CHAPTER 11

Working for a Publishing Company

WORKING FOR A PUBLISHER

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Any artist who’s dreamed of creating comics for a living has probably fantasized about writing with the Marvel bullpen, or inking the latest Batman book at DC. For comic book artists, landing a creative job with a big comic book publishing company is like grabbing the brass ring. The pedigree that comes with having worked for a well-known comic book publishing company cannot be overstated. Once you’ve done pencils for a well-known publisher-owned series, interesting a publisher in your creator-owned comic just got that much easier.

It should come as no surprise that securing ...

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