Recently, there was a movie that was originally scheduled to be released on December 15, but perhaps because the word-of-mouth was okay during the screening, it was moved to December 8. It is "Lighting Store" starring Zhang Ruonan, Bai Yufan, Liu Yijun, etc.
However, it is a manga movie, and it must only be known to friends who follow the anime circle.
The Illumination Store is actually based on the manga of the same name by a well-known Korean webtoon artist.
This person is ginger grass.
"Draw ugly, think beautiful".
This horror cartoonist is scary enough
If you want to talk about manga movies, there is actually nothing to say, after all, it has a long history, the former hit "Get Out!" Tumor Jun", the smash hit "Take My Brother Away" and so on, are all comic movies.
However, in recent years, domestic films have begun to "pick" books from foreign comics.
Last year's "Lonely on the Moon", which was also adapted from the comic of the same name by Korean cartoonist Cho Seok, is one of the most successful works, and of course, it is not excluded that the attention of the actors themselves is there.
This time, "The Lighting Store" is not as popular as "Lonely on the Moon", but it does not prevent it from becoming the most stable film in the second half of this year.
Many fans of ginger grass comics also went to visit, and the evaluations given were basically normal. Most of them are discussing the length of a movie, whether it has been adapted and localized well.
Among them, Benhua noticed that one of the things that everyone often mentions is that this movie has a warm and somewhat terrifying atmosphere.
This can be seen from the two versions of the poster of the movie "The Illumination Store".
At the beginning of December, there was an entry on Weibo calledThat's my mother, and my nails won't hurt me, once ranked first on the hot list.
The content is nothing else, it is a ** of "Lighting Store". The mother played by Nakayanagi is gently patting her daughter's back and coaxing her.
However, when the camera zooms in, the audience discovers that her nails are growing on the tips of her fingers.
Under normal circumstances, this detail is very scary, she is probably not a normal person, and the most terrifying situation may be that she is not even a living person.
But many netizens said, "That's my mother, I don't feel scared when I think of a ghost being my mother." ”
This is what makes "Illumination Store" attract a part of the audience, and it is also the style of ginger grass comics.
Many readers commented on Jiang Cao, believing that he was "a group of warm comic geniuses dressed in weird thriller fantasy".
But if it is really Amway, it is different from the comfortable filter of the "Lighting Store" movie, and the painting style of handsome men and women on the screen, every fan reader will definitely emphasize one sentence, that is, "The story is amazing, but the painting style must be tolerated." ”（doge）
Because there are two characteristics of ginger grass's comics, which can be summed up as:
"Draw ugly, think beautiful".
Jiang Cao's comic stories are very distinctive, and his works are different from the fast food comics that are popular on the Internet today, and his comics are usually long enough and delicate enough, and he likes to start with a thriller and horror atmosphere and end with a warm and touching atmosphere.
His story has a meticulous logic, and even if the multiple lines are parallel, it is not messy at all.
There is such a style of comics, mainly because Jiang Cao feels that realistic works can no longer attract him, so he wants to create works that are "ridiculous but feel a little reasonable", which he believes is a kind of duty as a comic book writer.
As a result, there are many thunderous "horror comics" works.
But even if his logic, thoughts, and ideas are so "wonderful", his painting style is indeed easy to make people embarrassed, because it is not exquisite, and it is not even normal.
For example, the beauties in his pen are like this.
Such. And then the handsome male protagonist of his pen is like this.
Or something like this.
Should I say it or not, this "horror" cartoonist is a little scary.
"He should be Korea's gift to the world of manga".
The title of this section is the evaluation given by a reader of ginger grass.
Family members who like to watch Korean dramas, or learn about the history of Korean dramas, probably know that Koreans usually deconstruct and understand the world through the dissection of human nature.
Su Won", "The Defender", "The Melting Pot", "The Gift of Room No. 7" and other works that are regarded as indispensable in Korean film and television, are all works that start with a national sensational event and take human nature as the topic.
The Defender" stills.
Stills from Room 7.
Even "Dark Glory", "Extraordinary Lawyer Yu Yingyu", etc., which have dominated the screen for a long time at Station B in recent years, what makes the audience full of praise is the very sharp portrayal of human nature in it.
But ginger grass's comics are even earlier than these works.
His cartoons not only depict human nature, but also pay tribute to life. This is especially in the horror and suspense genres of his works.
Although the name of ginger grass is not well-known in China, he is definitely a precedent in Korea.
If you don't understand, you may not really be able to find it, in addition to the original script, the Korean film and television industry also likes manga very much.
