Charles Adams agreed without hesitation.

Returning the drawing in his hand to Charles Adams in front of him, Colin looked at the man who was still in disbelief and said with a smile: "Your creative style is very unique, which is not a bad thing for a cartoonist. Maybe it's not a bad thing for a cartoonist.

, Charles, you can try to integrate this style into other comic works."

If there is an opportunity in the future, Colin would be happy to hand over the Batman story to Charles Addams.

I believe that when the unique dark gothic temperament of Charles Adams collides with Batman's story, it will definitely form a relatively unique comic style.

Of course, the premise is that Colin creates "Batman" so that the wealthy man in Gotham City can become independent from the comic story of "Superman" and have his own publication.

…

"...Mr. Lange, I have your letter."

New York, Second Avenue.

After a long wait, Lange, the agent in New York, finally received a reply from Augsburg.

Taking the envelope from the postman, Lange eagerly opened it and took out the letter inside. Looking at the reply from Manroland headquarters, the expression on Lange's face gradually solidified.

In the letter, Manroland confirmed that he had received the newspaper sent by Lange, and indeed noticed the printing difference between the two newspapers.

However, the current situation is affected by the turbulence of the current situation and internal economic problems in Germany.

Manroland has suspended research on new rotary presses, and in the next few years will focus on the rotary printing presses currently on sale and produced as the main market.

To put it simply, Manroland has no money to support research and development and can only make money by relying on the printing presses it originally produced.

At the same time, in the letter, Manroland also conveyed unfortunate news to Lange. After internal discussions within the company, Manroland decided to temporarily abandon the US market. After all, the Great Depression in the United States was more severe than in Germany, and Manroland could not continue to do so.

Investing money in a losing market, especially when the company itself is already struggling financially.

Therefore, as Manroland's agent in New York, Lange unfortunately lost his agency rights and became one of the unemployed.

"how so?"

It took me a while to accept the content of the letter.

Lange looked at this letter from the Manroland headquarters in Augsburg, especially the notice of cancellation of agency rights, and murmured for a long time in astonishment.

He never expected that he was aware of the emergence of new printing press technology on the market and wanted to inform Manroland of the news, but instead he lost his job...

If he had known that it would end like this, he would not have written that letter and sent it to Manroland even if Lange was killed.

However, the matter has come to this, and no amount of regret will be of any use.

After losing its status as a manroland agent, Lange needs to think about how to face the subsequent unemployment life.

As a former rotary printing press maintenance worker, if Langer was willing, he could find a maintenance salary in the factory at a cheaper wage than before the Great Depression.

During the Great Depression, the demand for printed products showed an increasing trend. Everyone was looking for a channel to escape reality, and books became the first choice for some people.

However, after experiencing the life of an agent, it is obviously a huge psychological gap for Lange to take off his suit and become a worker again. What's more, he still has several workers under him. Once he leaves,

These workers will also immediately fall into unemployment, and some of them may even become members of the homeless army.

Lange had seen the homeless people and seen them gathering in the alleys and fighting for kitchen garbage.

He didn't want or want to see this happen to people he knew, especially since these workers had been with him for a long time. In fact, he had known several of them since they were maintenance workers.

It's just that the idea is one thing, but the reality is another.

Those who are wandering on the streets, if you ask them, they are 100% unwilling to live the life they are living now.

However, under the impact of the Great Depression, they all lost their jobs, homes and even families whether they wanted to or not, and became homeless homeless people on the streets. Some of them were even more wealthy than Lange before becoming homeless.

Qian is the director of a bank or even the boss of a company.

Thinking of this, the expression on Langer's face became a little more serious.

Returning to the office with a somewhat preoccupied look, the workers were still unaware of the bad news of unemployment and were working hard.

Scanning the familiar faces of these workers, Langer opened his mouth, but it was difficult to convince himself to tell everyone the news from Manroland headquarters.

Once he reveals the news, it will not only be the workers who will be hit, but also the families they support behind them.

However, what difference does it make? Even if Lange can conceal it for a while, can it continue to conceal it? Manroland’s cancellation of agency rights will be known to everyone sooner or later. What’s more, once there is no funds from Manroland headquarters, the single

Even Lange cannot support the remaining wages of workers.

Not only does the worker have to support his family, he also has a wife and daughter to support.

"...it's time to make a decision."

Thinking of his wife and daughter at home, Lange couldn't help but take a deep breath, and was about to tell everyone with difficulty that he lost his job as an agent of Manroland Corporation.

Suddenly, his eyes inadvertently fell on a newspaper on the worker's table.

Looking at the clearly visible comic strips in the newspaper, Lange quickly stopped what he was saying, picked up the newspaper and asked: "Who knows which newspaper company printed this newspaper?"...

"It should be the Courier-Journal, right?"

Facing Lange's inquiry, the workers, who had no idea that they had just been on the verge of unemployment, looked at each other, and one of them spoke in an uncertain tone.

"The Courier."
To be continued...