HighRadArt

Which program do you like the best for editing? Also, best of luck. It's not an easy business to get into.

Looks like you only wanted the printing costs ($1500)?

I watched this last night and just couldn't get into it. I also really liked Lockjaw but not enough to continue watching it. Next...

Never seen that but wowzers

I have some OA by Tim. Awesome artist and very reasonable prices.

Appreciate the reply Bob.

The OP should be happy. There's some great information here.

+1

Maybe not that high end since I can only imagine what his rate is. What's an average rate for a cover? $500? $1k? I know the after publish markup can be a lot. Although, I picked up a published cover from Tim Seeley for $250 ( nice guy btw).

Wow. I was thinking $10k for kickstarter but we're already at $13k.

Are you talking lettering on the page or with an editing program on a computer?

$5000 just to print it but what if I need an artist? What would be the average rate per page? $100? $200?

I'm not looking to self publish but I am curious so how about a hypothetical in today's prices? I want to make a 20 page comic with a cover by a known artist. Let's keep it simple at 1000 copies ( unless there's a higher minimum I'm unaware of).

Which is why I almost didn't bother with a reply. Not the first time someone has wanted to "make their own comic" and won't be the last.

Staple tuck?

Looks nice. Fantasticon in Tacoma?

I was kidding because the op has egg in his name. I personally have no problem with pressing. Although, I have thought about how much the staples are affected by the amount of humidity being applied to the book. My guess would be not much when done correctly. I don't see how one could even tell if staple rust was due to a bad press.

I'm thinking you started this thread to "egg" on the pressing haters.

I was thinking of board member Ryan. and his book Don't bid on the devil.

Start by finding an artist and have them send no less than 3 pages of sequential art. Mainly, because you want to know they can illustrate your story and that you can work with them. I'm not a lawyer, but you may want to get a non disclosure prior to discussing any of your ideas with potential artists unless your characters are copyrighted. Not sure how that works if you put them up on kickstarter.

There's a few artist here and I know I saw another board member that published their own comic. Don't remember who it was but I believe it was a crime story.

Marvel's Secret Secret Last Vegas ll

Who bids on this stuff and where are they when I have books up for bid?

But it has excellent centering...