Writer — $100 a page

Penciller - $160 per page
Inker - $120 per page
Colorist - $80 per page
Letterer - $20 per page

(these dollar amounts can vary widely among talent)

So—after writing—each page would cost about $380 per page. Most comics stories are about 22 pages—so that’s $8,360.

From there, you’d have any production costs (I do pre-press, too—putting the comic book together for the printer)—a comic book is 36 pages—so you have 4 covers and another 8 pages to fill with non-comics content…

…letters pages, art gallery, an article about the creators, etc.

You have to pay for these pages to be designed.

And of course the printing—unless you plan on digital-only distribution.

A whole comic book—including the writing—could be as much as 10 to 12 thousand.