List of professional webcomic artists
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4chan founder moot (left) with professional webcomic creators Randall Munroe (xkcd) and Ryan North (Dinosaur Comics) at ROFLCon, April 28, 2008
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) |
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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] |
Rich Burlew | The Order of the Stick[14] |
Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins | Penny Arcade[15] |
Andrew Hussie | MS Paint Adventures[16][17] |
Jorge Cham | Piled Higher and Deeper[18] |
Jeph Jacques | Questionable Content[19] |
Howard Tayler | Schlock Mercenary[20] |
Pete Abrams | Sluggy Freelance[21] |
R. K. Milholland | Something Positive[19][22] |
Dave Stanworth | Snafu Comics[23] |
J.D. Frazer, a.k.a. "Illiad" | User Friendly[24][25] |
Randall Munroe | xkcd[26] |
Self-reported
- 8-Bit Theater supported Brian Clevinger.[27]
- Starslip, Chainsawsuit, Broodhollow and Penny Arcade's Blamimations support Kris Straub.[28]
- Basic Instructions supports Scott Meyer.[29]
- Ctrl+Alt+Del supports Tim Buckley.[30]
- Cyanide and Happiness and related projects support Dave, Matt, Rob and Kris.[31]
- The Adventures of Dr. McNinja supports Christopher Hastings.[32]
- The Devil's Panties supports Jennie Breeden.[33]
- Dresden Codak supports Aaron Diaz.[34]
- Drowtales supports Yan Gagné and the Studio Drowtales employees.
- Goats supports Jonathan Rosenberg.[35]
- Goblins -Life through their eyes supports Tarol Hunt.[36]
- GUComics supports Woody Hearn.[37]
- Gunnerkrigg Court supports Tom Siddell.[38]
- Kevin and Kell, along with his two newspaper comics, supports Bill Holbrook.[39]
- The Oatmeal supports Matthew Inman.[40]
- Octopus Pie supports Meredith Gran.[41]
- Red String has moved from being a side project for Gina Biggs to becoming her full-time job.[42]
- Sam and Fuzzy supports Sam Logan.[43]
- Sandra and Woo and Gaia support the artist, Puri Andini (Powree), but not the writer, Oliver Knörzer (Novil).[44]
- Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal supports Zach Weiner.[45]
- Scary Go Round supports John Allison.[46]
- Shortpacked! and Dumbing of Age support David Willis.[47]
- Sinfest supports Tatsuya Ishida.[48]
- Sore Thumbs supports Chris Crosby and Owen Gieni.[49]
- Toothpaste for Dinner, Natalie Dee, and Married to the Sea support Drew and Natalie Dee.[50]
- Unshelved supports Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum.[51]
- Wigu, Overcompensating, and TopatoCo support Jeffrey Rowland.[52]
- Wondermark supports David Malki.[53]
References
- ↑ Rall, Ted (2006). Attitude 3: The New Subversive Online Cartoonists. New York: Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing. p. 9. ISBN 1-56163-465-4.
- ↑ Murray, Noel (August 6, 2007). "Chris Onstad". AV Club (The Onion). Retrieved 2009-05-28.
- ↑ Chapman, Taylor (February 25, 2005). "Hilarity is only one click away". The Yale Herald (Yale University). Retrieved 2009-05-28.
- ↑ 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 978-1-56163-465-1.
- ↑ Fischer, Jon (March 29, 2005). "Online cartoonists find cash, careers and tax-deductible comic books". The Justice (Brandeis University). 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. Retrieved 2009-08-29.
- ↑ Hoevel, Ann (October 7, 2011). "Web Comic Spotlight: "Erfworld's" Rob Balder". Retrieved 2012-01-31.
- ↑ Brenner, Lynn (February 27, 2000). "What People Earn: How Did You Do This Year?". Parade Magazine, p. 9.
- ↑ Gustines, George Gene (July 9, 2007). "An Escape From the Slush Pile". New York Times
- ↑ Howard, Dave (June 9, 2010). "Hark! An Interview with Kate Beaton". Retrieved 2012-02-01.
- ↑ "Canadian Comic Casanova". Retrieved 2009-10-10.
- ↑ Redding, Alesia I. (April 11, 2003). "Success of strip fortified on Web". South Bend Tribune (Indiana), p. C1.
- ↑ Allen, Todd (February 27, 2012). "Rich Burlew Talks About His $1 Million Kickstarter Book Project". Publishers Weekly.
