From what I remember, Jack Kirby could turn out three pages of comicbook in one day. This is before computers. I'm not familiar with the process using computers in comics now, but I bet the computers can make things a lot quicker. Also if someone wants to consistently put out a 22 page comic in a month, they need to churn out at least a page a day if they want their weekends off.
So there's the general ballpark of how long it takes.
That's 1/3 of an 8 hour day, times 22 pages...... or 58 hours a month.
For me, per 1000 words, to read and comment on a writing piece can take anywhere from 30 minutes to 4 hours. A 100k manuscript would then take anywhere from 50 hours to 400 hours. In terms of work time, a week to two months, depending on how problematic the manuscript is.
.... vs. 50 - 400 hours to critique an entire book.
^ First, to be blunt, I have flat out said before that it's not appropriate to ask this much work of another writer without pay or returning the favor in-kind. It is not appropriate to expect somebody to do the work of an editor pro-bono.
Still, a comic that comes out monthly means that you're asking somebody to do 58 hours per month. People do not expect you to do 58 hours of work per month on somebody else's book. If a book takes a year to write, and you're critiquing is ongoing throughout the process, then divide by twelve and it's more like 4 to 33 hours of work per month.
But again, if you're the writer, and the other person is a critiquer, that relationship is easy. They give you feedback, and if you don't like it you can shrug your head and ignore it. But if you're the writer, and the other person is an artist, what happens if you don't like some of the artwork? So it's actually, 58 hours plus friction. Some teams work well together and handle that friction without a problem. But it adds immensely to the risks involved here.
But then you have to compare that to how much work went into writing 100k words, versus how much goes into planning a 22 page comic, and consider how the artist is going to feel about that comparison.
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