List of professional webcomic artists
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The following is a list of notable professional webcomic artists that are known to produce their primary income through their art and/or writing. This income typically is derived from on-site advertising, web comic merchandising, collections of strips in book form, art commissions, original art sales, subscription fees, reader donations or a combination of these means.
Of the thousands of webcomics, very few produce significant income; in general the creator of a website is lucky if their webcomic can support even its own hosting bills.[1]
[edit] Reported by third party sources
| Artist/Writer | Webcomic(s) |
|---|---|
| Chris Onstad | Achewood [2][3] |
| James Kochalka | American Elf [4] |
| Dorothy Gambrell | Cat and Girl [5] |
| Richard Stevens | Diesel Sweeties [6] |
| Ryan North | Dinosaur Comics [7] |
| Rob Balder | Erfworld [8] |
| Eric Millikin | Eric Monster Millikin [9] |
| Phil Foglio and Kaja Foglio | Girl Genius [10] |
| Kate Beaton | Hark! A Vagrant [11] |
| Ryan Sohmer and Lar Desouza | Least I Could Do and Looking For Group [12] |
| Fred Gallagher | Megatokyo [13] |
| Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins | Penny Arcade [14] |
| Jorge Cham | Piled Higher and Deeper [15] |
| Howard Tayler | Schlock Mercenary [16] |
| Pete Abrams | Sluggy Freelance [17] |
| R. K. Milholland | Something Positive [18][19] |
| Dave Stanworth | Snafu Comics [20] |
| Shawn Handyside | Staccato [20] |
| Jeph Jacques (and his wife, Cristi, his business manager[6]) | Questionable Content [18] |
| J.D. Frazer, a.k.a. "Illiad" | User Friendly [21][22] |
| Randall Munroe | xkcd [23] |
[edit] Self-reported
- 8-Bit Theater supported Brian Clevinger.[24]
- Starslip, Chainsawsuit and Penny Arcade's Blamimations support Kris Straub.[25]
- Ctrl+Alt+Del supports Tim Buckley.[26]
- Cyanide and Happiness and related projects support Dave, Matt, Rob and Kris.[27]
- The Adventures of Dr. McNinja supports Christopher Hastings.[28]
- The Devil's Panties supports Jennie Breeden.[29]
- Dominic Deegan: Oracle For Hire supports Michael "Mookie" Terracciano.[30]
- Dresden Codak supports Aaron Diaz.[31]
- Drowtales supports Yan Gagné and the Studio Drowtales employees.
- Goats supports Jonathan Rosenberg.[32]
- Goblins -Life through their eyes supports Tarol Hunt.[33]
- GUComics supports Woody Hearn.[34]
- Kevin and Kell, along with his two newspaper comics, supports Bill Holbrook.[35]
- Multiplex supports Gordon McAlpin.[36]
- MS Paint Adventures supports Andrew Hussie [37]
- The Oatmeal supports Matthew Inman.[38]
- Octopus Pie supports Meredith Gran.[39]
- The Order of the Stick supports Rich Burlew.[40]
- Red String has moved from being a side project for Gina Biggs to becoming her full time job.[41]
- Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal supports Zach Weiner.[42]
- Scary Go Round supports John Allison.[43]
- Shortpacked! and Dumbing of Age support David Willis.[44]
- Sinfest supports Tatsuya Ishida.[45]
- Sore Thumbs supports Chris Crosby and Owen Gieni.[46]
- Templar, Arizona supports Charlie Spike Trotman.[47]
- Toothpaste for Dinner, Natalie Dee, and Married to the Sea support Drew and Natalie Dee.[48]
- Unshelved supports Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum.[49]
- Wigu, Overcompensating, and TopatoCo support Jeffrey Rowland.[50]
- Wondermark supports David Malki.[51]
[edit] References
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- ^ Murray, Noel (2007-08-06). "Chris Onstad". AV Club (The Onion). http://www.avclub.com/articles/chris-onstad,14133/. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
- ^ Chapman, Taylor (2005-02-25). "Hilarity is only one click away". The Yale Herald (Yale University). http://www.yaleherald.com/article.php?Article=4119. Retrieved 2009-05-28.[dead link]
- ^ Glenn, Joshua (July 11, 2004). "This American Elf". The Boston Globe, p. D2.
- ^ Rall, Ted (2006). Attitude 3: The New Subversive Online Cartoonists. NBM Publishing. ISBN 9781561634651.
- ^ a b Fischer, Jon (2005-03-29). "Online cartoonists find cash, careers and tax-deductible comic books". The Justice (Brandeis University). http://media.www.thejusticeonline.com/media/storage/paper573/news/2005/03/29/Arts/Online.Cartoonists.Find.Cash.Careers.And.TaxDeductible.Comic.Books-905221.shtml. Retrieved 2009-06-15. "Questionable Content ... entire income ... R. Stevens ... makes his living ... Diesel Sweeties"
- ^ North, Ryan. "Tall Poppy Interview: Ryan North of Dinosaur Comics". Dinosaur Comics. Qwantz. http://torontoist.com/2006/05/tall_poppy_inte_31.php. Retrieved 2009-08-29.
