The Graphic Novel Studio brings together all the services you need to get your graphic novel from roughs to printed book, and beyond.
About the studio.
Corinne and Vicki began working together around a decade and a half ago at publisher Myriad Editions, producing some incredible graphic novels, and working with award-winning authors such as Darryl Cunningham, Sabba Khan and Zara Slattery. For a while, they’ve been seeing a lot of authors – and even publishing houses and academic researchers – wanting to know how to turn impressive graphic novel ideas into real-life books, and also how to market those books once complete.
Now, as freelancers, they’re combining their skills and experience in the graphic novel form to offer publishing houses, not-for-profits, and indie authors a full graphic novel production service – from conception through to print and publication. Once your book is ready to roll, they can also be on hand to help navigate the dynamic comics world, developing marketing strategies to launch your book and to engage with bookshops and libraries, as well as all-important comics fairs.
Corinne Pearlman
Commissioning
Script and artwork developmental editing
Project management
Creative direction
Agent advice
Consultation – from conception to marketing
Corinne is an experienced editor and production manager of graphic novels, accompanying authors through the stages of editing, designing and production for print.
Corinne is director of the First Graphic Novel Award which she has steered since its founding by Myriad in 2012 as the First Graphic Novel Competition. The award is now run in partnership with the Cartoon Museum and graphic novel publisher SelfMadeHero. Formerly Creative Director at Myriad where she commissioned the graphic novel list, she is also a co-founder of Cartoon County, a network of Sussex-based cartoonists, and was a partner in Comic Company, using comics in health information. As a cartoonist she has contributed to several anthologies and publications. She also represents graphic novelists as a partner in Pearlman & Lacey agency.
Vicki Heath-Silk
Book design (panels and layouts, including fonts)
Cover design
Art direction
Artworking, including text flowing
File production for print and ebook
Copy-editing
Vicki is a dedicated book designer, with a specialism in graphic novels. She’s worked for publishers large and small – from Bonnier and Bloomsbury, to Myriad (founders of the First Graphic Novel Award) – and has helped several indie graphic novelists from around the world to realise their dreams in the self-publishing biz (so knows a thing or two about KDP, Ingram, BookVault, and all the rest). Her passion lies in getting books to look gloriously beautiful, through meticulous design and unique layouts.
Vicki is also a highly experienced copy-editor for graphic novels, and can help authors to polish the final book, ensuring all is reading well and accurately ahead of proofreading.
Our services.
We can help authors and publishers bring graphic novels to print and to ebook with editing, design, and production management services:
manuscript assessment and editorial feedback from £250
developmental / structural editing
from £250 for graphic novels
from £15/1,000 words for prosementoring from £75/hour
graphic novel consulting (from commissioning, to launch and marketing) from £250
copy-editing from £250
book template design from £350
artworking (layout and typesetting) from £350
cover design / art direction from £350
internal art direction (feedback on technical elements: line art, ink density, dialogue balloons, dpi, colour handling) from £250
file production (print and epub/kpf) from £250
We can also offer: project management; ghostwriting; promotional graphics; social media content; proofreading.
Contact us.
Do get in touch to discuss how we can help with your graphic novel.