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Comics creators have had enough.
Kurt Busiek replied that he got $50 page for MARVELS.
Gaiman lamented the current state of the industrys standard compensation.
How anyone survives on [the] current page rates leaves me chilled.
Meanwhile, artist Kwanza Osajyefo claimed DC used dishonest practices to draw creators.
A creator at Marvel accused her employer of astounding pay gaps, too.
Ahoy Comics pays me better than Marvel, Krausetweeted.
Even acclaimed comics struggle under the current system.
Why have I not created a follow-up book?
Well, after finishing our book, my co-author and I were broke, Laskywrote.
I went back to work for a bakery.
My co-author was homeless for a while.
Our GN didnt make us royalties.
Chris Fenoglio, who worked on franchises likeX-Men, concurred regarding the question of royalties.
Licensed comics dont pay royalties.
Like, ever, hetweeted.
Those who do receive royalties find that the payments are very little.
Justin Giampaoli earned just $1,703 in royalties in 2021, according to histweet.
He was recounting a time in 2015 when he got a coloring gig at BOOM!
Studios, a company known for Keanu ReevessBRZRKRand established licenses withDuneandBuffy the Vampire Slayer.
I was having heart flutters, I was dehydrated, I was falling asleep over my schools Cintiq.
I hated the work I turned in.
When I woke up and saw that I was cut loose, something in me broke.
A different artist, CoreyBrickley, alleged being overworked by a tabletop company.
I busted my ass and didnt sleep for two days, he wrote.
Freelance illustrator Chris Sotomayors health deteriorated due to working conditions.
I got some stories too, hetweeted.
Like when I was overworked and wound up in the hospital for 3 weeks.
One of which was in a coma.
In the meantime, artist Rachel Distler has started asurveyto track comics pay and working conditions.
I havent had hot water in my house for two and a half years, shetweeted.
Im not #ComicsBrokeMe, yet, but I feel dangerously on track towards that and more most days.
