WORDPRESS Comic Book Website

Client: I am doing a little research ob expanding a hobby of mine and needed some good feedback on the cost/effort for a website. I would like to build and host a website that showcases unknown or semi published comic book and manga artists. Specifically, an artist would be able to log in and post their own work on their own web page and let people comments or blog on their work. They could also post links back to their own sites [login to view URL] would all, be free. There would also be a section for services offered such as publishing etc. for a fee (later on). The two web sites that I can site as an example to what I am looking for is [login to view URL] and a closed site called zuda.com. They had a great way of presenting peoples work etc,