- ^ Hoevel, Ann (2011-10-07). "Web Comic Spotlight: "Erfworld's" Rob Balder". http://geekout.blogs.cnn.com/2011/10/07/web-comic-spotlight-erfworlds-rob-balder/. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
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- ^ Gustines, George Gene (July 9, 2007). "An Escape From the Slush Pile". New York Times
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- ^ "Canadian Comic Casanova". http://imprint.uwaterloo.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3946&Itemid=56&issuedate=2009-07-10. Retrieved 2009-10-10.
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- ^ Stanford School of Engineering - Alumni Profile - Jorge Cham
- ^ Rigert, Michael (2009-02-12). "Orem cartoonist a rising figure in Web-comic world". Daily Herald (Utah). ISSN 0891-2777. http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/article_634a85c6-4f1a-5033-926b-fad53bbaff68.html. Retrieved 2010-10-16.
- ^ Hoffman, Allan (June 18, 2003). "Paying Pals Keep Free Web Sites Going". Newhouse News Service
- ^ a b Chen, Jialu (2011-08-02). "See you in the funny pages". Boston.com. ISSN 0743-1791. http://articles.boston.com/2011-08-02/lifestyle/29843469_1_comic-strip-creators-webcomics-diesel-sweeties. Retrieved 2011-08-22.
- ^ Milholland, R. K. (2008-11-19). "F.A.Q". Something Positive. http://www.somethingpositive.net/faq.shtml. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
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- ^ Xerexes, Xaviar (January 2007). "Biggie Panda: Old Skool Webcomics". COMIXtalk. http://comixtalk.com/old_skool_webcomics. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
- ^ Coleman, Chris (02/09/2001). "An Interview With Illiad". ONLamp.com. http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/02/09/illiad.html. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
- ^ Cohen, Noam (2008-05-26). "This Is Funny Only if You Know Unix". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/26/business/media/26link.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
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- ^ http://www.cad-comic.com/faq
- ^ "Cyanide & Happiness' month: part one". http://www.fmylife.com/blog/442. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
- ^ Hastings, Chris. "The Adventures of Dr. McNinja - Yahoo! Picks". Dr. McNinja. http://beta.picks.yahoo.com/picks/2010/the-adventures-of-dr-mcninja. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
- ^ Breeden, Jennie. "Frequently Asked Questions". Devil's Panties. Keenspot. http://thedevilspanties.com/extras/faq. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
- ^ Kahn, Phil (2006-08-23). "Interview with Mookie". Digital Strips. http://www.digitalstrips.com/2006/08/interview-with-mookie.html. Retrieved 2009-05-22.
- ^ Diaz, Aaron. "Dresden Codak: About the Author". http://dresdencodak.com/about/. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
- ^ "About Goats". Goats.com. http://goats.com/about/. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
- ^ "The fate of comics after newspapers". marketplace.publicradio.org. http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/06/05/am_comic_strips/. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
- ^ Hearn, Woody. "Frequently Asked Questions". GU Comics. http://www.gucomics.com/faq.php. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
- ^ "About Kevin and Kell". Kevin and Kell. http://www.kevinandkell.com/support/. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
- ^ McAlpin, Gordon. "About Gordon McAlpin". Multiplex. http://www.multiplexcomic.com/aboutme. Retrieved 2011-06-03.
- ^ "Andrew Hussie". http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/Andrew_Hussie.
- ^ http://0at.org/pages/about
- ^ Gran, Meredith. "Story Guide". Octopus Pie. http://www.octopuspie.com/about.php. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
- ^ "News". Giant in the Playground. 2007-03-17. http://www.giantitp.com/index2.html. Retrieved 2009-06-15. "create stories (well, one story) for a living"
- ^ Biggs, Gina. "Red String: Support the Comic". http://www.redstring.strawberrycomics.com/?page_id=4. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
- ^ "Comics.reddit interviews Zach Weiner of Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal". 2009-06-09. http://blog.reddit.com/2009/06/comicsreddit-interviews-zach-weiner-of.html. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
- ^ Allison, John. "Scary Go Round: Safeguarding trust since 1998". http://scarygoround.com/about.php. Retrieved 2009-06-15. "I support myself"
- ^ "Welcome to Silver Bullet Comics!". http://www.silverbulletcomics.com/news/story.php?a=4056. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
- ^ "The Wages of Sinfest". http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/ict-titles/adult-announcements/article/11606-the-wages-of-sinfest-.html. Retrieved 2010-12-24.
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- ^ "Toothpaste For Dinner / Married To The Sea / Natalie Dee: Bio, Contact Information, Links, Usage Rights/Guidelines". Toothpaste for Dinner. http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/misc.php. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
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- ^ Malki, David (2008-02-01). "#376; In which Mindy rebuffs an Entreaty". Wondermark Lite. Blogger. http://wondermark.blogspot.com/2008/02/376-in-which-mindy-rebuffs-entreaty.html. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
