I.C.A.R.P.

INDEPENDENT COMIC ARTS RESEARCH PROJECT (ICARP)

2020 ICARP REPORT:
By Ken Eppstein
Research, surveys and essays the Comic Arts community focusing on artists and their relationship with the nonprofit organizations who support them.
120 Pages, B&W
Free PDF

Includes results of and essays on:

  • A survey of vendors at the 2020 Indie Comics fair in Columbus, Ohio
  • A survey of 240 Comic Artists conducted on-line
  • A survey of 49 non-artist Comic Arts community members including fans, non-fans, Journalists, and other Comic Arts professionals
  • A survey of 30 comic artists about their experiences vending at comic shows, conventions, and festivals 
  • An overview of Comic arts nonprofit organizations as of 2018.
  • A proposed method for establishing living wage page rates for Comic Artists

LINKS TO PUBLISHED ARTICLES:

Thank you to Fieldmouse Press and it’s online literary magazine for comics, SOLRAD, for amplifying the reach of ICARP through publishing my essays and helping to recruit survey respondents.