Hello,

I am a writer and I have been working on an IP for around 11 years and have never had the money or courage to take the next step and actually work to complete an issue.
I am looking to create a single issue/proof of concept to pitch for independent publishing (Image/Darkhorse)

I am looking for a talented artist who specializes in detailed character design and fight scenes as this will be a fantasy/action series. I am heavily inspired by anime and Fromsoft aesthetics.

I am negotiable on price, but since I am new to this I don’t really know what’s fair and what’s not.
I would be willing to pay page rates ect.
I value communication over everything, so this is of the utmost importance to me as I am looking for someone willing to invest into this with me to make something EXCEPTIONAL.

With all that said, please let me know if you are interested and we can go from there.
Looking to start within the next month or so.

Thank you for your consideration, and have a wonderful evening (or whatever time you are reading this lol)

I'm currently looking around for a potential artist for my comic, Henchman's Row.

To be clear up front: I'm window shopping/planning at the moment rather than hiring someone immediately. I want to get a realistic idea of who's out there, what rates people are working at, and potentially find an artist I can come back to when I'm financially ready to begin production.

THE PROJECT

Henchman's Row is a superhero/crime-noir comic centered around Russell, a nearly seven-foot-tall mute superhuman who works as hired muscle for criminals and supervillains.

He's not trying to become a superhero or save the world. He's a professional henchman trying to survive the strange, dangerous people who sign his checks while maintaining the few personal lines he refuses to cross.

The first issue is fully scripted and approximately 127 pages.

This is intended as a full comic, not a short sample or a handful of concept illustrations.

WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR

Ideally, I'd like to find one artist capable of handling the sequential artwork consistently across the book, preferably including:

• Pencils / line art
• Inks
• Full color
• Strong facial acting and body language
• Superhero action
• Large characters and size differences
• Urban/crime environments
• Consistent character designs across many pages

The visual direction I'm interested in is clean, hand-drawn American superhero comic art with strong linework and cel/comic-style coloring rather than painted or hyper-realistic rendering.

Artists such as Dan Mora, Jim Lee, and Ed Benes are useful points of reference for the general territory I'm interested in, though I'm not asking anyone to imitate another artist exactly. I absolutely want the eventual artist's own hand and personality to come through.

IMPORTANT

I'm very concerned with sequential consistency. Pinups and character illustrations are great, but for this project I specifically need to see examples of actual comic pages and sequential storytelling.

I'm also not currently looking to rewrite or restructure the comic. The first issue has gone through a long development process and the script itself is finished.

PAYMENT / TIMELINE

This would be paid work, not an unpaid request or "exposure" arrangement.

However, I am not beginning production immediately and I don't want to mislead anybody about that. I'm currently trying to understand realistic rates and find artists whose work might fit the book.

If you're interested, please leave a comment with:

• Your portfolio
• Sequential comic samples
• Your typical per-page rate
• Whether that rate includes pencils/inks/colors or what each stage costs separately
• Whether you'd potentially be interested in a long-term 100+ page project
• Anything else you think I should know about your workflow

I'm especially interested in people comfortable with superhero comics who can keep characters visually consistent over a long project.

Please post portfolios/rates in the comments rather than only contacting me privately, in accordance with the subreddit rules.

Thanks for taking a look.

Paid manga artist needed for a 28-page B&W chapter. Right-to-left, screentones, African-inspired fantasy. Complete script and full design bible already done. Ongoing series — Chapter 2 is already written. Starting with one paid test page.

THE PROJECT
STARS is an original manga-style series set in an African-inspired world where a person's fate is read from the stars at birth — and the boy at the center of it was born with no reading at all.
Chapter 1 follows three people through a single dawn in three different places. None of them have met yet.
The worldbuilding is grounded in real West and Central African culture — architecture, textiles, martial arts, and mythology. This is not generic fantasy with a new coat of paint. Full details go to serious applicants.

WHAT'S ALREADY DONE
You will not be guessing at anything:
✅ Complete 28-page Chapter 1 script — panel by panel, with camera framing, dialogue, captions, SFX, and art notes
✅ Chapter 2 script also finished — this work continues immediately
✅ Story bible — world, mythology, power system, 9 character sheets
✅ Character design specs — age, height, build, hair, clothing, bearing, consistency anchors
✅ Location design bible — 4 environments with assigned B&W visual grammar
✅ Prop/tech spec — full turnaround brief for the protagonist's signature equipment
✅ Costume & heraldry doc
✅ Visual reference / mood board

FORMAT
Right-to-left (traditional manga) · Black & white with screentones · Western comic trim (~6.6"×10.2") · 300+ dpi print-safe · digital first, print later · 28 pages

WHAT I NEED
Thumbnails → pencils → inks → screentones
Lettering — quote separately; happy to hire out if you don't letter
Comfort composing right-to-left
Ability to draw environments and crowds, not just characters — this chapter includes a village, a dense city, and a large interior with many figures
Black characters and non-Western architecture drawn with care and from reference
Consistency across 28 pages

BUDGET & TERMS
$40–60 USD per page — negotiable for the full package and for committing to Chapter 2
Starting with one paid test page before the chapter
Paid in milestones per batch
Work-for-hire: full commercial rights transfer on payment. You're credited and free to display it in your portfolio.
Standard confidentiality — pages aren't posted publicly before release
~5–7 weeks for 28 pages is reasonable to me

TO APPLY — please include:
2–3 consecutive sequential pages from the same story — not single illustrations
Whether you've worked right-to-left before
Examples with Black characters and/or non-Western settings, if you have them
Your rate per page, and what it includes
Software (Clip Studio Paint preferred)
Realistic pages per week
Revision policy
Comment or DM. Script and design docs go out to anyone who looks like a fit.