How does OA get out?

[Bodhi396]

I have no experience I'm original art, but am curious as to how it gets out to the public.

 

Say an artist draws a comic and submits it to the publisher and the comic is made. After that, who keeps the artwork, the publisher or the artist?

 

If its the artist, I guess they can sell it and it gets out.

 

But if it's the publisher, dont they keep it in some archive somewhere? I guess I imagine Marvel or DC having a vast vault filled with original art from all their comics. Is that true?

[pinupcartoonguy]

Most art gets returned to the artists, who then either keep it, sell it themselves, or give it to a dealer to sell. A few publishers, such as Bongo Comics (publisher of the Simpson), keeps all the art.

[Achilles]

Most art gets returned to the artists, who then either keep it, sell it themselves, or give it to a dealer to sell. A few publishers, such as Bongo Comics (publisher of the Simpson), keeps all the art.

 

I'd been wondering about Simpsons OA, thanks for solving that mystery!