photo from my old scrollworks accounting notebook |
My goal with Loviatar is to have the zine pay for itself. We are two issues in and so far, so good. The main reason for this is a lack of freelance fees. When I was publishing Scrollworks, the cover illustrations alone were $40 to $50 per month, with interior artwork easily totaling $75 to $100. As you can see from the photo, at one time I had freelance fees of $305.00. That money had to come from my own pocket because printing and mailing fees were funded by subscriptions. I fronted the freelance fees. Brutal.
I've spent a fair amount of time this weekend hustling for cover art and should have something soon. With a zine, you really have to rely upon the kindness of strangers. Once I have a cover piece, I will be sure to share it.
It's amazing how it all adds up so quickly.
ReplyDeletePS: Unrelated to gaming or zines but I just put a five and a half pound bird in the oven, and already the house smells yummy.
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That sounds so great! Nom nom nom!
ReplyDelete+Whisk Sometimes I just want to ignore what you post. :)
ReplyDelete+Christian! Man, I cannot believe you were dropping that much on a zine. My wife would kill me...repeatedly.
It was brutal. Granted that was the art budget for a few months, but still, even $100/mo was crazy. At the time the zine was just starting to get into distribution and was getting good reviews from people like Monte Cook and Mike Mearls. I was pushing hard to get it on as many store shelves as possible. Part of that process was making sure the art featured was plentiful and looking good.
ReplyDeleteMatt: Hey now :-)
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