{"id":43010,"date":"2014-06-14T00:01:04","date_gmt":"2014-06-14T06:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/06\/14\/for-those-who-follow-indie-comics.html"},"modified":"2014-06-16T08:40:11","modified_gmt":"2014-06-16T14:40:11","slug":"for-those-who-follow-indie-comics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/06\/14\/for-those-who-follow-indie-comics.html","title":{"rendered":"For those who follow indie comics"},"content":{"rendered":"
Some interesting numbers on what it takes a writer or artist to be able to afford an independent title. Also, on the significance\u00a0of buying the monthlies, rather than just waiting for the TPB collection.<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +Nicholas Yanes<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

"If Rocket Girl dips into the 8000s, we\u2019ll start thinking about when to wrap it up. If it stays above 12,000 we can do it forever. At 12,000 copies I can make as much writing Rocket Girl as Hulk; Amy Reeder can make as much penciling\/inking\/coloring as she would on Batwoman. 8000 vs 12,000 is a significant difference in percentage, but it\u2019s not a huge amount of readers. A lot of Image creators are in the same boat, albeit their individual line might be a bit higher or lower."<\/p>\n

http:\/\/robot6.comicbookresources.com\/2014\/06\/quote-of-the-day-the-economics-of-creator-owned-comics\/<\/a>\ufeff<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Quote of the Day | The economics of creator-owned comics – Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources<\/a>
\n \u201cRegarding single issue sales: they are incredibly important to a lot of Image creators. On Rocket Girl, it\u2019s by far the biggest chunk (of course, we don\u2019t have a tpb yet). And every reader counts. A few thousand copies can make or break a series. If Rocket Girl dips into the 8000s, we\u2019ll start thinking \u2026\n <\/p>\n

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Some interesting numbers on what it takes a writer or artist to be able to afford an independent title. Also, on the significance\u00a0of buying the monthlies, rather than just waiting for the TPB collection. Reshared post from +Nicholas Yanes "If Rocket Girl dips into the 8000s, we\u2019ll start thinking about when to wrap it up. … Continue reading “For those who follow indie comics”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-media-comics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":39504,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/11\/03\/dave-does-the-comics-issue-54-3-nov-2013.html","url_meta":{"origin":43010,"position":0},"title":"***Dave Does the Comics – Issue 54 (3 Nov 2013)","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 3-Nov-13 6:46pm","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm back! 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