Guest Speaker: Kalman Andrasofszky, Comic Book Illustrator

Our Illustration students had a chance to get a slice of real life and answers to such questions as:

• How much money do inkers make per page on the entry level, intermediate and advanced?
• Do these rates vary from publisher to publisher?
• Who are the best paying publishers?
• How long does it take to complete a page from script to ink?
• How do you get work as a comic book illustrator?
• How does one best present and promote ones work?

The answers came from Kalman Andrasofszky, a Toronto-based comic book illustrator, during a dynamic and straight-to-the point slide presentation of his work; the presentation included samples of pages in progress from his current project NYX:No Way Home, for Marvel comics.

General message?
As a comic book illustrator you will work your fingers to the bone, twelve hours a day, weekends included, yet none of it really matters if you love and enjoy what you do.”