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A graphic novel would only be something to consider if a publisher is willing to take on the project. Or if you're independently wealthy.

For an individual to commission so much artwork would cost a small fortune. My (rather low) estimate for a 30-page GN would probably run you $500-$700, and that's if you found a struggling artist who needed the income and would do it for cheap.

If you just wanted say, some lineart for the beginning of your chapters, you could probably commission an artist for $40-$100 per image, unless you were able to work out a deal with them.

If you want to turn it into a graphic novel, I imagine you'd want to research how to storyboard it, and then follow the same submission techniques as you would for a novel, except you'd be sending it to publishers who already have artists on-hand.

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If you're dead-set and determined to make it a graphic novel without resorting to publishers, you could always commission just the first 2 or 3 pages, along with a detailed synopsis, and begin a kickstarter program for it, to raise the money needed to hire your artists.



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