In 2005 it occurred to me that this site could use a basic resource breaking down all things comics-related by metropolitan area -- kind of a first stop on who to contact if you were planning to relocate, or where to go if you were planning a visit, or who to invite if you were having a show, or who you might profile if you were writing a feature article.
This list always in progress is the result. Creative people make up the bulk but not the entirety of the people list. Comic shops make up the bulk but not the entirety of the institutions list.
It was majorly updated in January 2007, February 2008, December 2009, December 2010, January 2012 and August 2014. Things have changed a LOT since 2014. If nothing else, the primary contact point for a lot of people is something other than a web site.
Let's take a shot at this. I'll work on it, too.
If you can be added to a community,
If you know someone who can be added to a community,
If you know someone who is definitely no longer part of a community but is listed as such,
If you know of an institution that should be added to the list below,
If you know of a community of three or more people and institutions to add,
If you know of changes or additions that need to be made in existing entries,
Thanks in advance! Keep it succinct. Don't guess -- walking things back gets weird. Please don't argue with me; no time to argue back.
Best,
Tom
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COMICS BY GEOGRAPHICAL AREA
ALBANY, NY AND HUDSON RIVER VALLEY
People
Paul Abrams (*)
Bill Anderson
Emily Armstrong (*)
Terry Austin (*)
Kyle Baker (*)
Charles Barnett III (*)
Eliot Brown (*)
John Caldwell (*)
Janice Chiang (*)
Eric Colossal (*)
Alan David Doane
JM DeMatteis
Todd Dezago (*)
Jorge Diaz (*)
Chris Duffy
Charlie Fetheroff
Jess Fink
Chuck Forsman (*)
Ramona Fradon
John Hebert
Fred Hembeck
Gene Kannenberg, Jr.
TJ Kirsch
Philip Knoll
Rich Kreiner
KA Laity
Deb Lucke
Mick Martin
Ron Marz
Melissa Mendes (*)
Jack Morelli (*)
Summer Pierre
David Quinn
Jonathan Rosenberg
Christy Scheele (*)
Joe Sinnott (*)
Jim Starlin (*)
Joe Staton (*)
Herb Trimpe
Barry Windsor-Smith
Delos Woodruff
Institutions
Aquilonia Comics
Albany Con
Capital Comics Collective
Comicsresearch.org
Earthworld Comics
Parigi Books
Spa City Comics (*)
Electric City Comics (*)
*****
ALBUQUERQUE/SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO
People
Joe Annabi
Jeff Benham
Aaron Campbell
Jamie Chase
Andy Kuhn
Bram Meehan
Nick Sedillos
Institutions
7000 BC
Big Adventure Comics
The Comic Warehouse
*****
ANGOULEME, FRANCE
People
Alexandre Clérisse
Antoine Perrot
Thierry Smolderen
Institutions
FIBD
Musée Angouleme
*****
ATHENS, GEORGIA
People
Michele Chidester
Eleanor Davis
Patrick Dean
* Missy Kulik
David Mack
Drew Weing
Joey Weiser
Institutions
Bizarro Wuxtry Comics and Toys
FLUKE
Mini Gallery
*****
ATLANTA
People
David Atchison
Mark Bagley
Ward Batty
Cliff Biggers
Gina Biggs
Ted Boonthanakit
Jennie Breeden
Mark Brooks
Rebecca Buchman
Mark Buford
Bob Burden
Greg Carter
Marie Croall (*)
April Doster
Tom Feister
Stephanie Gladden
Craig Hamilton (*)
Cully Hamner
Bo Hampton
Tony Harris (*)
Bill Holbrook
Adam Hughes
Georges Jeanty
Paul Jenkins
Van Jensen
Jessica Johnson
Dan Jolley (*)
J.P. Keslensky
Rachel Keslensky
Jackie Lewis
Joe Linsner (*)
John Lotshaw
Mike Luckovich
J.D. Mettler (*)
Angela and Nick Mizgala
Robert Pope
Joe Pruett
Brian Reber
Afua Richardson
Andy Runton
Tony Shasteen
Ray Snyder (*)
Chris Staros
Brian Stelfreeze
Karl Story
Rich Tommaso
Wayne Van Sant
Rob Venditti
Dexter Vines
Doug Wagner
Lamar Waldron
Rod Whigham
Institutions
Comic Shop News
Criminal Records
Desperado Publishing
Dr. No's Comics and Games
Gaijin Studios
Oxford Comics
SCAD (Atlanta Campus)
Strawberry Comics
Talesofwonder.com
Titan Comics and Games
Top Shelf Comix
UpDown Studio
*****
AUSTIN
People
Neal Barrett, Jr.
