How much is the basic salary for a comic book artist?

Question by Chito M: How much is the basic salary for a comic book artist?
Hourly rate? or per piece? or by contract?

Best answer:

Answer by sargonarhes
It can vary greatly. Some are payed by the amount they make and for others it is a contract for what they can finish. This is why when at any comic or anime con you see artists working when not talking to fans. Their time is money to them, and if they can make a few extra bucks by a con appearance that just benefits them some what. They’d still have a dead line to finish stuff by.

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