"Full House of Romance" went from the 1995 inspirational emotional drama "The Legend of the Car God", to the 2004 innocent girl idol drama "Full House of Romance" and 2006's "Palace", and then to the 2014 workplace comic drama "Unborn".
Finally, in recent years, "Why is Secretary Jin like that", "The Goddess Descends", "Super Ability Clan", "My Goddess Roommate Douna" and so on.
It's all comics, and the sheer number of them is breathtaking.
Then who would have thought of the original work "Moving" (ginger grass) of "Super Alien Clan".
It's actually this style of painting?
However, the reason why Korean comic dramas are endless, and there has been no sign of decline, is still inextricably related to the circle of Korean comics.
As early as the 20th century, the main position of Korean comics was also only black and white paper strips. It was at the beginning of the 21st century that the new form of webtoon really became popular in South Korea.
At that time, webcomicists mainly published their works in the form of personal ** or online forums.
Jiang Cao is one of the earliest initiators and most accomplished leaders in this field, and this is how his reputation as "the living fossil of Korean webtoons" comes from.
The mainstream view is that today's Korean webtoons began with Kang Cho's work "Innocent Manga" on the portal **daum since 2003. ”
He pioneered the way of swiping up and down in "Innocent Comics", which has been used by Korean webmans since then. ”
But more importantly, he combines the creation of webtoons with the long-form narrative of film and television dramas, with a simple painting style but a strong story. The works created by cartoonists represented by him have a greater possibility of being adapted into film and television dramas. ”
Han Man's situation of being suppressed under the rule of Japanese comics for a long time in the comic circle has changed, and he has the opportunity to overtake in corners.
In 2006, South Korea's first webtoon adaptation film "Apartment" was a remake of Jiang Cao's work of the same name. According to incomplete statistics, since then, many popular high-scoring film and television dramas "Super Ability", "I Love You", "Neighbors", etc., have also been adapted from his comics.
In addition to "Lonely on the Moon" in China, "Come on Today" is also adapted from the Korean comic "Gauss Electronics Company".
As a result, the origin of ginger grass is not insignificant.
Use "Hades Painting Style" and "Hades Stories".
Talk about the emotions of the yang world
Before seeing the real ginger grass, many readers fantasized that he was a handsome uncle, or if he was not handsome, at least he should be very stylish.
But actually, that's what he does.
To put it realistically, without talent and aura, he probably won't be conspicuous in the crowd.
Just like his comic book style, without such a remarkable story, his style of painting can only be called "ugly and rough", not "ugly and unique".
In fact, many of his readers have reflected that his painting style is easy to make people abandon the comics, and it also made people unable to distinguish the characters for a while. But in the end, they were all defeated by his story and became high-viscous readers.
Because Jiang Cao is the author of using "Hades Painting Style" and "Hades Stories" to tell the emotions of the Yang world.
In a very strange way, he proves one thing to the reader subtly and extremely powerfully.
The plot is the primary factor in the comics, not the style of the comics.
But Jiang Cao, who was born in Chinese liberal arts, was actually still agonizing about himself until around 2010, "Why is painting so ugly?" ”
This has even become one of his "greatest distresses".
At first, when he started the daily comic "Everyday Big Reflection", Jiang Cao rarely thought about this problem, and it was not until later that he started the long-form comic with a huge amount of information, that he realized that his hands were slow and he could not express his thoughts truthfully.
But then he found out that although he was weak by the standards of an illustrator, he was not bad by the standards of a cartoonist. When it comes to expressing the story he wants to tell, he has more than enough of it.
But at the same time, he is more afraid of his readers.
Some authors say that creation is a battle with oneself, but unlike me, I am fighting with the readers. ”
I have to find a way to make my work interesting to the readers, and if the readers find it boring, then I lose. ”
One of the reasons why Ginger Grass's works always feel very abrasive is that Ginger Grass has a deep obsession with introducing characters. So every time before **, he will be ready to take action until he thinks he is perfect.
When the characters are introduced in a nuanced manner, the story becomes flesh and blood. ”
The reason why Jiang Cao's works can touch people's hearts is also related to his own many beliefs.
For example, the big world is made up of many small worlds, and he likes all kinds of small characters to work together to complete the huge main story.
For example, if the author goes to explain in detail what this is and what it is after the end of the work, it is all an afterthought and meaningless.
For example, he rejected most of the proposals that invited him to participate in the adaptation of comic film and television dramas, because as long as he did not have more than 90% of the trust, he would rather not sign a contract directly. In this way, it is a kind of sincerity.
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