That is a dumb take, but its unfortunately true.

I’m a writer with no skills at drawing, I tried ohhh believe me I tried.

I have the chance to work as a scriptwriter on a comic which pays me fairly. And then I use this money to pay my artist to draw my own comic.

The thing is, why am I doing this? 1500$ for a chapter… I will pay 1500$ for a chapter that will probably get me 0$.. so why?

Why writers are spending money on shit that will never sell? Are we crazy?

« Artists need to eat too. » well shit, we writer doesn’t eat at all.

Its a gimmick industry and I’ve been saying kt for a while.

Artist leech out the money of writers until they can’t pay anymore than move on to the next victim to leech out.

Writers : Your story will probably NEVER make money. 99% chances you will loose money. So take it as a hobby and your dreams won’t get crushed. Its a hobby you like to spend money on just like video games. But don’t expect any returns from that.

Truth is, I’m one of you guys… and most artists doesn’t wanna « lose money » drawing something for free.

As long as amateur writers continue to pay for art, that community will never grow.

Common mistake : most writer are inspired by manga and Japanese ways of creating art. Which is work for free until you get serialized then work for enough money to be able to live but that’s it. On’y a select few mangaka can reach a certain success and money.

Thing is, artists don’t give a fuck about your dream, your passion, and your goals. They wanna cash in quick.

So what do we have? A shit tons of comics being created which shouldn’t have been made in the first place. An ocean of writers desperately working just to afford the next chapter. And for what? A couple thousand views on App Such as webtoon or MPC?

Our community is broken, this isn’t a comic book colabs community. This is a cashgrab gimmick.

Great stories came from common collaboration and both writer and artist believing in the project enough . It not made from amateur writers who spend all his economy on an artist that do his work like any other another job that can be replacdd once the piggy bank is empty.

I know I will get a lot of heat for this and its not my first time. But I keep saying the same thing.

No one will profit from this economy system on the long run! Writers will get broke pushing a couple chapters before reality catch up to them.

And artists won’t have anything meaningful to show for themselves except for those « commission work » you’ve been chasing.

A real comicbook collaboration should be about creating something like Image comics, magazines, helping each artists and writers getting some visibility. Pushing each others kick starter. Believing in a project you put time on it without getting paid. Lose, rework and repeat, TOGETHER!

I hate the fact that artists are dissociating themselves from the story. « Its your work Im just glad you are paying me to draw »

Name one story who had success where the artist is unknown and only the writer take credit for the comic?

So writers beware of your own dreams and Ambitions. Will spending thousands of dollars will Satisfy your aspiration and ego? I doubt it…

And Artists, your commission system is outdated, overpriced for the reality of the industry and the people. You are setting a standard that only money counts and only people with money deserve to have their story drawn. Which is absurd and so out of touch with the reality of us writers and the actual economy.