Business: Comics Broke Me And The Dark Side Of The Comic Book Industry

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Comics Broke Me And The Dark Side Of The Comic Book Industry

If you decided to go out to the movies this past weekend, you might have found it loaded with comic book content. Depending on the size of the multiplex near you, you might be able to catch Guardians of the Galaxy 3. They definitely should still have been showing Spider-Man: Across the...

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Comics, Assemble

Cartoon professionals are organizing online around #ComicsBrokeMe to reveal ghastly working conditions and meager pay.

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"This Tweet May Get Me Fired": #ComicsBrokeMe Exposes Nightmares of Working in Comics

The truth hurts.

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Comics Broke Me And The Dark Side Of The Comic Book Industry

If you decided to go out to the movies this past weekend, you might have found it loaded with comic book content. Depending on the size of the multiplex near you, you might be able to catch Guardians of the Galaxy 3. They definitely should still have been showing Spider-Man: Across the...

www.filmbuffonline.com

@Drayonis

Bro. I gave up my dream of working "for the majors" I'm my early 20's. Everyone thinks comic book artists are rich. They aren't. The majority make slightly above minimum wage for as many hours as they put in.

I did thedogyears.com partly for just love of the genre, and to blow off steam after a bad divorce. Shit was fun, great way to improve my skills and i did make a crap load of money in online sales of the trade.

Kids today have movies, tv, video games (which is like being in an interactive comic book) to take their attention. The movies have made billions, but it doesn't drive people to comic stores to buy comics.

Then add in .cbr readers (piracy) and people are reading for free.

The industry was bad before, as the story stated- things are worse now.

Luckily for me, I was a business owner from a young age and was able to make a great living. I have a lot of friends who draw for marvel and DC and they struggle to pay rent.
No thanks.