Interesting. Going through the production process myself with Dark Horse right now. Interesting to see similarities and differences. Our beginnings were the same in that I only got in through a connection. Interestingly, I submitted through their open submissions, and heard nothing, but with direct contact, I heard back the next day.
This is so insightful. Thank you! You might get to this in subsequent parts, but did you pay your artist or other members of the creative team an upfront page rate out of pocket, or did you agree to split your share of royalties? Without an advance, I can imagine you needed to shell out a lot to pay your creative team.
I don’t go into that in other parts, but perhaps at a later date. But yes, I paid a page rate to my artists, colorist, and letterer. Always have. Anything I earned on the backend from Kickstarter or Dark Horse was mine (although it’s been negligible at best).
Interesting. Going through the production process myself with Dark Horse right now. Interesting to see similarities and differences. Our beginnings were the same in that I only got in through a connection. Interestingly, I submitted through their open submissions, and heard nothing, but with direct contact, I heard back the next day.
Congratulations on the book!
But yeah, who you know helps in all sorts of ways. Finding agents is a lot easier if you can say, hey, another client of yours suggested I reach out.
Great insight into the process. Can't wait for part 2!
Part II might be even more insightful.
I've been waiting for this!
Let me know what you think after you've read it. I hope the series provides good insight for you.
Out of curiousity, did you get to include you own production costs before the profit split?
No. Based on the fact they said asking for an advance would likely hurt my chances, broaching that wasn’t even a consideration.
I figured I knew the answer to that question, but wanted to be sure
This is so insightful. Thank you! You might get to this in subsequent parts, but did you pay your artist or other members of the creative team an upfront page rate out of pocket, or did you agree to split your share of royalties? Without an advance, I can imagine you needed to shell out a lot to pay your creative team.
I don’t go into that in other parts, but perhaps at a later date. But yes, I paid a page rate to my artists, colorist, and letterer. Always have. Anything I earned on the backend from Kickstarter or Dark Horse was mine (although it’s been negligible at best).