...so I think maybe I'll become a comic book artist next...

[Master]

Join Marvel or DC, you will make money but hurt your wrist.

[Memphis]

I was thinking I might become a surgeon. Here's my Stanley Knife. How hard could it be?

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[Stickgrappler]

Bradlee,

asked some friends, one came up with this from 2001:


"Straight from the Graphic Artist Guild Handbook for Pricing and Ethic Guidelines (2001):

Comparative Page Rates for Comic Book Art:

Writers (plot and script) $75-120
Painted art $150- 350
Layouts/Breakdowns $35-100
Penciled Art $55-200
Background art $10-25
Ink Art $45-150
Lettering $18-35
Lettering on overlay $20-35
Coloring art $75-150" (coloring adj. per comments at drawing board.org)

Marvel and DC (at least at one point) have additional payments based on sales ie. royalty like payment. "



I mentioned Jim Lee and Batman: Hush. It's said Todd McFarlane was paid 1.5 million to work on his Spider-Man title.

Guessing that the big name writers and artists will get a whole lot more. DC/Marvel has brought in non-comics people (but they are comics fans) like Joss Whedon and Brad Meltzer to name 2 to work on their books.

and as an artist, if you are popular, you could go to cons and sell sketches.

[Howlin Mad Missy]

Bradlee,

asked some friends, one came up with this from 2001:


"Straight from the Graphic Artist Guild Handbook for Pricing and Ethic Guidelines (2001):

Comparative Page Rates for Comic Book Art:

Writers (plot and script) $75-120
Painted art $150- 350
Layouts/Breakdowns $35-100
Penciled Art $55-200
Background art $10-25
Ink Art $45-150
Lettering $18-35
Lettering on overlay $20-35
Coloring art $75-150" (coloring adj. per comments at drawing board.org)

Marvel and DC (at least at one point) have additional payments based on sales ie. royalty like payment. "



I mentioned Jim Lee and Batman: Hush. It's said Todd McFarlane was paid 1.5 million to work on his Spider-Man title.

Guessing that the big name writers and artists will get a whole lot more. DC/Marvel has brought in non-comics people (but they are comics fans) like Joss Whedon and Brad Meltzer to name 2 to work on their books.

and as an artist, if you are popular, you could go to cons and sell sketches.

what he said, it doesn't have to be a case of you doing everything from story arc to finished product.

Be nice if you could create one. Have you tried to draw any of the biggie but put your own stye on it?