Australian Comics Creators "Who Do You Think You Are?" Survey 2015

Comics Masterclass™ has just launched the Australian Comics Creators "Who Do You Think You Are?" Survey 2015.

The last time the Aussie comics community was surveyed was in 2009. That original survey, which was published by the Australian Society of Authors (ASA), was designed to collect data that would help the organisation develop rates for comics writers and artists. 

Since that time the community has changed and consequently this second survey has been designed to find out what shifts have happened, what creators are doing, where and what they're publishing, what they need in the future to help them achieve their ambitions and goals, and more.

If you are an Australian comics creator, please participate and promote the survey as widely as you can so we can get a solid sample. The results will be published later in the year.

Deadline: Sunday 15 March 2015.

Here is the link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/australian-comics-creators-survey-2015

Australian Comics Creators Survey Results

The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) Comics/Graphic Novels Portfolio conducted a survey earlier in the year to get a snapshot of the Australian comics community as well as to provide valuable research data for the upcoming Minimum Page Rates Project. The demographic profile was quite interesting. For example, 87% of the respondents working in Australian comics were male; 75% of the respondents lives in capital cities; and 76% of the respondents were between the ages of 20 and 40. If you're interested in reading more, then download a pdf from the Comics/Graphic Novels Portfolio page on the ASA website.

Calling All Australian Comics Creators

27 May 2009

AN OPEN LETTER TO AUSTRALIAN COMICS CREATORS

Dear Australian Comics Creator,

I am writing to you as a member of the Australian Society of Authors (ASA), representing the recently established ASA Comics/Graphic Novels Portfolio. I am currently undertaking research to create a Rates Card for you and other professional and emerging Australian comics creators for the purposes of commissioned works (otherwise known as work-for hire) agreements. By “comics” I mean anyone who is writing and illustrating comic books, graphic novels, comic/cartoon strips, digital (web) comics and zines (that contain comics/sequential art content). By “professional” I mean anybody who has been paid page rates by a publisher or other entity who has commissioned the work.

We are asking you to fill in a simple survey, which will only take you 10 minutes, and to provide information based upon your own professional experiences. This raw data will remain strictly confidential and will be used with the intention of formulating minimum page rates and to get an understanding of the makeup and profile of the working (and emerging) comics community in Australia. The specific minimum rates we want to develop for the Rates Card are for:

• Concept art sketches (per sketch)
• Comics page/panel/shot design (layout)
• Thumbnails/Roughs
• Pencilling
• Inking
• Colouring (computer or hand)
• Cover Art
• Lettering
• Writing (story synopsis, page breakdown, script)
• Editing (story or art)
• Cartoon/comic strip (print)
• Webcomic strip (digital)
• Zines (with comics – sequential art – content)
• Convention sketches (black and white only)
• Commissioned artwork (one-character piece or landscape or object sourced from comics properties) in black and white
• Commissioned artwork (one-character piece or landscape or object sourced from comics properties) in colour.

Please note that we will be cross-referencing the rates information with those issued by organisations such as the Society of Book Illustrators, Australian Cartoonists Association, and the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance to ensure consistency.

The purpose of this exercise is to chart a course, lay out a roadmap for those of you who want to make comics your career. The hardest thing in this country is being able to set down a value for the different services that are required in the production of comics. By gathering raw data from as many sources as possible we’re hoping to change that so that in the event a publisher commissions you for a project, you will have access to minimum pay guidelines and negotiate a reasonable fee in keeping with your talents and the time, energy and commitment you put into creating scripts or artwork.

Given my background of having worked 20+ years in the Australian comics world and having been involved in every step of the storytelling process, I was asked to facilitate this project. I would like to think that through co-operation and consultation we might be better prepared for the future of storytelling in the Australian comics landscape.

You can help the ASA to help you by clicking onto the following link and completing the survey: http://tinyurl.com/pwz2wn 

The closing date is: Friday 31 July 2009.

Kind regards

Tad Pietrzykowski

www.thedarknebula.com

Graphic Novel Survey

If you are a graphic novel retailer, librarian, or educator, then ICv2, the pop culture insiders; BookExpo America and the New York ComicCon are asking you to participate in a survey. Your responses will help publishers and others in the business of graphic novels, support your needs in better ways. Log onto: http://www.reedsurveys.com/nyccgn09.