Comics price guide was the first online price guide for comic books back in 1995. The left group is from japan and shows the tankobon and the smaller bunkobon formats. The journey, in comics, is a treatise on educational reform in graphic format. The next line out from the safe area is the crop line. Sparkle city comics is most interested in purchasing comic books pre1985, so if youre interested in selling your golden age, silver age or bronze age comics, give us a call at 8007439205. Once youve had chance to thoroughly examine the cover, carefully open the book to examine the pages. Start your comic book search using the premier free comic book price guide. Ive made two sets of comic book templates to share. Dave lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan who one day decides to become a superhero, even though he has no. Mar 12, 2009 comic book page sizing guide march 12, 2009 by phillip ginn being anal retentive, a techniquehead, and needing to have a good method in place for comic page postproduction, ive searched the internet for as much information regarding comic book pages sizes and reduction methods. The founder of atlas timely marvel, martin goodman set up atlas comics a division of his seaboard periodicals to produce comic books as a direct rival to marvel. This ink is a black carbonbased ink that is used because it retains its color when put to the page. French and british comics also have different numbers of pages. Nov 27, 2012 i think a lot of your questions can be answered by where you are currently at with your art, comic book idea and ability to produce art on a regular basis.
This is used primarily in the inking of comic books. Aaron albert, a collector of and an expert on comic books, has studied, taught, and written about the comic book genre for more than 20 years. Jun 10, 2011 it really depends on the type of comic. Rate trending movies in seconds and rise to ultimate status. Study finds that 25% of comics readers are over 65 comic vine. With concern for the safety and health of all our participating and attending fans, we are canceling msp springcon 2020. The comic in the picture is the one for this listing.
The page rate for all the inhouse creators has to be substantially higher than the average creator owned comic. What is the typical number of pages in an american comic book. The end of 1944 saw another cost increase, leading marvel to reduce their books to 52 pages. Its best if looking for a multi word item such as bill elliott to put it in quotes bill elliott. From our humble beginnings, we have grown to the largest, most complete comic book price guide with well over 1,000,000 comics in our database. If your time is highly variable, you might need to use another method. Sep 30, 2010 study finds that 25% of comics readers are over 65 last updated by on sep 30, 2010 02.
You can think of the grade of a comic book like a grade on a report card. When initially looking at a comic book the first thing one will notice is the cover of the book. These numbers arent controversial, in fact the same numbers have been floating around the. These numbers arent controversial, in fact the same numbers have been floating around the industry for years.
No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. The survey responses are gathered from comics professionals who choose to take the survey. Which of these first installment rrated films based on a comic book graphic novel is your favorite. Poor easter bunny if only he would have known that marines engage in a level of nightly debauchery reserved only for the deepest layers of hell itself. May 03, 2010 9 misprints that are worth a ton of money. Aug 14, 2017 this move knocked it down to about 53 comic book story pages plus the 2 page text piece. A flatter is a coloring specialist within the comic book industry that prepares the inked or sketched comic book page for the colorist with digital art software such as adobe photoshop. The premier online comics price guide free comic book values. The trick here is that almost anything that can put ink on paper can be used from mechanical pens, to sharpies, to q. The first set has bigger and fewer spaces good for smaller kids or artists who want to ad lots of details. Where should you go to get your comic books and graphic novels printed. Read comics online free crossed vol 2 2010 comic book. Jan 30, 2012 has anyone ever seen a post or created a list themselves showing the price increases of comic books by year. Where to print your comic books and graphic novels.
On the single page templates there is a second smaller safe area, its the same thing, just bigger margins, so that if you happen to like larger margins around your page, as i sometimes do, you can use that. Titans follows a group of young soontobe superheroes recruited from every corner of the dc universe. The comic book page family of podcasts are hosted by john mayo, a comic book fan who has been reading comics for decades. Use word art or plain text to write the title of the comic and the authors name at the top of the page. Of course if you are keen on making comic books, you need some printable comic book templates.
The economic reality of indie comics page rates the beat. The survey aims to build a resource about standard rates in the comic book industry for comic creators. Dec 14, 2011 this is a useful article for both artists, and people looking to commissionbuy art, specifically in the realm of comics. Comiclink is the online vintage comic book and comic art auction destination featuring comic book auctions spotlighting the most desirable cgc graded examples of key comics, as well as comic art auctions featuring the biggest names in comic book illustration from the. Additionally, we hope that this data will encourage professionals not to accept work that pays below a living wage. Eventually the text pieces ceased existing, so it was 25 pages of comic. Create the comic strip template you will use for your images and words. Since this rate is inflated compared to what one could produce on their own shouldnt that burden on the publisher be counter balanced with the lion share of the rights to that creation. Straight from the graphic artist guild handbook for pricing and ethic guidelines 2001. What are the current industry standard comic book page rates. Whether youre being offered lower than standard page rates or not from a publisher, it is important that there remains an ongoing conversation about fair standards in the comics industry. Comic book cover price increases through the years comics. Marvel would then maintain roughly that page rate for the rest of the 1940s and all of the 1950s, 2325 pages worth of comic book stories, with 2 pages of text pieces. The specialist does so by selecting the objects on the page and filling them in with a solid color called a flat, so that the flats can be used by the.
