--- radiocomixcog <radiocomixcog_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> I just answered this over on our forum and thought I
> might as
> well copy and paste the answer over here again.
>
> But first- the Skunkworks graphic novel is NOT sold out.
> In fact, during inventory we found MORE boxes of it in
> the storage. No
> danger of it selling out any time soon....
Cool; in regard to those of us who want to get a copy can
still do so. Do our bit to empty out those boxes. CC'd Ed
Zolna as well to prompt him to get some stock. :-)
> We LOST MONEY making the Skunkworks: Reflections book. To
> the tune of a couple thousand dollars. Guess how much it
> cost to print that book? Close to $3 grand...
Anything with 'real material' gets expensive quickly. I
have not tried paper publishing, but I have seen t-shirts
and things if you use anything of reasonable quality tends
to have the price wind up quickly and the margins rapidly
diminish, making you wonder why you're doing it. If it
isn't for the satisfaction and 'because you want to', then
you may as well give up, as there are not many people
making much money from comics. Tokes is a 'full time
artist' but does all sorts of different things to do with
his 'trade' and not just comics. He runs drawing classes
four nights a week as well, making it a long day. I can
well understand needing a 'real job', as there is no way I
could get by with just my 'supplemental incomes'.
> The book is *just now* starting to break even. Thus,
> once it finally does, Jim will get paid whatever is left
> over the printing cost.
Which is fair enough, really. So if you haven't bought a
copy yet, help Radio Comix stay in business that will in
turn help Jim publish more stuff. :-) It's in all our
interests.
> Anyway, I've got to get to work. Yes, at a day job, just
> like 90% of
> the other people I know in the comics industry.
> --Elin
That's pretty much the sad truth. Most artists I've met
who are not working a 'real job' tend to either be retired
or bordering on being destitute.
Scrapper, Black Dragon, doing his bit when budget allows. :-)
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Received on Sun Jan 30 2005 - 22:28:38 CST