Comic book creator page rates, tools, and resources
Welcome to the Page Rate Finder for Comic Book Publishers AKA the Direct Market. The publishers listed here are big corporations such as Marvel and DC but this chart also includes small-press and indie publishers as well. You’ll find rates for Dark Horse, Boom! Studios, Image Comics, Iron Circus, Scout, and more. Please scroll to…
Welcome to the Page Rate Finder for Traditional Book Publishers. The data collected here reflect deals and advances from traditional book publishers. Advances are listed here for publishers such as: Harper Collins, Simon & Schuster, First Second, Abrams, Random House, Scholastic, etc. You may notice that comic book publishers are listed here as well and…
If you’re looking for a literary agent to help you navigate the publishing world, we’ve put together a list. This spreadsheet exclusively covers agents who work on graphic novels only. A few databases already exist, including the wonderful Agents for Illustrators database. We’re not aiming to compete with that or any others. Instead, this list narrows…
Creator Resource has put together a guide to the comic publishers in the industry, focusing on the bare minimum of what to expect from each. We’ve divided the publishers into a few different categories, including Work-for-Hire (aka WFH), Creator-Owned / Indie, Book Publishers, Small Press Publishers, and Webcomics. They are sorted alphabetically and publishers may…
The survey aims to build a resource about standard rates in the comic book industry for comic creators. Additionally, we hope that this data will encourage professionals not to accept work that pays below a living wage. The survey responses are gathered from comics professionals who choose to take the survey. The data is a…
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. 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…
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. 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…