List of professional webcomic artists

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]

Reported by third party sources

Artist/Writer	Webcomic(s)
onstad !Chris Onstad	Achewood ^[2]^[3]
kochalka !James Kochalka	American Elf ^[4]
gambrell !Dorothy Gambrell	Cat and Girl ^[5]
stevens !Richard Stevens	Diesel Sweeties ^[6]
north !Ryan North	Dinosaur Comics ^[7]
millikin !Eric Millikin	Eric Monster Millikin ^[8]
foglio !Phil Foglio and Kaja Foglio	Girl Genius ^[9]
sohmer !Ryan Sohmer and Lar Desouza	Least I Could Do and Looking For Group ^[10]
gallagher !Fred Gallagher	Megatokyo ^[11]
krahulik !Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins	Penny Arcade ^[12]
cham !Jorge Cham	Piled Higher and Deeper ^[13]
tayler !Howard Tayler	Schlock Mercenary ^[14]
abrams !Pete Abrams	Sluggy Freelance ^[15]
milholland!R. K. Milholland	Something Positive ^[16]^[17]
stanworth !Dave Stanworth	Snafu Comics ^[18]
handyside !Shawn Handyside	Staccato ^[18]
jacques!Jeph Jacques (and his wife, Cristi, his business manager^[6])	Questionable Content ^[16]
frazer !J.D. Frazer, a.k.a. "Illiad"	User Friendly ^[19]^[20]
munroe !Randall Munroe	xkcd ^[21]

Self-reported

8-Bit Theater supported Brian Clevinger.^[22]
Starslip, Chainsawsuit and Penny Arcade's Blamimations support Kris Straub.^[23]
Ctrl+Alt+Del supports Tim Buckley.^[24]
Cyanide and Happiness and related projects support Dave, Matt, Rob and Kris.^[25]
The Adventures of Dr. McNinja supports Christopher Hastings.^[26]
The Devil's Panties supports Jennie Breeden.^[27]
Dominic Deegan: Oracle For Hire supports Michael "Mookie" Terracciano.^[28]
Dresden Codak supports Aaron Diaz.^[29]
Drowtales supports Yan Gagné and the Studio Drowtales employees.
Erfworld supports Rob Balder.^[30]
Goats supports Jonathan Rosenberg.^[31]
Goblins -Life through their eyes supports Tarol Hunt.^[32]
GUComics supports Woody Hearn.^[33]
Kevin and Kell, along with his two newspaper comics, supports Bill Holbrook.^[34]
Multiplex supports Gordon McAlpin.^[35]
MS Paint Adventures supports Andrew Hussie ^[36]
Octopus Pie supports Meredith Gran.^[37]
The Order of the Stick supports Rich Burlew.^[38]
Red String has moved from being a side project for Gina Biggs to becoming her full time job.^[39]
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal supports Zach Weiner.^[40]
Scary Go Round supports John Allison.^[41]
Shortpacked! and Dumbing of Age support David Willis.^[42]
Sinfest supports Tatsuya Ishida.^[43]
Sore Thumbs supports Chris Crosby and Owen Gieni.^[44]
Templar, Arizona supports Charlie Spike Trotman.^[45]
Toothpaste for Dinner, Natalie Dee, and Married to the Sea support Drew and Natalie Dee.^[46]
Unshelved supports Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum.^[47]
Wigu, Overcompensating, and TopatoCo support Jeffrey Rowland.^[48]
Wondermark supports David Malki.^[49]

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