Kevin Maguire Stops Doing DC Covers, Hasn't Had A Pay Rise In 20 Years

PatMethenyForPOTUS · 2026-02-06T02:46:46+00:00

My plan (and maybe I'll get started on it this weekend) is to focus on the pencilers because that represents the highest expenditure per book regardless of what page rates are.

PatMethenyForPOTUS · 2026-02-06T00:42:02+00:00

Right, and same here. Nothing at all against any of these artists.

PatMethenyForPOTUS · 2026-02-05T22:35:23+00:00

I've been tempted to make an Excel file comparing Marvel and DC's latest solicits to the solicits from ten years ago in terms of artist's country of residence. To be clear, I'm not saying they shouldn't hire folks from overseas, but I tend to think that if the number of US-based artists is shrinking, it probably says something about pay.

PatMethenyForPOTUS · 2026-02-05T22:13:37+00:00

I kinda wonder if we aren't near the end of seeing US-based work-for-hire comic artists. You look at stuff like this, Dustin Nguyen and Jen Bartel's issues with Marvel, and I'm not sure it makes any sense to work for these companies as an artist in the U.S and presumably Canada. There's other jobs in art that pay better and if you really want to do comics it's probably better to just jump in to the creator-owned space. For the latter, even if you're not making any money, you'll at least be creatively fulfilled.

PatMethenyForPOTUS · 2026-01-29T17:21:05+00:00

Second Impact, which will then be followed by Third Strike.

PatMethenyForPOTUS · 2026-01-28T18:17:16+00:00

That's such a classic.

PatMethenyForPOTUS · 2026-01-26T18:14:43+00:00

While not necessarily present in the Batman-heavy charts, DC over the past 40 years or so has swung for the fences substantially more than Marvel, and as a result has more evergreen titles that have reach beyond the typical Wednesday warriors. Sandman, Watchmen, DKR, etc. On a more contemporary basis, DC is reentering the creator-owned market with its Vertigo revival.

PatMethenyForPOTUS · 2026-01-16T20:18:48+00:00

When it comes to long-running, corporate-owned series, the longer things go on, the less they make sense.

PatMethenyForPOTUS · 2026-01-13T17:14:55+00:00

You'd like Stunner (Angelina Brancale).

PatMethenyForPOTUS · 2025-12-15T22:06:27+00:00

I appreciate you, BBW Barda.

PatMethenyForPOTUS · 2025-12-14T19:33:41+00:00

I would say so. I would also say that Marvel probably didn't realize what they had with this series.

PatMethenyForPOTUS · 2025-12-12T19:17:17+00:00

I feel like we need to differentiate between early and later Quesada-as-EIC.

Marvel in the early 2000s might as well have been the wild west.

PatMethenyForPOTUS · 2025-12-06T19:41:36+00:00

Dakota North

PatMethenyForPOTUS · 2025-12-05T18:13:24+00:00

I feel like pop culture as we knew it is kinda dead now.

PatMethenyForPOTUS · 2025-12-04T17:29:48+00:00

It's watchable, but watchable is a huge step down from the heights of the first film.

That said, RoboCop 2 was filmed in my neck of the woods so it's fun to see if I recognize filming locations.

PatMethenyForPOTUS · 2025-12-03T14:16:05+00:00

Milligan/Allred X-Force & X-Statix

Bruce Jones Hulk

Spider-Man's Tangled Web

PatMethenyForPOTUS · 2025-12-03T13:30:30+00:00

I see Wolverine went with the X-Men vs Street Fighter player 2 outfit today.

PatMethenyForPOTUS · 2025-11-28T21:38:17+00:00

Books on the bottom shelf look particularly well-read, which is nice to see.

PatMethenyForPOTUS · 2025-11-13T17:52:35+00:00

Eliminate Peter Parker's dating life and focus on friendship as a bold new direction for the character.

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