And in the case of comic artists, they’re forced to either
1) take several years to finish one book due to balancing a day job that enables them to survive
2) create multiple books at once, putting them at higher risk of early burnout/injury, or
3) have generational wealth and/or massive savings
1) take several years to finish one book due to balancing a day job that enables them to survive
2) create multiple books at once, putting them at higher risk of early burnout/injury, or
3) have generational wealth and/or massive savings
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Aidan Moher
It's because we all have day jobs, advances are pennies, publishers don't market, one underperforming book tanks your career, and we're expected to be well-tuned brand machines on social media websites designed to suck our souls dry.
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Other options are "lives w/parents" (note: not a bad thing at all, not meant as an insult) & "still in school." "Works a night job they can draw/write during" used to be more of a viable option but those jobs are less flexible & pay less now I think.