Anyone got any idea what the current page rate is for artists & writers on 2000AD?

Buddy · 08 February, 2004, 10:12:47 PM

Just wonderin'

Art · 09 February, 2004, 12:13:36 AM

I suspect the answer is "it depends".

Aaron Smurf Murphy · 09 February, 2004, 12:41:10 AM

Actually i'd like to know that too, I want to break in the industry in the next few years and it's hard to find out who pays what let alone who'll hire you.

Finnigan Sinister

Richmond Clements · 09 February, 2004, 12:51:57 AM

I think the basic rate for the ordinary artist is not that high.
Say between ?100-?200 pounds a page.

Bolt-01 · 09 February, 2004, 02:30:51 AM

Rac: If anyone wants to pay me 1/2 of that for being 1/2 as good I'm there!

Bolt-01

Richmond Clements · 09 February, 2004, 02:35:09 AM

"Rac: If anyone wants to pay me 1/2 of that for being 1/2 as good I'm there! "

The artist who told me was less than halfway between those numbers per page.
And you know better than me how long it takes to draw a page, so you need to be fairly knocking them out to make it your living at that sort of money.

Rosso · 09 February, 2004, 02:40:41 AM

i can knock out a couple of pages a day. do you think this will increase my chances of being an art droid oneday?

Richmond Clements · 09 February, 2004, 02:47:19 AM

Yes.

or maybe

No.

Can you actually draw?

Floyd-the-k · 09 February, 2004, 02:48:50 AM

well, if you are any good, speed can only help.

Richmond Clements · 09 February, 2004, 02:49:46 AM

That's what I always tell The Wife.

Bolt-01 · 09 February, 2004, 03:05:23 AM

Recently (since Dreddcon that is) my page rate has dropped dramatically.

In the old days I would be able to do a page per day, but now....Sheesh.

The inking is still approx 6-8 hours per page, the main increase is in the time I take getting the page ready to ink.

Mind you, If I was getting paid, I would take time off work and give it a good solid day and see what happens.

I always remember reading somewhere that even if you are getting more work than you can handle, you should keep a real job.

Bolt-01

Rosso · 09 February, 2004, 03:12:40 AM

'work expands to fill the time alotted to it'
someone said. Steve Ditko was said to do six pages a day. Alfredo Alcallo could do 35 pages a week. I reckon a page a day is the least you should be able to manage.

frazer · 09 February, 2004, 04:01:49 AM

"Alfredo Alcallo could do 35 pages a week. I reckon a page a day is the least you should be able to manage."

that'll be Alfredo Alcala, and the legend is that he was doing 40 pages a week, writing, pencilling, inking as well as having a family around him.
Although I have no idea HOW he did this (the art was quite superb as well) Most artists i know take at least 6 hours to do a page, so this is hardly the norm. In fact, a page a day is quite a good rhythm, and certainly not the least one could expect.

Unless u want pages of shit, that is.

F

Richmond Clements · 09 February, 2004, 04:33:44 AM

Do you think it's faster working on a computer with your art, Frazer, or does it make no differance to your speed?

Adrian Bamforth · 09 February, 2004, 04:50:10 AM

Per page: ?120 for an inked page, ?180 for a colour page. For either pencils, inks or colour ?60 I believe. Don't know about lettering. However, popular artists get more, as they should.

I suspect most artists like to aim for a pencilled page a day so they can have something ongoing for, say, American comics in colaboration with an inker. Not much need to draw faster than that for 2000AD unless you have other work lined up when you're done, or a short deadline. Never able to pencil and ink a page a day myself, you need a simple but popular style, or be precociously talented like Frazer.

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