The Cheap Way
When you’re making comics, there’s really only two ways to do it:
You can do it cheaply, or you can be frugal. (Frugal does not mean cheap. It means paying what you have to, and using all your resources.)
The cheap way, in general, will kill your chances of comic book success. (Again, this is a generalization. Those that get quality work done without paying a lot of money–or got quality work done for free–are outliers. It can be done, but it isn’t often that it is.)
Generally, in comics, two creators are often the first to be cut: the letterer and the colorist.
The colorist often gets left off once the creator realizes just how expensive it is to get a color comic printed. They’ll go b/w or grayscale. However, a lot of money will be saved going this route.
The letterer gets left off because creators think that lettering is easy. Slap some words on the page, and then you’re done. A lot of time, it’s the writer or the artist who does the letters, and they’re butchering the work.
Going the cheap route, oftentimes, hurts.
If you don’t want to put in the work, then you’re going to have to put in the money. You’re going to pay, one way or the other.
If you’ve gone through all the trouble of creating a comic, why not give it the best chance possible by hiring knowledgeable people to do the work?
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