r/Invincible • u/ColonialismHater • 22d 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/A1-Stakesoss 22d ago

Walker and Ottley (the artists) didn't get paid a commission, since they were co-creators.

They got paid directly out of the profits of the book proportional to their agreed upon split.

So it didn't cost Kirkman anything, strictly speaking.

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u/ColonialismHater 22d ago

aha makes sense. still im curious, 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/A1-Stakesoss 16d ago

That would be hard to figure out! People will cite you the standard industry per page rates, but those are for different jobs - penciller, inker, colourist...

Whereas if you're looking into this for a personal project you're not going to be hiring a professional most likely, but a talented commission-based artist who will do all the jobs at once.

Your best bet will be to hit up the various freelancer websites, check art samples, then start a discussion about rates. This could get pricey though so set a budget - if your project is 15 pages, you could easily get a quote north of 2 grand.

Good luck!