The deficit of hundreds of thousands of yen yen also revealed the treatment of the manuscript fee of the active manga artist and the harsh assistant

Although it is the cartoon industry which is booming only, such as new magazine magazines are launched one after another while the magazine's absence from the publication depression due to the tightening of the recession, new manga magazines are launched one after the other, but manga industry of active manga artists and labor costs of assistants etc. The details of the amount became clear.

Of course, since the manuscript fee varies depending on the manga artists and the magazines to be posted, the manuscript fee is only an example, but if you deduct the necessary expenses from the manuscript fee, Hourly wages are less than 500 yen, etc., treatment of assistants who are too harsh are clarified.

Details are as below.
Miscellaneous notes on painting, manga and work | full of memories

A woman manga artist who serializes "羣 青 (ぐ じ ょ う)" at "Morning Two"Nakamura JinAccording to the official blog of the magazine, the detail of the handed manuscript fee and the assistant's personnel expenses obtained at the magazine publication is released.

Below is an example of one publication. The balance is minus 10, 1008 yen. In addition to these expenses, in addition to living expenses including meals, rents, utilities, etc. for all of them, living expenses are required, and personnel expenses of the author are not included in personnel expenses at all.

40 pages / Take manuscript fee 380,000
Assistant personnel expenses: 245,900
Assistant transportation fee: 46,580
Painting materials (Additional purchase of tone etc.): 24,830
Seating table (additional required number of people): 5,040
Lighting (additional necessary persons): 8,001
Trace base (additional purchase): 9,660
Drawing materials: 27, 787
Sleeping bag: 5,760
Communication cost: 3,600
Original manuscript direct cost transportation fee: 12,350
Ginjin accommodation cost: 1,500

Here is minus 275,522 yen. As the result of the assistant personnel expenses exceeding the handed-in manuscript fee, because the nursing care of the family, the year-end progress, a sudden schedule and the like overlapped, as well as the necessity to pay "assistance allowance" to the assistant due to the schedule.

38 pages / handed manuscript fee 361,000
Assistant personnel expenses: 468,500
Assistant transportation fee: 110,020
Painting materials (additional purchase of tone etc.): 48, 431
Drawing materials: 3, 191
Communication cost: 6,380

Most of the full-time staff can not work, and when working with help staff alone, it is minus 657108 yen. The higher the technical skill of the lacking full-time staff, the more help staff is needed to bury the hole, which means that expensive personnel expenses will occur.

32 pages / Take manuscript fee 395,200
Assistant personnel expenses: 880,748
Assistant transportation fee: 171,560

In addition, as a background for assistants 'personnel expenses and transportation expenses, as the author lives in rural areas and can not go to Tokyo with private circumstances, as a transportation expenses calling assistants' personnel from Tokyo, Chiba, Saitama, Kanagawa It is said that it costs about 15,000 yen per person per person.

And when one staff who is planning to work 5 days and 6 days is canceled, etc., depending on the schedule, "2 nights / 3 extraordinary assistants", "1 - 2 nights a few people" way of hiring It is said that transportation expenses will rise steadily as it becomes necessary.

In the following links, treatment of assistants is also disclosed, and hourly wage at the time of the start of work of the line drawing manager is 375 yen, hourly wage as of June 2009 is 531 yen, etc. It is harsh treatment Has been revealed.

Miscellaneous notes on picture, cartoon and work | Assistant books

Mr. Hidekazu Sato, a manga artist known for his huge hits such as "Umizaru" "Hello to Blackjack"It is a big deficit by the manuscript income alone on the official blog and revealed that it is impossible to live unless the book is soldAlthough it became a topic, it seems that a comic artist is a very difficult occupation.