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There’s going to be people upset with me for using Eric “Youngrippa59” July’s video series on making money on your comics. I know this because his critics, who already don’t like his worldviews and takes on modern media or that his first two graphic novels have have millions of dollars by going outside the system and off the reservation, recently weaponized a supposed Christian ministry against him and the Isom characters, then responded to the report that characters were named on grandparents found their graves and one guy took a selfie in a Casey Jones mask like he was one of the Paul brothers. Somehow these are supposed to be the good guys who want black people to succeed…so long as the “good white people” approve apparently.

Well, I really don’t care. He has been successful, has been a success in the past with his podcast and band, and has studied the comic industry back when the Rippaverse was just a “this is something I want to do” thought in his head. Also he’s the only one I’ve seen actually willing to drop the numbers of what it costs to make a comic and distribute it in the internet age so at the very least it’s worth examining as someone who wants to make their own comics. I don’t see myself making a huge company because I don’t have a pile of money from previous money making ventures (even the ad revenue on this site only goes to the host) but is there something from his journey that I can learn since he’s actually talking about the business side and not just the creative side? That’s why I’m responding to this and if that makes you uncomfortable for whatever reason there’s plenty of other articles here for you to read and I’m open to anyone else giving the same information. I’ll make an article series about that as well. For now, we are here.

For part two of Eric’s “Making Money In Comics Series” (you can see the overview in this quickpost) the subject is pricing. Remember, he’s starting a full on production company and at this point I want to get something out and see how it does. In this video, he goes over what factors go into what to charge for your comic. That means what you need to know if you want this to be profitable without gouging your audience. In the past I looked at some idea of what it might have cost him to produce and publish a comic but now I’m thinking we’ll get more into what July was thinking when setting his prices. Should be informative one way or another.

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