United Feature Syndicate says: "We pay our cartoonists using the standard syndication royalty split". How much is it?
2006-08-24 04:05:01 · 7 answers · asked by jualo70 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Comics & Animation
A median base salary of $56,485, with half of the people in this job earn between $50,015 and $63,457 according to salary.com. (See under cartoonist/animator). However, I know a few people working at studios (like Pixar and Dinsey) making way more than that.
If you get involving in development of character, it's a totally different story. Look at what creators of South Park have achieved!
2006-08-24 04:22:04 · answer #1 · answered by hulagirl717 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The standard split is 50/50, so the more papers you can get your strip into, the better it is for you.
These days the cartoonists own the rights to their characters rather than the syndicate.
2006-08-24 04:52:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is true. I do not remember what the split on royalties will be. But, if you are a top cartoonist, Peanuts, Dagwood & Blondie, Luann, etc., there is a lot of bargaining room.
But...the cartooning (stripper) world is a dog-eat-dog place. It is a very tough field to break into and you have to work hard to stay in there.
Editors with the syndication will often tell you what to put in your comic strip, how to format your strip and recommed hiring "inkers" for your studio. You have to prepare your cartoons weeks in advance (if not months). Unless you're one of the tops cartoonists, be prepared to have strips returned to you for correction and reformatting. It's not the life of ease you think it might be.
2006-08-24 04:14:46 · answer #3 · answered by Albannach 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm willing to bet, not much. Especially in classic animation, there were always hundreds of artists doing cels, to make just a few minutes worth of animation in any movie. Now, with computer generated graphics, the studios and comic companies are going to realize that it is cheaper and easier to hace GCI characters than to pay millions to actors and actresses, and Hollywood as we know it will come to an end.
And I'm sure that pretty soon (maybe ten years) there will be software that can take descriptions of plots and churn out graphics. You'll see it happen first with police sketches of suspects. The arrest rate will go up. Then the artists will also be out of work, and only the writers will be making any money.
Then the comic book companies will begin to recycle the old plot lines (tv shows and movies are already doing this) and the old classic comics that were drawn by hand and written by individuals will be more valuable than ever.
2006-08-24 04:15:48 · answer #4 · answered by cdf-rom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A royalty depends on the sales of your created cartoon. IF it becomes popular, royalties can amount to thousands of dollars, maybe even millions but it is very hard to make a cartoon that would be so popular since there are already so many.
2006-08-24 04:12:04 · answer #5 · answered by mack-mack 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Trust me, if you're a rily gud cartoonist, you will make a whole lot!
2014-06-16 06:53:14 · answer #6 · answered by As3177 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Create 3D Animations Easily - http://3dAnimationCartoons.com/?csyb
2016-05-10 07:05:22 · answer #7 · answered by Estelle 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