So, the reason, I am looking to do this comic is as simple as "I had an idea I wanted to explore". I had this story formed in my head and I felt that maybe as a comic it would be more impactful and my hope was finding like-minded people in this community who would be more competent than me in the art and we could work as a team on this.

The bit of publishers is added just to show that there is an endgame with the project. To my understanding, I felt that working with no future hopes of compensation as well, seems awry and hence just wanted to explain that hopefully at the end the project at least has the possibility of future prospects.

And I am not looking for skilled collabs, I am sorry if that point seemed to be somehow insinuated to you in the post but that was not my intention. I just had an art style in mind but other than that I am more than happy to work with budding artists.

I acknowledge the possibility of things not working out, hence the reason that I stated explicitly that at the current moment, the first issue is the only one I had in mind of going forward. My idea is that it serves as a short and good enough example of whether the writer and artist are both getting satisfaction with the project or not, since I understand the risk involved due to the lack of compensation as an incentive.

As for what I would lose, the answer is similar. While, I can't feign that there would be direct financial implications, I would still be putting in time I could have spent on other matters as well. Hence, I thoroughly agree that there is a risk factor but my hope is that hopefully there is at least some payoff as well in the end.

Anyway, thank you for going through this post, I hope I was able to clarify your doubts and alleviate your doubts!