CHAPTER 6

Collaboration

WORKING WITH OTHER ARTISTS

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What if you’re not working solo? Perhaps you’re working with a buddy—you’re writing the script and she’s illustrating the book. Maybe you’re both writing and illustrating the book with several other artists. Either way, you are creating the comic with collaborators before you bring it to a publishing company (or publish it yourself).

Working with somebody is a wonderful way to reduce the workload, get a fresh perspective on creative issues, and open up new artistic vistas by combining divergent talents.

It can also be a recipe for disaster if the relationship is not carefully outlined in a ...

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