Jimmie Robinson offers “An Open Love Letter to Comics”
FACT: I don’t make much money in comics. I only make enough to survive.
However… I still love making comics.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not crying...
“Fair Page Rates” wants to know how much YOU make
UPDATED WITH CAVEAT: Alex De Campi has pointed out that show ever has put this together used her slide on page rates without crediting...
The money thing part 1: there is none in writing about comics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8P80A8vy9I
Time to get meta again! The article The Awl by Noah Davis about rising pay rates for online writing gave hope to millions:
Many newer...
Job watch: courtroom sketch artist takes another crack at Tom Brady today
As we all know, paying jobs for artists can be in short supply. One of the more obscure but potentially full-time gigs is courtroom...
Help wanted: Steve Rude seeks colorist
Legendary artist Steve Rude has an open submission form on his website for a colorist to color new Nexus and Moth stories.
The economic reality of indie comics page rates
Over the last year or so, there’s been an increasing amount of talk in creator circles about the low page rates being given out...
Self promotion the non-annoying way
We've quoted Blerdgurl (formerly Derpygurl) before on promoting at cons, and she has a new post out called 10 Ways to Promote Your Project...
Making comics: Do you need to go to cons and live in NYC or...
Short answer: no.
Faith Erin Hicks has a far more informative and entertaining longer version, which includes anecdotes and concrete evidence of how she...
Webcomic alert: Witness the economic struggle of the cartoonist in ICE CREAM by Alex...
Here's a comic that sums up all the money stuff we've been talking about for the last few weeks. The unnamed cartoonist in Alex...
Know your exploiters in comics: a brief guide
This is an old link, but Robort Boyd has posted a slideshow he delivered on Comixploitation! that rounds up some of the more egregious...
OMG these Yotsuba&! figures are so cuuuuuuuute!
Not only are these tiny Yotsuba&! figures from Kotobukiya adorable as the dickens, they got me thinking about the place of merchandising in a creator's business plan.
Hold on, some people are actually making money at comics!
After yesterday's gloom parade over the economics of comics, and the small number of people who seem to be making a good wage from...
