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Apps for Mental Health and Wellness

Posted on October 2, 2019October 2, 2019 by Sarah Wylde

Apps are available for pretty much everything these days, including helping you look after your mental health. They are a great starting point for obtaining help and information, and they are also a lifeline for those struggling to afford therapy or who simply are not ready to speak to someone. Luckily, there are plenty of…

Rates for Commissions: Artist Commissions Survey Results

Posted on September 3, 2019August 30, 2019 by Stephanie Cooke

We put together an anonymous survey for artists who take or have taken commissions to help creators better navigate the rates that they charge and the methods in which they accept commissions. As mentioned, the data was gathered anonymously via Google Forms from a sample size of 290 artists. We are not drawing conclusions or…

Page Rates 2018 – Survey

Posted on May 22, 2019 by Stephanie Cooke

It’s time once again for our annual page rates survey. This survey is for comic book professionals to fill out in order to gain an anonymous idea of what page rates were in the industry for 2018. The results of this survey are kept 100% anonymous and will be used to maintain our web site…

A Literary Agent’s Guide to Querying Your Graphic Novel

Posted on March 18, 2019March 13, 2019 by Maria Vicente

You may have noticed that more of trade book publishing is finally catching on to what so many of us have known for a very long time: comics are amazing. Imprints are actively acquiring graphic novel projects like never before and the influence of highly illustrated books can be seen in every category and genre…

Convention Database Sign-Up for Women, Trans, and Non-Binary Comic Creators

Posted on February 8, 2019February 11, 2019 by Stephanie Cooke

Artist Jenn St. Onge and myself got to talking about comic conventions and the diversity of the invited guests. For many shows, the gaps are pretty staggering, and we got to wondering about how we could help fix that. Our solution was to create a database of women, trans, and non-binary creators working in the…

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…

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…

Finding an Agent to Represent You

Posted on January 10, 2019October 5, 2020 by Stephanie Cooke

One thing that we get asked about a lot here on Creator Resource is how to get an agent to represent you. It can be tricky and a little bit daunting at times to find someone who will be a good fit for you and your projects. It’s also a very different process from pitching…

Marketing for Indie Creators and Kickstarters

Posted on January 8, 2019December 27, 2018 by Steven Andrews

TO Comix is a small press publisher based in Toronto, Canada. We’ve published numerous books through Kickstarter (including most recently, the Shout Out anthology) and have a thing or two we can share about promoting our books. For our Kickstarter for Toronto Comics: Yonge At Heart, here’s what we did for our marketing: Pre-marketing: Social Media…

What’s in an anthology contract?

Posted on December 28, 2018December 27, 2018 by Steven Andrews

Contracts exist to protect all the partners involved, and to help clarify expectations. They should help both the publisher and the artist know what’s involved in the project, and let everyone make the most informed decision possible. Here’s our sample contract (click the link to be taken to the downloadable template) we use for anthologies, with…

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