Paul Benjamin
Melinda Boyce
Carol Burrell
Mitch Clem
Korey Coleman
Grant Davis
Jason Henderson
Mark P. Hensel
Kristin Hogan
Sam Hurt
Rick Klaw
Randy Lander
Newt Manwich
Paul Maybury
Michael Moorcock
Harris O'Malley
Ben Ostrander
Alan J. Porter
Doug Potter
Tony Salvaggio
Matthew Sturges
Martin Thomas
Penny Van Horn
Aaron Whitaker
Bill Williams
Institutions
Austin Books & Comics
Domy Books
League of Extremely Ordinary Gentlemen
Staple
Wizard World Austin
*****
BALTIMORE
People
Butch Berry
Albert Birney
Michael Bracco
Tom Chalkley
Barbara Dale
Frank Cho
Ben Claassen III
Michael DiMotta
Eamon Espey
Marc Hempel (*)
Kevin Kallaugher
Dina Kelberman
Sevilla King
James Kuhoric
Daniel Krall
Greg LaRocque
Josh Latta
Sunny Lee
Rachel Masilamani
Marc Nathan
David Newbold
Colin Panetta
Chris Powell
Drew Rausch
Mike Ricigliano
Neal Schaffer
Kevin Sherry
Cris Skokna
Vincent Snead
Jose Villarrubia
Mark Wheatley
Ron Wilson
Institutions
Alternate Worlds (*)
Amazing Spiral
Atomic Books
Baltimore Comic-Con
Cards, Comics Collectibles
Closed Caption Comics
Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc.
Geppi Museum
Indigo Ink
Insight Studios Group
Legends Games and Comics
Maryland Institute College of Art
The Rhino
Third Eye Comics
*****
BIRMINGHAM
People
Frank Cummings
Chris Garrison
Marcus Lusk
G. Brett Williams
Institutions
Salty 'Ham Cartooneestas
*****
BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA
People
Nate Powell
Penina Gal
David Yoder
Institutions
Boxcar Books
Vintage Phoenix Comic Books
*****
BOISE, IDAHO
People
Alan Gladfelter
Chris Hunt
Institutions
*****
BORDEAUX, FRANCE
People
Alfred
Alain Ayroles
Francois Ayroles
Anne Baraou
Dominique Bertail
Hervé Bourhis
Nicolas Dumontheuil
Richard Guérineau
Isabelle Merlet
Vincent Perriot
David Prudhomme
Guillaume Trouillard
Institutions
*****
BOSTON AREA
People
Kurt Ankeny
Kevin Church (*)
Greg Cook
Dan Cooney
Jef Czekaj
Alexander Danner (*)
J Dee Dupuy (*)
Jerel Dye
Tim Fish
Bob Flynn
Sam Gaskin
Chris Golden (*)
Gareth Hinds
Paul Karasik (*)
Jarrett J. Krosoczka (*)
C. Lawson
John Lechner
Jesse Lonergan
Don MacDonald
Lane Milburn
Brian Moore
Dan Moynihan
Mark Parisi
Liz Prince
Joe Quinones
Sara Rosenbaum
Craig Shaw Gardner
Robert Sergel
Matt Smith
Tom Snigowski (*)
Jordan Something
Karl Stevens
Whit Taylor
Dirk Tiede
Jack Turnbull
Stephen Weiner
Maris Wicks
Institutions
Boston Comics Round Table
Broken Soul Press
Comicopia
Hub Comics (*)
Million Year Picnic
Papercut Zine Library (*)That's Entertainment
*****
BUENOS AIRES
People
Cienperros
Federico Pazos
Kioskerman
Industrias Lamonicana
Liniers
Lucas Nine
Scuzzo
Diego Simone
Diego Tripodi
Tute
Lucas Varela
Institutions
Estudio Haus
Liga Del Mal
*****
BUFFALO
People
Caitlin Cass
Pat Kewley
Graham Nolan
Sal Sciandra
