Comic Page Rates and Creator Budgets
There are 8 distinct production steps required to produce a comic book. 4 of the steps are often condensed down to only 2 people; Story/Script and Penciler/Inker. Sadly, in lower […]
There are 8 distinct production steps required to produce a comic book. 4 of the steps are often condensed down to only 2 people; Story/Script and Penciler/Inker. Sadly, in lower […]
Back in 2020, I started contacting folks trying to put some ducks in a row to get back into the creator owned comic gig. I wasn’t ready to pull the […]
Disclaimer: I’m not a lawyer, tax professional, or anybody who can give you financial advice you should follow, without first consulting with a certified professional in said field. I get […]
Hunters in the Snow by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1565. It’s one of the most famous and influential landscape paintings of its time. Take your time and really give it […]
Genuine story serves a function. When you set out to create anything that serves a function, the effectiveness of that thing can be measured by how well it performs. If […]
I often call people out on writing “On the Nose” dialogue; dialogue without any subtext… dialogue that says exactly what it means. On the Nose dialogue rarely engages reader and […]
So you wana hire a writer to right the million dollar story in your head? When a writer writes their own work, they don’t answer to anyone. Heck, some writers […]
I think you’d be hard pressed to find some work of fiction, some type of writing, that you could NOT turn into a comic. That is to say, you could […]
Another one I get a lot is, “Is the concept the most important part of writing a story? Or the theme? Or the characters? Or the overall execution of the […]
Over at Story to Script I’ve got an article that breaks down the economics of comic production. In it, one of the things I touch on is the problem nearly […]