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Category: Editors

The Comic Creator Finance Workbook

Posted on February 6, 2019February 6, 2019 by Paul Carroll

The one thing no-one talks about when someone wants to make comics is the cost behind their creation. Part of the mystery is that solo creators don’t need to pay someone else to work on their books, and part of it is that some people team up with undisclosed profit shares at the start of…

How does an anthology choose it’s stories?

Posted on January 22, 2019December 27, 2018 by Steven Andrews

How do editors choose which stories to include in a book? I can’t answer for any large companies, but I can share a little about we decided it for our Toronto Comics anthology! I imagine that some of our filters are similar, and I hope it will be helpful to folks. So, for Toronto Comics:…

Letter of Agreement for Freelance Editors

Posted on January 15, 2019January 7, 2019 by Stephanie Cooke

We’ve had many requests to expand our content for comic book editors (freelance and otherwise). Editing in comics can be pretty extensive, especially for those who oversee the artwork and the scheduling as well (we’ll touch on this in another post later). As an editor in comics, it’s equally important to have a contract established…

The fine art of getting your new book onto a store’s shelves!

Posted on November 2, 2018November 1, 2018 by Steven Andrews

So you’ve just finished putting together your first graphic novel. First of all, awesome. Congratulations. You should treat yourself to a nice dinner, and maybe take the rest of the weekend off. Because come Monday, the next leg of your journey begins: actually getting your book into as many hands as possible. Obviously conventions are…

Links for Aspiring Editors

Posted on June 15, 2018June 25, 2018 by Stephanie Cooke

Comic book editing is a big job. If you ever meet someone who edits comics and you don’t think that’s really cool, well, I don’t know what to tell you. Freelance comic book editing is almost more akin to project management than it is conventional editing. When you think of an editor, you think of…

Links for Letterers

Posted on June 11, 2018June 25, 2018 by Stephanie Cooke

Letterers are an essential part of the comic book industry and don’t get nearly enough credit for their amazing work. Lettering is one of the hardest jobs in the industry as you’re laying out the story for readers and how it’s laid out is a fine art that takes a long time to learn. Here are…

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