I'm new to the ramifications and specific processes involved, but am pursuaded this is the likely
model for future publication projects that most benefit the first person on the food chain: the writers / artists who conceived them, who are trying to make some kind of living doing what they do best, hoping to find an audience for their work
as a * first * resort rather than wearing themselves out with
full -
time day
jobs of no comparable skill or education preparation — but that pay the bills, maybe — and that leave little energy and reserves for their art.