List of professional webcomic artists

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.

Reported by third party sources

Artist/Writer Webcomic(s)
Chris Onstad Achewood[1][2]
James Kochalka American Elf[3]
Dorothy Gambrell Cat and Girl[4]
Richard Stevens Diesel Sweeties[5]
Ryan North Dinosaur Comics[6]
Rob Balder Erfworld[7]
Eric Millikin Eric Monster Millikin[8]
Phil Foglio and Kaja Foglio Girl Genius[9]
Kate Beaton Hark! A Vagrant[10]
Ryan Sohmer and Lar Desouza Least I Could Do and Looking For Group[11]
Fred Gallagher Megatokyo[12]
Andrew Hussie MS Paint Adventures[13][14]
Rich Burlew The Order of the Stick[15]
Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins Penny Arcade[16]
Jorge Cham Piled Higher and Deeper[17]
Jeph Jacques Questionable Content[18]
Howard Tayler Schlock Mercenary[19]
Pete Abrams Sluggy Freelance[20]
R. K. Milholland Something Positive[21][22]
Dave Stanworth Snafu Comics[23]
J.D. Frazer, a.k.a. "Illiad" User Friendly[24][25]
Randall Munroe xkcd[26]
David Revoy Pepper&Carrot[27]

Self-reported

References

  1. ↑ Murray, Noel (August 6, 2007). "Chris Onstad". AV Club. The Onion. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
  2. ↑ Chapman, Taylor (February 25, 2005). "Hilarity is only one click away". The Yale Herald. Yale University. Archived from the original on September 13, 2008. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
  3. ↑ Glenn, Joshua (July 11, 2004). "This American Elf". The Boston Globe, p. D2.
  4. ↑ Rall, Ted (2006). Attitude 3: The New Subversive Online Cartoonists. NBM Publishing. ISBN 978-1-56163-465-1.
  5. ↑ 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
  6. ↑ North, Ryan. "Tall Poppy Interview: Ryan North of Dinosaur Comics". Dinosaur Comics. Qwantz. Retrieved 2009-08-29.
  7. ↑ Hoevel, Ann (October 7, 2011). "Web Comic Spotlight: "Erfworld's" Rob Balder". Retrieved 2012-01-31.
  8. ↑ Brenner, Lynn (February 27, 2000). "What People Earn: How Did You Do This Year?". Parade Magazine, p. 9.
  9. ↑ Gustines, George Gene (July 9, 2007). "An Escape From the Slush Pile". New York Times
  10. ↑ Howard, Dave (June 9, 2010). "Hark! An Interview with Kate Beaton". Retrieved 2012-02-01.
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  12. ↑ Redding, Alesia I. (April 11, 2003). "Success of strip fortified on Web". South Bend Tribune (Indiana), p. C1.
  13. ↑ 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
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  16. ↑ 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.
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  23. ↑ Mangold, Stephanie (October 2, 2007). "Web Comic Creators Take Charge". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on October 28, 2007.
  24. ↑ Xerexes, Xaviar (January 2007). "Biggie Panda: Old Skool Webcomics". COMIXtalk. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
  25. ↑ Coleman, Chris (September 2, 2001). "An Interview With Illiad". ONLamp.com. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
  26. ↑ Cohen, Noam (May 26, 2008). "This Is Funny Only if You Know Unix". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
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  42. ↑ Biggs, Gina. "Red String: Support the Comic". Retrieved 2010-04-12.
  43. ↑ "Sam and Fuzzy blog". January 2, 2013. Retrieved 2013-01-07.
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