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From the team of Xander Arnot AKA YouTube's XanderFlicks (Bullet-Boy & Ben 10: One Last Time fan animation) and Andrew Leamon (Image Comics’ Radiant Black #22 Marshall’s School of Business Backup & The Taco Bell Quarterly’s Fourthmeal) comes the first chapter of an ongoing comic about a different kind of superhero…

CAMERA MAN #1 tells the story of Cameron “Cam” Maddox, a twenty-something film school grad, starting his first day on the set of the most ambitious film ever made, BlueStar. 

His one-of-a-kind camera suit gives him the ability to do just about everything he needs to get the shot — from flying to lighting — but there’s no manual on handling his suit… or his eccentric boss and crewmates.

Cam quickly learns that on this movie set there’s no “take two”. So all he has to do is not get fired and make it out alive. Should be easy, right?

Camera Man brings the fun, action-packed energy of a Saturday Morning Cartoon (think Spectacular Spider-Man, Batman Beyond or Ben 10) with a colorful cast of characters and some filmmaking magic sprinkled on top in a way only comics can make possible.

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The comic is almost funded, and we need your help to make it happen! We have several awesome backer rewards, including two Kickstarter-exclusive rewards (a cover from DC Comics Superstar George Kambadais and a keychain). 

Back it today! 📷  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/xanderflicks/camera-man-1

A parable in seven silent pages

By V. Gagnon and Andrew Leamon

Edited by Christa Harader

Lettered by Buddy Beaudoin

A parable in seven silent pages

By V. Gagnon and Andrew Leamon

Edited by Christa Harader

Lettered by Buddy Beaudoin

This year I drew more pictures than the last— *better* pictures, even— and learned more about the craft of thick vs. thin lines.

May the growth continue and never stop!

What’s better than one Hades game? A second Hades game. We’re so happy with how this trailer came out and are excited to announce Hades 2 with Supergiant Games.

Directed By: Spencer Wan

Script: Greg Kasavin

Character Design: Jen Zee, Spencer Wan

Storyboard: Spencer Wan

Key Animation: Curie Lu, Gareth Wong, Tam Lu, Deanna Trudeau, Tessa Bright, Abroo Khan, Cassie Urban, Spencer Wan

In-Between Animation: Robby Cook

Animation Clean Up: Robby Cook, Winnie Lu, Tessa Bright, Cassie Urban, Abroo Khan, Tam Lu, Deanna Trudeau, Gareth Wong, Curie Lu, Spencer Wan

Lead Background Designer: Jane Bak

Background Art: Leland Goodman, Jane Bak

Compositing: Craig Nowicki

Editing: Shaun Finney, Spencer Wan

Sound Design: Darren Korb, Spencer Wan

Score: Darren Korb

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Story: Andrew Leamon

Art: Christopher Peterson

Published: Taco Bell Quarterly Vol. 4, 2021

Read the full 7-page story for free at the Taco Bell Quarterly website. (Link attached)

At my current company, I’d say the average rate for writing is $120/page, while art (pencils and inks) is $350/page. Our colorists are usually paid $120/page and letterers are almost always paid $20/page. If an interior artist also does a cover, we pay the artist’s interior page rate x 1.5 for it.

Most of our talent is very established in the industry, though, so I would not consider these rates to be attainable for up-and-coming creators. For people breaking into the industry, I’d say that writing at $75/pg, art at $120/pg and colors at $70/pg is at the upper end of what a new name might be offered.

The pay in comics has not increased over the past few decades, despite increases to the cost of living. Comics creators should be paid more, especially considering how IP is now being created initially as a comic and then turned into a show or movie. So many people haven’t received fair payment for adaptations of their comics, and it’s hurting the whole industry.

AH thank you! This is really affirming to hear, and I appreciate you contributing a little more information. I suspected the rates would be different for very established bigger names within the capes-and-tights comics wheelhouse. I know some creators have gone to a lot of effort to compile more of this information, but it's always so contentious that I'd rather just be open about my own experiences instead of guessing what others might be going through.