• An artist who will draw a script just because s/he loves the story is harder to find than an altruistic Republican or a successful abstinence-only sex-ed program. Not impossible, but not damn likely. You may have slightly better luck finding an artist who will draw a script because s/he loves you i.e. a friend, a fan, a stalker.


• Money is how 99% of already-written scripts find their way onto sheets of bristol or into .PSD files. It's a bit like hiring a sex worker, in that it involves awkward discussions up front about money and boundaries, has the potential to be a lot of fun and intensely satisfying, but can also leave both parties feeling a bit remorseful and dirty afterward. Likewise, when it's over you can go your separate ways and never speak of it, or if both parties are up for it, you can return for additional sessions and those can be great working relationships. I'm told. ;)


• Ownership is kind of a mixture of love and money... the artist likes it just enough to think that maybe it'll be a hit, possibly even successful enough to lead to lucrative merchandise/adaptations/whatever, and that combination is enough that s/he'll risk putting the time and effort into realizing it. And because that time and effort will be both 1) substantial, and 2) instrumental to any success, s/he will be reasonably entitled to equal creative control, and half or more of the profits.

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