Cartoonist Resources

Some of these resources have been covered in other posts, but this is going to be an ongoing and updated compendium of cartoonist resources because the world of indie comics is growing, and there's tons of great shit out there in the small press world. Here are some cartoonist resources, and if we're missing anything, send 'em our way!

Funding, Education, Tools

• Athenaeum Comic Art - Offers a microgrant through Athenaeum Gives

• Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum - Largest collection of all things comics, cartooning, and manga in the United States, if you're in Columbus, OH, make it a point to visit.

• CAKE Cupcake Awards - Cupcake Awards is a grant, mentor, and tabling opportunity at CAKE in Chicago, IL

• Cartoonist Cooperative - A great overall resource for anyone in small press/indie comics

• Center for Cartoon Studies - Presents the annual Cartoonist Studio Prize

• Graphic Novels and Comics Round Table of the American Library Association

• Halftone Hospital - Heavy hitting resource for digital and analog comics-making tools

• Sequential Artists Workshop - Ultimate and accessible digital learning opportunity for comics-making, and offers in-person programming in Gainesville, FL

Submissions, Publications, Reviews

• Quarter Press - Anthologies, not strictly comics but runs in the small press scene

• Bubbles Zine - Comics & manga reviews, also hosts an indie comics message board

• Cram Books - A small press publisher operated by Andrew Alexander.

• Strangers Publishing - Fanzine, publishing, and distro

• Fieldmouse Press - Nonprofit comics publisher

• Silver Sprocket - Small press publisher and shop out of SF. Silver Sprocket rules.

• The Comics Journal - Allegedly, getting your name in TCJ is a big deal

• 100% Comics - Collections, dealing, publishing and awards the Make More Comics Grant

Shops

Obviously not a list of every comic book store in America. That would be insane. This is a handful of vetted, cool shops where a self-published cartoonist could sell their comics locally.

• Indie Northern Kentucky (Bellevue, KY)

• Shake It Records (Cincinnati, OH)

• Laughing Ogre (Columbus, OH)

• Bizarro-Wuxtry (Athens, GA)

• Criminal Records (Atlanta, GA)

• Partners and Son (Philadelphia, PA)

• Desert Island Comics (Brooklyn, NY)

• Quimbys Bookstore (NYC & Chicago)

• Silver Sprocket (San Francisco, CA)

Podcasts, Comics Talk

• Gutter Boys - The ins, the outs, the highs, and the very deep lows of small press and indie comics

• Thick Lines - A comics podcast by Sally Madden and Katie Skelly

• Manga Chat - Spoofs, goofs, and new in comics hosted by Simon Hanselmann

• Off Panel - A comics interview podcast

• Comics, Coffee, Metal - A comics podcast hosted by Don Cardenas

• r/altcomix - An alt, indie comics subreddit

• Bubbles Zine Message Board - An indie comics message board

Comics Clubs & Community Groups

• Portland Comics Club

• Tucson Comix Club

• Las Vegas Cartooning Club

• Columbus Cartoon Coalition

• Cincinnati Comic Creators

• Cincy/NKY Comics Club

• Denver Zine Library Zine Club

• Comix Accountability Club

• Cartoonist Co-Op

• Los Angeles Zine Club