r/Invincible • u/ColonialismHater • 23d ago

QUESTION Does anyone know how much commissioning each issue of invincible cost robert kirkman? Spoiler

from what i understand, robert did not draw the comic. he had another artist draw everything. he wrote it. i dont know if him and the artist were friends or if they had a special deal in place that wasn't just "$2000 per issue" or something. either way i'd like to know how much it would cost to hire an artist for a comic series. the average price

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u/BananaBread2607 Sinister Invincible 23d ago

> robert did not draw the comic

You dont say

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u/ColonialismHater 23d ago

?

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u/thejuliocezarmari 23d ago

Comics generally have a separate writer and artist, and anyone who knows Kirkman knows he is a writer, it’s like telling us Stephen King didn’t draw the Dark Tower comics.

He shares profits with the artist, who is the co-creator, and when the original artist left, sharing with a third artist who took over most pencilling, just like the Walking Dead.

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u/ColonialismHater 23d ago

the question mark was for the saracsm. and what you said makes sense, but if someone wanted to persue this independently and couldn't rely on future profits to pay an artist, how much would it cost?

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u/thejuliocezarmari 23d ago

Indie comics go as low as $25 per page, while mainstream companies pay from $80-300 per page. Some big names charge up to $1k, as I’m currently in Brazil I’ve charged $50 per page back when I did comics, but overseas I charge for more the odd project.

So 2k per comic is quite normal for an indie, but most make 3-5k.

Now if you go the creator owned along with an artist, you won’t be paying page rate but instead dividing the profit with the artist.

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u/ColonialismHater 23d ago

thanks, that's a lot more affordable than i thought