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Apr. 27th, 2004 02:30 amHmm. Got a potential offer to collab on a comic with a guy under a studio that's an umbrella publisher for self-publishers. Er, that sounds far weirder than it really is. At any rate, the guy is a writer and he's footing the bill for the thing, the studio helps with PR, and if I pencil it I get 25% of whatever the take is (i.e., if it only makes $10, I get $2.50) and 40% if I pencil and ink. (mind you, I might get more, since I *think* it's B&W and there's a percentage that's supposed to go to the colorist. and the letterer ... if I letter it myself, there's another percentage...)
Of course the drawbacks are that it's a possibility that it deosn't make anything. But then again, that's sort of par for the course in this field. There's also the idea that the particular writer who wants to work with me wants me to do it in this style, which I'm not sure that I can sustain for a full comic, and he wants to do a long-term story arc that takes either 60-ish single issues or several graphic novels. (I'd be all about the graphic novels instead of the issues, since I have Word from On High that they sell better. I know they're certainly easier to place in regular bookstores.)
The *other* problem I have is that whole looking-for-a-job thing. If I get a job in town, not too bad because I can keep doing this without interruption. If I get a job out of town, though, there'll be a several-week gap in which I move and start and that'll put a crimp in things.
Hm. I really need to talk to that guy ... right now I've been dealing with the studio itself, which is placing artists with writers. Sort of a comic-book dating service, in a way.
Of course the drawbacks are that it's a possibility that it deosn't make anything. But then again, that's sort of par for the course in this field. There's also the idea that the particular writer who wants to work with me wants me to do it in this style, which I'm not sure that I can sustain for a full comic, and he wants to do a long-term story arc that takes either 60-ish single issues or several graphic novels. (I'd be all about the graphic novels instead of the issues, since I have Word from On High that they sell better. I know they're certainly easier to place in regular bookstores.)
The *other* problem I have is that whole looking-for-a-job thing. If I get a job in town, not too bad because I can keep doing this without interruption. If I get a job out of town, though, there'll be a several-week gap in which I move and start and that'll put a crimp in things.
Hm. I really need to talk to that guy ... right now I've been dealing with the studio itself, which is placing artists with writers. Sort of a comic-book dating service, in a way.