Adam Zyglis
Institutions
Buffalo Small Press Fair
*****
BURBANK/NORTH HOLLYWOOD
People
* Ed Brubaker
* Whit Spurgeon
* Jonah Weiland
Institutions
DC Comics
*****
BRAZIL
People
Eduardo Belga
Mateus Gandara
Daniel Carvalho
Lucas Gehre
Gabriel Goes
Gomez
Fernando Lopes
Marceleza
Gabriel Mesquita
Santiago Mourao
Kleber Sales
Luda
Stevz
André Valente
Institutions
Ilustrativa Studio
Pindura Calendar Project
Samba Magazine
*****
CALGARY, ALBERTA
People
Cary Nord
Dorkboy
Riley Rossmo
Fiona Staples
Institutions
Out of Mind Studios
Vicious Ambitious
*****
CHARLOTTE
People
Rich Barrett
Chris Brunner
John Dacosta
Tom Davidson
Shelton Drum
Henry Eudy
Marcus Hamilton (*)
Dustin Harbin
Jason Latour
Dave McDonald
Eraklis Petmezas
Rico Renzi
Budd Root
Jim Scancarelli
Bridgit Scheide
Andy Smith
Institutions
Heroes Aren't Hard to Find
*****
CHICAGO
People
Sal Abbinanti
Tony Akins
Christian Alamy
Brian Azzarello
Art Baltazar
Hilary Barta
Gabriel Bautista
Scott Beaderstadt (*)
Nate Beaty
Sarah Becan
Noah Berlatsky
Josh Blaylock
Matthew Brady
Neil Brideau
Tim Broderick
Jeffrey Brown
Ivan Brunetti
Al Burian
Chris Burnham
Pat Byrnes
Lilli Carre
Scott Cederlund
Joe Chiappetta (*)
Ezra Clayton-Daniels
Greg Cwiklik
Tony Daniel
Geof Darrow
Anya Davidson
Kris Dresen
Chris Elio Eliopoulos
Josh Elder
Jim Engel (*)
CM Evans
Tony Fitzpatrick
Jose Garibaldi
Gary Gianni
Rickey Gonzales
Gene Ha
Jacob Halton
John Hankiewicz (*)
Cathy Hannah
I also went to the Savannah College of art and Design for Sequential Art '05
Paul Hornschemeier
Lucy Knisley
Don Kramer (*)
Russell Lissau (*)
Amy Lockhart
Dane Martin
Bernie McGovern
Christopher Mitten
Corinne Mucha
Trevor Mueller
Anders Nilsen
Mike Norton
Jeremy "Onsmith" Smith
Laura Park
Andrew Pepoy
Kiel Phegley
Archer Prewitt
Dan Raeburn
Aaron Renier
Grant Reynolds
Doug Rice
John Rieber
Keiler Roberts
Scott Roberts
Alex Ross (*)
Wilfred Santiago
Gabby Schulz
Tim Seeley
Sam Sharpe
Nick Stakal
Neal Sternecky (*)
Becca Taylor
Jill Thompson
Eric Thornton
Jeremy Tinder
C. Spike Trotman
Chris Ware
Jeff Zwirek
Institutions
Around Comics
Art Night Chicago
AW Yeah Comics (*)
C2E2
Cartoonist Conspiracy
Challengers Comics + Conversation
Chicago Comics
Comix Revolution (*)
Darktower Comics
Defiant Comics
Devil's Due
Dreamland Comics (*)
First Aid Comics
Graham Crackers Comics
IndiePulp
Nerd City Podcast
Quimby's
Sequential Chicago
Short Pants Press
Third Coast Comics
Trubble Club
Windy City Comicon
*****
CINCINNATI
People
Jeff Bentle
Chris Charlton
Bruce Chrislip
Justin Green
Joe Kuth
Steven Thompson
Carol Tyler
Tom Wilson Jr
Institutions
Assailant Comics
Up, Up And Away
*****
CLEVELAND
People
Tom Batiuk (*)
Joyce Brabner
Derf
Gary Dumm
John G.
Chip Sansom
Marc Sumerak
Bill Watterson (*)
Joe Zabel
Thom Zahler
Institutions
ASTOUND!
