Comic Books As A Visual Medium
Which Stories Make Good Comic Books?
Types Of Layouts For Comic Books
The Medium Close Shot for Comic Books
Tips on Writing A Comic Book Script
Differences Between Comic Books & Movies
Importance of Collaboration When Making a Comic Book
Finding Collaborators for Your Comic Book
The Cost To Make A Comic Book
Cost Considerations for Making a Comic Book
Benefits of Publishing Small Comic Books First
Publishing Your Comic Book On The Internet
Benefits of Print-On-Demand for Your Comic Book
Printing Options for Your Comic Book
How to Advertise Your Comic Book
Comic Book Conventions as a Promotion Tool
Variables in The Comic Book Profession
Importance of Sending Review Copies of Your Comic Book
Recommended Publishers for Your Comic Book
Advice On Publishing Your Own Comic Book
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Dan Head is a veteran writer and small press comic publisher. He wrote and self-published his first graphic novel, Bronx Angel: Politics By Another Method, in 2005. It has since been...read more
"On behalf of Expert Village, my name is Dan Head. And today, we're going to talk about how to self publish your own comic or graphic novel. So how much is it going to cost me to make my comic? The answer is, however much you're willing to spend. But, there are limits. On the low end, if you are looking for pencils and inked pages, and you're willing to use the internet to find artists that are in, quite honestly, Asian countries where the US dollar has a favorable exchange rate, you can probably pay between twenty and forty dollars a page for full pencils and inks. That's in the neighborhood for what I paid for this. And, this has decent art, but let's face it, it's not quite up to the standard for what you're going to see in the big two. If you want art that's going to take you places, something that looks like this. Something that explodes off the page. Now, you're looking at, at a minimum of sixty dollars for pencils, and possibly much, much more."
eHow Article: The Cost To Make A Comic Book
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genisis2 said
on 8/2/2008 Fascinating stuff, thanks for sharing.
weshuffor said
on 8/10/2008 Yes, 60 bucks get's you cat poop on a ritz cracker. Which is about the quality of 90% of the indy-press out there right now. Thanks for perpetuating the machine that piles more and more useless homemade crap out there and keeps decent material out of comic shops.