Selling your Comic Pages as Indie Artists

 The question is "Does original comic pages sell from indie artists?"  As a well known artist from any of the big publishers I'm sure your page has a strong fandom that will pay hundreds of dollars for a comic page of original art from a famous comic.  But what about indie artists or new comic artists?  Do pages from less known artists sell?

The reason that this question is so important is that it can affect your choice of medium, digital vs traditional.  Jim Lee said there were many new artists missing out on selling their original art work by working digitally.  Granted, if you're a well known and sought after artist as Jim Lee, Todd McFarlane, Mark Silvestri, or Greg Capullo it would make sense to make more money from originals.  New artists don't get the same recognition.

The trade off is losing your tools, shortcuts, and page rate for the aspiration to sell the original art for extra money.  When you take into account your own notoriety and realistically calculate who would buy your original art you get a better idea of what your sacrificing for a very slim hope of additional cash.