*****
COLOMBIA
People
Alvaro Vélez /
Diego Guerra
Joni Benjumea
Pedro Giraldo
Javier Posada
Tomas Arango
Andrés Prieto
Juan Pablo Marin
Luis Eduardo Tobon
Andrés Mauricio Giraldo
Wil Zapata
Marco Norena
Mariana Gil
Paola Gaviria
Pablo Luciano Guerra
Institutions
Revista Larva
Museo Virtual de la Historieta Colombiana
Robot Comics
Vinagreta Garbo
Comic Road
*****
COLUMBIA, SC
People
Greg Adams
Bruce Brown
Jeremy Dale
Steve Epting
Sanford Greene
Institutions
803 Studios
*****
COLUMBUS
People
Craig Allen
Darryl Banks
Todd Beistel
Andy Bennett
Heidi Black (*)
Craig Bogart
Steve Boreman
Brent Bowman
Ryan Brinkerhoff
Adam Buttrick
Brian Canini
Mike Carroll
Lucy Caswell
Colleen Clark
Tony Cochran
Bob Corby
Joe Corroney
Charles Crabtree (*)
Victor Dandridge
Julian Dassai
Rachel Deering
Roy Doty
Millard Draudt
Molly Durst
Phonzie Davis
Terry Eisele
Ken Eppstein
Michael Eshelman
Sean Forney
Jared Gardner
Tony Goins
Sami Gyekye
Ross Hardy
Alex Heberling
Alex Heberling
Taylor Hicks
Heather Hively
Christian Hoffer
Travis Horseman
Doug Hufford
Max Ink
Lora Innes
Vijaya Iyer
Joel Jackson
Enrica Jang
Richard Katterjohn
Canada Keck
Kira Keck
Cara Kennedy
Matt Kish
Dorian Lafferre
Evette Langford
Sue Lense
Robert Loss
Lauren McCubbin
Andrea "Sam" McEnaney
Caitlin McGurk
Ro-Z & Darryl Mendelson
Chris Monday
James Moore
Melody Moore
Brian Moss
Dara Naraghi
Michael Neno
Eric Paliki
Maryanne Papke
Jason Pauff
Andrew Peña
B. A. Richardson
Jonathon Riddle
Jenny Robb
Charles Skaggs
Jeff Smith
Lee Smith
Uko Smith
Chris Sprouse
Jeff Stahler
Kris Starlein
Lisa Sterle
Bob Ray Starker
Talcott Starr
Valerie Starr
Steve Steiner
John Steventon
Strangethings Moss
KT Swartz
Ray Tomczak
William Tooker
Liz Valasco
Katie Valeska
Noah Van Sciver
Steve Wallace
Mariana Weflen
Tom Williams
David Willis
Katherine Wirick
Evan Wolff
Matt Wyatt
Institutions
2 Headed Monster Comics
Cartoon Books
Cartoonist Conspiracy
Columbus College of Art and Design
Mid Ohio Comic-Con
Nix Comics Quarterly
Ohio Comic Con
OSU Cartoon Research Library
Laughing Ogre
PANEL
Red Stylo Media
Short North Gazette
SPACE
Sunday Comix
Thurber House
Vantage Inhouse Productions
*****
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
People
Rikke Bakman
Zven Balslev
Simon Bukhave
Ole Comoll
Allan Haverholm
Lars Horneman
HuskMitNavn
Peter Kielland
Ib Kjeldsmark
Ina Korneliussen
Johan F. Krarup
Teddy Kristiansen
Ida Kvetny
G.R. Mantard
Miwer
Søren Mosdal
Signe Parkins
Erik Petri
Michael Rytz
Gitte Skov
Mårdøn Smet
Peter Snejbjerg
Jan Solheim
Mikkel Sommer
Jakob Martin Strid
Thomas Thorhauge
Rikke Villadsen
Nikoline Werdelin
Philip Ytournel
Christoffer Zieler
Institutions
Aben maler
CMYK kld
Cobolt
The Danish Comics Council
Fantask
Faraos cigarer
Forlaget Fahrenheit
Nummer 9
Politisk Revy
*****
DALLAS/FORT WORTH
People
Joe Eisma
Brad Foster (*)
Kerry Gammill
Matthew Guest (*)
Steve Irwin
Michael Lark
James O'Barr
Brent Peeples