Comic books have a greater variety of units of encapsulation than comic strips, including the panel, the page, the spread, and inset panels. Comic book cover price increases through the years. Comic book flash mailers fits most comic sizes, tpbs. You can either create a table for uniform comic strip boxes or you can draw the squares individually. We have values for any marvel, dc, image, idw, darkhorse, or dell comic book that is in your collection. Subscribe to marvel unlimited to access thousands of digital comics for one low price. Boxed shipping is available at a higher cost, please message for shipping rate. Comic book value packs comic book value packs are a great way to pick up a lot of comics cheaply. And safe is about the same inside the crop line really but 1 cm or. This method of figuring out your base really depends on tracking and making good use of your time.
At creator resource, we believe the information that fair page rates provided was invaluable to the community and to helping open up the floor to discussion in terms. One day, dredd is partnered with cassandra olivia thirlby, a rookie with powerful psychic abilities. The reality of mainstream creatorowned comics zub tales. How much money do comic book artists and writers make. Marvel would then maintain roughly that page rate for the rest of the 1940s and all of the 1950s, 2325 pages worth of comic book stories, with 2 pages. The most common inking utensils are the crowquill pen and brushes. Open a new file in microsoft word to begin your comic book project. But heres the hard truth nobody wants to ever deal withso do comic book writers. The web site fair page rates kept a list of all the rates in the comic book industry until the people running the site moved away from it.
Has anyone ever seen a post or created a list themselves showing the price increases of comic books by year. Each pack is grouped around a particular character or theme, and there is no duplication within any pack. What comic book artists need to know about the writers they. Phi delta kappan an inspiring, heartwarming book that serves as a reminder of what teaching should, and can, be. Comic book collectors are often lifelong enthusiasts of the comic book stories, and they usually focus on particular heroes and attempt to assemble the entire run of a title. All posts need to have an imageor link and year or time period. A comic book, also known as a comic or floppy, is a periodical, normally thin in size and stapled together.
A high grade, like an a or mint, is good, while a low grade. There isnt a page rate for them, so theyre for promotional purposes only. Lately ive watched as the conversation about paying comics book artists has shifted into a dangerous direction, with artists essentially declaring that theyre most important member of the team while simultaneously dismissing the contributions that writers bring to. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Easily search titles such as amazing spiderman, batman, xmen and the black panther. We continue to count down your choices for the greatest comic books and graphic novels of the past. It would be nice to see a timeline by year of the increase in the cover price of comics. How much does a comic book artist make per project. A comparison of book formats for comics around the world. Unless youve got, lets say, 50100 pages of your epic comic book story already drawn its very premature to even think about printing or merchandising. And if its a trade papoer back or a prestige or hardcover issue then the page numbers, along with page size, also varies. Apr 08, 2015 comic book artists deserve to be paid. As you can see, comic books have gone through a clear evolutionary path to get us to where we are today.
Savings interest rates skyrocket after fed meeting. If it is a single issue marveldc type comic then its usually 32 pages including ads. Comic book flash mailers fits most comic sizes, tpbs, and manga digests. What is the typical number of pages in an american comic. Make sure there are no missing pages in the comic book. The cover of a comic is what typically takes the most abuse. For very collectible books, the use of tweezers is recommended to minimize contact with harmful skin oils. Comic artists doing advertising and editorial comic illustration earn top project rates. We also hope this data will encourage more professionals not to accept work that pays below certain standards. Printing cost also includes a per book fixed cost and additional per page costs, which vary depending on which amazon marketplace website your book was ordered from. We strive to host the best familyfriendly and safe comic book shows for our friends and fellow comic fans. Most collectors will accept any page quality except for books with slightly brittle or brittle pages in a collectible comic.
Comic book series proposals for our comic book line comic book series proposals must have at least eight pages of final art included with the pitch material so they can see what the finished comic book pages will look like. Should you go with offset printing or print on demand. Comic link the online vintage comic book and comic art. Todays comics online read comic strips at gocomics. Everything is different for everyone of course, but these rates are pretty standard for the big three. The first issue of a longrunning comic book series is commonly the rarest and most desirable to collectors. What are the going page rates for writers and artists in the. With the way the economy is going and the rise of inflation and mostly because of the skyrocketing cost of paper, it was only a. If you happen to be a writer looking to hire an artist, or perhaps you are an artist whos been approached by someone looking to hire, its good to know what the sort of baseline is when you are deciding on how much to charge, or conversely, how much you can expect to pay.