Always Promote Your Active Story
Check out the following preview pages from an indie comic crowdfund… After you look through them, take a minute to tell me about the story… This isn’t a […]
Economics
Economics of creating comic books and being a freelance comic book writer.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Something personal about me you don’t know… I’m usually ahead of the curve. I don’t know why, my whole life I’ve had a weird intuition when it comes to a […]
Maxiseries and Graphic Novels with Less Money
The golden rule of comics, uttered here so many times; The bigger it is, the more expensive it is to produce. Yet, in my travels, over 60% of first-time comic […]
Artificial Intelligence in Indie Comics – NSFW adult content
A couple years back I had this idea rumbling around my brain about a group of women working for the church. An elite squad with military training that takes on […]
Economic Breakdown The Man Who Died Twice
The comic industry changes day-to-day. Indie comics today definitely ain’t much like it was back in the 90’s… or earlier… That said, the numbers don’t lie. Most creators don’t like […]
Kickstarter for Comics Part 3 – Almighty Algorithms
I’ve consulted on many comic and game crowdfunds and helped raise quite a bit of money. For context, if I were able to keep all the money I’ve helped raise […]
Kickstarter for Comics Part 2
We just started week 3, of my current kickstarter campaign, which is bombing like some three-ton chunk of iron dropped over London during WW2. During the campaign, I’ve had a […]
Work For Hire
Every so often someone floats a post about “Work for Hire” (WFH) being the scourge of the universe and a complete abuse of artists. This is complete rubbish. Work For […]
Comic Page Rates and Creator Budgets
——- UPDATED: 2024 —————————————– Indie comics is a complex industry. It consists of many moving parts in a constantly changing landscape. An incredibly diverse landscape covering the ground from single […]
It’s hard to FIND a professional but easy to BE ONE
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 […]