Nick Pitarra
Ken Smith
Institutions
Beckett Comics
Dallas Comic-Con
Dallas Sketchgroup
Fanboy Radio
Keith's Comics
Lone Star Comics
Titan Comics
Viper Comics
Zeus Comics
*****
DENVER
People
Matthew Allison
Will Barnes
Jeff Barr
Jim Borgman (*)
Amy Reeder
Matt Holman
Mike Keefe
Patty Leidy
Chuck Rozanski (*)
Evan Shaner
Sam Spina
Al Steffen
Stan Yan
Institutions
Atlantis Comics (*)
All in a Dream
Cowtown Alternative Comix Fest
Kilgore Books and Comics
Mile High Comics
The Denver Cartoonists Meet-Up Group
Time Warp Comics (*)
*****
DETROIT
People
Glenn Barr
Jeremy Bastian
Sean Bieri
Mark Bloodworth
Bill Bryan
Katie Cook
Guy Davis
Matt Feazell
Fred Gallagher (*)
Brian Germain
Phoebe Gloeckner (*)
Jason Howard
Jane Irwin
Vince Locke
Chris Marshall
William Messner-Loebs (*)
Eric Millikin
Dan Mishkin
Jason Moore
James O'Barr
Jim Ottaviani (*)
Henry Payne
David Petersen
Nate Pride
Gary Reed
Jesse Rubenfeld
Neil Rubin
Pete Sickman-Garner (*)
Paul Sizer
Paul Storrie
Larry Stroman
B. K. Taylor
Mike Thompson
Clifford Van Meter
Rob M. Worley
Larry Wright
Institutions
Caliber Comics
Comic City
Detroit Comics
Green Brain Comics
Michigan Comics Network
Motor City Comic Con
Transfuzion Publishing
Vault of Midnight (*)
*****
EDMONTON, ALBERTA
People
Tony Esteves
* Andrew Foley
Rudi Gunther
Alina Pete
Saturday Sazaran
Institutions
Happy Harbor Comics
*****
EL PASO, TEXAS
People
Jaime (Jimmy) Portillo
Institutions
*****
FORT WAYNE, INDIANA
People
Tim Baron
Andrew Fraser
Matt Gross
Zack Kruse
Matt McClure
Jeremy McFarren
Kevin Meinert
Eric Reaves
Ben Tiede
Caanan White
Institutions
Appleseed Comic Con
Summit City Ink
*****
GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA
People
Don Ault
Derek M. Ballard
Leela Corman
Tom Hart
Jeff Mason
John Ronan
Institutions
Alternative Comics
ImageTexT
Indy Magazine
SAW
University of Florida Comics Conference
*****
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN
*****
GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA
People
Duane Ballenger
J. Chris Campbell
Kris Black
Adam Daughhetee
Shawn Daughhetee
Brian Eison
Institutions
Dollar Bin Podcast
*****
HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA
People
Kate Beaton (*)
Jordyn Bochon
Kyle Bridgett
Darwyn Cooke
Peter Diamond
Faith Erin Hicks
Mike Holmes
Laura Kenins
Rebecca Kraatz
Chris Lockerbie
Colleen MacIsaac
Haydon Mariner
Steve McNiven
Institutions
Anchor Archive Regional Zine Project
Conundrum Press
Halifax Comic Jam
Strange Adventures
*****
HARRISBURG/LANCASTER, PA
People
Mike Hawthorne
John Kovaleski
Chris Mautner (*)
Jason Richards
Dave Sharpe
Ben Steckler (*)
Institutions
Cartoonist Conspiracy
The Comic Store
*****
THE GREAT STATE OF HAWAII
People
Jamie Lano
Institutions
*****
HICKSVILLE, NEW ZEALAND
People
Farmer Dobbs (*)
Mrs. Hicks
Dylan Horrocks (*)
Grace Pekapeka
Sam Zabel
Institutions
Hicksville Bookshop and Lending Library
Hicksville Press
Hogan's Alley Festival
