I already have a good relationship with a comic printing company: CPUK. As I now have two comics in the works, and know the sizes and page count, I wanted to get an accurate quote for printing so that I can look into the viability of sales, and potentially start to think about doing a pre-sale.
Rich, from CPUK suggested the GSM for pages and cover.
Specifications:
A5 Comic12pp inc coverCover: 170GSM Silk + matt lam outerText: 115GSM Uncoated4/4 colour throughoutSaddle Stitched
x50 = £81 printing cost - £1.62 each, would look to sell for £6.50 (this is x 4 and rounded up of the base cost)
x100 = £118 printing cost- £1.18 each, would look to sell for £5 (again x 4 of the page post and rounded up)
I want to look at similar sized self-published work to see if this is in the right perimeters, however £5 seems like a really nice figure to be selling a small comic at.