How Much Does It Cost To Make A Comic?
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- Опубликовано: 5 июл 2024
- How much does it cost to make a comic book?
Unfortunately there's no true industry standard for comic book page rates. The value of one's art depends on a myriad of factors, including but not limited to experience, output, location, and many other things that are hard to pin point.
I decided to do some research of what people were posting online, as well as conducting a survey to give more information.
Based on my experiences I would say I've observed black and white lettered artwork as low as $85 per page, and fully colored and lettered artwork at $125 or above.
With a normal comic book averaging 28-32 pages of interior art, this can put the cost of a single issue easily at $3,000 for a modest price, and with a trade paper back being made of 6 issues, it could be a $20,000 investment to make your first graphic novel (that is unless you learn to draw!)
Ultimately the circumstances of what a writer is able to pay and what an artist values their work at are totally dependent on the needs of those people. This is not meant to be the definitive example of "how much should a page of artwork cost?" but provide context to the startup costs of what a professional debut really might look like.
For the comic book page rate research I conducted, the following sources are provided:
Sources:
Creative Contract Consulting - www.creativecontractconsultin...
Jim Keefe - r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=AwrgL...
Page Rate Finder - www.creatorresource.com/page-...
Reddit thread - / what_is_a_fair_price_p...
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Communities I surveyed:
Reddit -
Comic Book Collabs (32,000 Members)
Facebook -
Connecting Comics Book Writers and Artists (47,000 Members)
Indie Comic Artists and Writers (11,300 Members)
How To Draw Comics (77,000 Members)
Comic Artists Seeking Commissions (26,200 Members)
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Follow-up Survey:
www.surveymonkey.com/r/Q7JBZXK
Just finished my first comic book project that i wrote. It was successfully funded on Kickstarter, but wow what a learning experience. I kept it to 16 pages of art to keep the cost down.
@@BrianLCS that’s amazing! It’s not easy even for something as modest as this 16 pages. Congratulations
great explanation. You could do the sequel about how much to expect to recover and what is the publisher's policy regarding payment (during, after, never...) :D
@@federicodallocchio49 something I hope to know from experience eventually.
Time, sweat and tears!
That being said, I'm an illustrator who's been very keen on making comics but didn't have many storytelling chops, so I teamed up with an author friend of mine to get a graphic novel project done- entirely for free! Since it belongs to both of us, we are trying to publish it together.
That could be another way to get around the cost thing, befriend an artist who is interested in trying their hand at comics, try to make a story with one of their characters. But it has to be a collaboration, they cannot be working for you nor you for them, you have to work together. I understand this might be rare and difficult to do something like this but those are my two cents.
@@MrHazz111 I love hearing that this was an avenue that worked for you both. It’s true this is an area I didn’t event cover. It’s just a rare one. Many go looking for a “collaborator” but I have learned in my own experience that rarely works for a number of reasons, not only that the artist may become unmotivated but because there are so many other hurdles to figure out you as a writer don’t want to leave your collaborator hanging. But super cool you guys accomplished this!
At 11:22 when you talk about costs such as printing, distribution, marketing, etc….would a publisher (like Image or Dark Horse) take on some of those costs?
PS: just found your channel -!: J love the videos, I’ve binged about 5+ in a row!!
@@vellamattfilms from what I’ve heard you pay the publishing fee through Image, not sure how it works with smaller publishers
@@vellamattfilms also thank you for watching, much appreciated!
@@creatorowned851 interesting. Thanks!