Kupe's Lighthouse
The Rarebit Fiend
*****
HOUSTON
People
Michael Bise
Robert Boyd
Ryan Burton
Ted Closson
Toby Craig
Scott Gilbert
Ben Humeniuk
Mat Johnson
Terry Moore
Mark Nasso
Chris Oarr
Institutions
Abstract Studio
Bedrock City Comics
Comicpalooza
Domy Books
Midnight Comics
Penny Farthing Press
Third Planet Comics
*****
INDIANAPOLIS
People
Anthony Clark
Jim Davis (*)
Shawn Hoke
Steve Horton
Jeff Knurek
Scott Nickel (*)
Dave Ponce (*)
David Reddick (*)
Stuart Sayger
Dan Wright (*)
Katie Wright
Institutions
Comic Carnival
Paws, Inc. (*)
*****
KANSAS CITY
People
Jason Aaron
Bill Amend
Parrish Baker
Dave Bryant
Kerry Callen
Hector Casanova
Kirk Chritton
Anna Maria Cool
Rich Corben
Eve Engelezos
Nathan Fox
Travis Fox
Jeremy Haun
Matt Hawkins
Dennis Hopeless
Bruce Jones
Lee Leslie
Marianne Lightle
Steve Lightle
Kevin Mellon
B. Clay Moore
Tony Moore
Josh Moutray
Jai Nitz
Ande Parks
Steve Sanders
Rob Schamberger
Kelly Seda
Dan Spottswood
Rick Stasi
Kyle Strahm
Freddie E Williams II
Mike Worley
Institutions
Andrews McMeel
A to Z Comics
Cartoonist Conspiracy
Comic Cavern
ComicsCareer.Com
Comix Club
Comixperience
Elite Comics
Hallmark
Planet Comicon
Shoebox
Universal Press Syndicate
*****
LAS VEGAS
People
Steven Grant
Gilbert Hernandez
Jae Lee
Laurenn McCubbin
Institutions
Alternate Reality
Comics Oasis
Maximum Comics
*****
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
People
Elizabeth Breitwieser
Mitch Breitwieser
Institutions
*****
LOS ANGELES
People
Jason Shawn Alexander
T. Alixopulos
Michael Aushenker
Nate Beaty
Ian Brill
Jose Cabrera
Joe Casey
Ben Catmull
Martin Cendreda
Howard Chaykin
Tomm Coker
Jordan Crane
Dave Davenport
Vanessa Davis
Tony Dezuniga
Paul Dini
Roman Dirge
Brian Doherty
Tony Donley
Kevin Dooley (*)
Michael Dooley (*)
Brianne Drouhard
Joshua Dysart
Mark Evanier
Joshua Hale Fialkov
Tony Fleecs
Tom Gammill
Nat Gertler (*)
Rob Goodin
Matt Groening (*)
Scott Gross
Lisa Hanawalt
Glenn Hanson
Sammy Harkham
Charles Hatfield
Allan Heinberg
Tim Hensley
Javier Hernandez
Thomas Herpich
Rantz Hoseley (*)
Mike Huddleston (Also In Paris)
Sam Humphries
Damien Jay (*)
Hellen Jo
Geoff Johns
Dave Johnson
Drew Johnson
Jeff Johnson
Jeff Katz
Andy Khouri
Kazu Kibuishi
Derek Kirk Kim
Keith Knight
Ales Kot
Mike Kunkel (*)
Hope Larson
Stan Lee
Jeff LeVine
Brett Lewis
Melanie Lewis
James Jean
Levon Jihanian
Rob Liefeld
Jeph Loeb
Steve MacIsaac (*)
Jim Mahfood
Mark Masterson (*)
Gus Mastrapa
Joe Matt
Scott McCloud (*)
Carrie McNinch
Mike Mignola (*)
Lonnie Millsap
Leland Myrick
Kiyoshi Nakazawa
Mari Naomi
Raf Navarro
Tom Neely
Neumie
Steve Niles
Dan Norton
Dave Olbrich (*)
Sarah Oleksyk
Bryan Lee O'Malley
Eric Orner
Geoffrey Patterson II (*)
John Pham
Richard Pini (*)
Wendi Pini (*)
Ron Rege Jr.
Rick Remender
Randy Reynaldo
James Robinson
Grasiela Rodriguez
Johnny Ryan
Mark Sable
Souther Salazar
Carlos Saldana
Ben Schwartz
Jerry Scott (*)
Scott Shaw!