- ↑ MacDonald, Heidi (December 19, 2005). "Web Comics: Page Clickers to Page Turners; It's like manga five or six years ago". Publishers Weekly, p. 24.
- ↑ Faircloth, Kelly (October 3, 2012). "Stuck on Homestuck: How Andrew Hussie turned a Tumblr craze into a teenage empire". BetaBeat (Observer Media Group). Retrieved 2013-05-05.
Mr. Hussie supported himself off his webcomic work even before Homestuck
- ↑ O'Malley, Bryan Lee (October 2, 2012). "'Scott Pilgrim' Guy Interviews 'Homestuck' Guy: Bryan Lee O'Malley On Andrew Hussie". Comics Alliance. AOL. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
- ↑ Stanford School of Engineering – Alumni Profile – Jorge Cham.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Chen, Jialu (August 2, 2011). "See you in the funny pages". Boston.com. ISSN 0743-1791. Retrieved 2011-08-22.
- ↑ Rigert, Michael (February 12, 2009). "Orem cartoonist a rising figure in Web-comic world". Daily Herald. ISSN 0891-2777. Retrieved 2010-10-16.
- ↑ Hoffman, Allan (June 18, 2003). "Paying Pals Keep Free Web Sites Going". Newhouse News Service
- ↑ Milholland, R. K. (November 19, 2008). "F.A.Q". Something Positive. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
- ↑ Mangold, Stephanie (October 2, 2007). "Web Comic Creators Take Charge". Publishers Weekly.
- ↑ Xerexes, Xaviar (January 2007). "Biggie Panda: Old Skool Webcomics". COMIXtalk. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
- ↑ Coleman, Chris (September 2, 2001). "An Interview With Illiad". ONLamp.com. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
- ↑ Cohen, Noam (May 26, 2008). "This Is Funny Only if You Know Unix". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
- ↑ Clevinger, Brian. "The Mighty Donation FAQ". 8-bit Theater. Nuklear Power. Archived from the original on May 3, 2008. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
- ↑ Straub, Kris. "FAQ". chainsawsuit. Retrieved 2010-06-01.
- ↑ http://basicinstructions.net/basic-instructions/2012/5/20/how-to-explain-why-you-like-something.html
- ↑ http://www.cad-comic.com/faq
- ↑ "Cyanide & Happiness' month: part one". Retrieved 2010-05-13.
- ↑ Hastings, Chris. "The Adventures of Dr. McNinja – Yahoo! Picks". Dr. McNinja. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
- ↑ Breeden, Jennie. "Frequently Asked Questions". Devil's Panties. Keenspot. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
- ↑ Diaz, Aaron. "Dresden Codak: About the Author". Retrieved 2009-05-26.
- ↑ "About Goats". Goats.com. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
- ↑ "The fate of comics after newspapers". marketplace.publicradio.org. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
- ↑ Hearn, Woody. "Frequently Asked Questions". GU Comics. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
- ↑ Siddell, Tom. "Gunnerkrigg Court Support". Gunnerkrigg Court. Gunnerkrigg Court. Retrieved 2012-07-23.
- ↑ "About Kevin and Kell". Kevin and Kell. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
- ↑ http://0at.org/pages/about
- ↑ Gran, Meredith. "Story Guide". Octopus Pie. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
- ↑ Biggs, Gina. "Red String: Support the Comic". Retrieved 2010-04-12.
- ↑ "Sam and Fuzzy blog". January 2, 2013. Retrieved 2013-01-07.
- ↑ "Sandra and Woo: Accounts". November 13, 2013. Retrieved 2013-11-13.
- ↑ "Comics.reddit interviews Zach Weiner of Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal". June 9, 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
- ↑ Allison, John. "Scary Go Round: Safeguarding trust since 1998". Retrieved 2009-06-15.
I support myself
- ↑ "Welcome to Silver Bullet Comics!". Retrieved 2009-05-26.
- ↑ "The Wages of Sinfest". Retrieved 2010-12-24.
- ↑ "SORE THUMBS Comments Section – Keenspot". Sore Thumbs. October 1, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-01.
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- ↑ "Unshelved Blog". December 2008.
- ↑ "OVERCOMPENSATING: The Journal Comic With a Seething Disdain for Reality.".
- ↑ Malki, David (February 1, 2008). "#376; In which Mindy rebuffs an Entreaty". Wondermark Lite. Blogger. Retrieved 2009-05-26.