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I think part of my issue comes from working in games. There I'm working on 1/8th 1/4er and 1/2 page rates and maybe as many as a dozen such pieces in one product. Paying those prices for full pages seems more than a little daunting. I've also been hearing the "If you don't believe in your art enough...

Of course you are right and, reading what I wrote, I misspoke. An artist does deserve a better page rate once the comic has been picked up, beyond being reasonable it is only decent. Add to that the fact that with every issue they are helping you sell more comics (hopefully) and that makes complete ...

It seems that you don't understand the work, effort, and money that go into producing a pitchable script, finding and organizing the artists to bring that script to life, package it all in a professional maner all with no pay whatsoever. Artist's time has value, writer's time seems to have no value....

I just realized that art in comics is like editing in other forms of writing. You pay for it because no one wants to read it otherwise. I was having trouble justifying spending money on another's art just to be able to show off my own "art". Then I realized that I do that already. I pay an editor to...

I do believe you but I'm sure not every artist is that way. Just out of curiosity, do you expect the same sort (likely higher) page rate once the book is picked up? Or do you then want to go in half way as part owner of the book?

What about a deal like this, 50/50 split on success or $10 per page to keep as a part of the writer's portfolio? I agree that artists deserve to get paid. I also believe that asking an artist to work for $10 per page on a published book is insane! They should be making a lot more than that! But if t...

Which is why very few writers are willing to pay up front. We want your top game for a submission, not what you are willing to pound out for $10 a page. We want to know that you are as invested in this projects success as we are. If I want to see my scripts turned into art badly enough then it is to...

For a vanity project, that dream that you fear may never lead anywhere it isn't. In fact $10 per page is probably on the cheap end (I come from the RPG world where a full page, B&W might cost upwards of $80 and a full color cover might cost around $500). For pitches, where the hope is to turn them i...

What is it that you really want? Do you want to run a company? Do you want to see your ideas in print? Your shotgunning a lot of ideas but I'm not getting a clear idea of your vision.

I'm interested in working with artists to develop your ideas into pitches that will hopefully become proper books or series. I'm mainly interested in modern day stories but I'll entertain any idea. I'm no good at comedy or horror, you have been warned.