Marc Silvestri
Kevin Smith
Dan Spiegle
Adam Staffaroni
Ted Stearn
William Stout
Ken Tanaka
Bruce Timm
Brian K. Vaughan
Mark Waid
Jen Wang
Jonah Weiland
Steve Weissman
Joss Whedon
Calvin Wong
Bernie Wrightson
Institutions
Aspen Comics
Boom! Studios
Brave New World Comics
Comic Book Resources
Comics Factory
Creators Syndicate
Dig Comics
Digital Manga
family
Fox Atomic Comics
Geoffrey's Comics (*)
Giant Robot
Golden Apple Comics
Hero Initiative
Meltdown
MySpace Comic Books
Secret Headquarters
Tokyopop
Top Cow
*****
LYON, FRANCE
People
Jérome Jouvray
Olivier Jouvray
Manu Larcenet
Aurélie Neyret
Christian Rossi
Institutions
*****
MADISON
People
Lynda Barry
John Porcellino (*)
Institutions
*****
THE GREAT STATE OF MAINE
People
Matt Bernier
Ben Bishop
Michael Connor
Ray Dillon
Renae DeLiz
Alex Irvine
Rick Lowell
Dave Naybor
Lincoln Peirce
Jay Piscopo
Institutions
Casablanca Comics
Coast City Comics
Maine Comics Art Festival
*****
MAUI
People
James Silvani
Institutions
*****
CENTRAL MISSOURI
*****
MELBOURNE
People
Patrick Alexander
Bernard Caleo
Rebecca Clements
Matt Emery
Michael Fikaris
Jason Franks
Andrew Fulton
Pat Grant
Nicki Greenberg
Jase Harper
Douglas Holgate
Ben Hutchings
Alice Mrongovius
Bobby Nenadovic
Mandy Ord
Daniel Reed
John Retalick
Jo Waite
Colin Wilson
Institutions
All Star Comics
Squishface Studio
*****
MIAMI
People
John Ulloa
Al Quesada
Rene Quesada
Juan Navarro
Institutions
*****
MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL
People
Ken Avidor
Terry Beatty
Bud Burgy
Kevin Cannon
Zander Cannon
Joe Combs
JP Coovert
Will Dinski
Ryan Dow
Paul Fricke
Neil Gaiman (*)
Mitch Gerads
Grant Gould
Terrance Griep Jr.
Peter Gross
Jessica Hickman
Sam Hiti
Raighne and Meghan Hogan
Ursula Murray Husted
Chris Jones
Toby Jones
Chris Judd
Dan Jurgens
Tom K.
Jim Keefe
Ryan Kelly
Bart King
Robert Kirby
Reynold Kissling
Danno Klonowski (dank!)
Diana Knock
Peter Krause
Becky Laff
Bob Lipski
Roger Lootine
Sean Lynch
Doug Mahnke
Brad McGinty
Lupi McGinty
Michael May
Mr. Mike
Sarah Morean
Tom Nguyen
Daniel Olson
Joel Orff
Ozel
Tyler Page
Evan Palmer
Shad Petosky
Keith Pille
Gordon Purcell
Madeline Queripel
Tom Richmond
Quillan Roe
Brittney Sabo
Steve Sack
Zak Sally
Brett Schlosser
Brent Schoonover
Barb Schulz
Jordan Shiveley
Timothy Sievert
Jon Sloan
Curtis Square-Briggs
Vincent Stall
Steven Stwalley
Paul Taylor
David Tea
Sean Tenhoff
Clarence Thrun
Mike Toft
Chaz Truog
Lewis Tuck
Lonny Unitus
Jerry Van Amerongen
Lance Ward
Dave Witt
Institutions
Big Brain Comics
Big Time Attic
Cartoonist Conspiracy (Minneapolis)
Cartoonist Conspiracy (St. Paul)
Dreamhaven Books
Grimalkin Press
La Mano
Midwest Comic Book Association
Minneapolis College of Art and Design
Nordeast Comics Summit
The International Cartoonist Conspiracy
The Source Comics and Games
*****
MONTPELLIER, FRANCE
People
Fabrice Caro (FabCaro)
Guy Delisle
Patrick Jusseaume
Mattt Konture
Lewis Trondheim
Olivier Vatine
Institutions
*****
MONTREAL
People
Jean-Claude Amyot
Jimmy Beaulieu
Kurt Beaulieu
Rose Beef
Marc Bell
Jesse Bochner AKA Young Adonis
Jacques Boivin
Simon Bosse
Rupert Bottenberg
Helene Brosseau
Peggy Burns
Caro Caron
Howard Chackowicz
Michel Choquette
Tom Devlin
Julie Doucet
Max Douglas AKA Salgood Sam
G.B. Edwin
Alex Fellows
Matthew Forsythe
Leanne Franson
Rick Gagnon
Pascal Girard
Luc Giard
Réal Godbout
Geof Isherwood
Marc Jette
Allison Katz
Karl Kerschl
Michel Lacombe
Alexandre Lafleur
Jeff LeBlanc
Martin Lemm
Amy Lockhart
Régis Loisel
Billy Mavreas
Pat McEown
Bernie Mireault
Obom
Chris Oliveros
Stephane Olivier
Yanick Paquette
Quesnel
Michel Rabagliati
Sylvie Rancourt
Alain Reno
Marc Richard
Jack Ruttan
Carlos Santos
Richard Serrao
Mahendra Singh
Siris
Cameron Stewart
Richard Suicide
Marc Tessier
Eric Theriault
Sherwin Tjia AKA Sully
Kelly Tindall
Sebastien Trahan
Jane Tremblay
Rick Trembles
Henriette Valium
François Vigneault
Zviane (Sylvie-anne Ménard)
Institutions
Drawn and Quarterly
Expozine
Cartoonist Conspiracy
Mecanique Generale
Monastiraki
Librarie Drawn & Quarterly Store
L'Oie De Cravan
Sucker Press
*****
NANTES, FRANCE
People
Bruno
Yoann Chivard
Gwen de Bonneval
Cyril Pedrosa
Hervé Tanquerelle
Fabien Vehlmann
Institutions
*****
NEW BRUNSWICK-ISH
People
Nick Bradshaw
Andre Myette (*)
Danica Brine
Jim Hachey
Scott Marshall
Donald Watson
Institutions
*****
NEW ORLEANS
People
Romey Bensen
Kate Lacour
Leo McGovern (editor)
Caesar Meadows
Ben Passmore (me)
Otto Splotch (probably)
Erin Wilson
Institutions
*****
NEW YORK CITY
People
Howard John Arey
Aaron Augenblick
* Gabrielle Bell
Darryl Ayo Brathwaite
Thomas Baehr
Liz Baillie
Lauren Barnett
Jonathan Baylis
Jonathan Bennett
Nick Bertozzi
Ruben Bolling
Ivan Brandon
Leroy Brown
Nic Breutzman
Brendan Burford
Stephanie Buscema
Scott Campbell
Jennifer Camper
John Cassaday
Fred Chao
Robyn Chapman
Cliff Chiang
Sean T. Collins (*)
Leela Corman
Becky Cloonan
Sophie Crumb
The Dabel Brothers
Evan Dahm
Mike Dawson
Kim Deitch
Vito Delsante
Abby Denson
Stephen deStefano (*)
Aaron Diaz
Steve Ditko
Valerie D'Orazio
Evan Dorkin (*)
Ryan Dunlavey
Sarah Dyer
Rami Efal
Robin Enrico
Jules Feiffer (*)
Michel Fiffe
Bob Fingerman
Danny Fingeroth
Ryan Flanders
Fly
Rob G
David Gallaher
Elizabeth Genco
Sarah Glidden
Meredith Gran
John Green
Karen Green
Richard Hahn
Tom Hart
Irwin Hasen
Dean Haspiel
Glenn Hauman
Brian Heater
David Heatley
Danny Hellman
Sam Henderson
Alex Holden
Jamal Igle
Nina Isaacson
Klaus Janson
Damien Jay
K. Thor Jensen
R. Kikuo Johnson
J.G. Jones
Bill Kartalopoulos
Ben Katchor
Kaz
John Kershbaum
Alex Kim
Neil Kleid
Tim Kreider (*)
Peter Kuper
Michael Kupperman
Joe LaQuinte
L. Nichols
Jon Lewis
Jason Little
Andy Macdonald
Heidi MacDonald
Matt Madden
Alex Maleev
Shayna Marchese
Benjamin Marra
Tara McPherson
Frank Miller
Jerry Moriarty
Francoise Mouly
Kevin Mutch
Dan Nadel
Nate Neal
Mark Nevins
Josh Neufeld
Mark Newgarden
Christine Norrie
Aubrey Nuckols
George O'Connor
Yuko Ota
Dennis Pacheco
Ananth Panagariya
Gary Panter
Donald Phelps
Cody Pickrodt
Morgan Pielli
Paul Pope
Ted Rall
James Reddington
MK Reed
Henrik Rehr
Calvin Reid
Joan Reilly
Aaron Renier
Kat Roberts
Alex Robinson
Dave Roman
James Romberger
John Romita Jr.
Arnold Roth
Kenan Rubenstein
Jim Salicrup
Buddy Scalera
Kevin Scalzo (+)
Dash Shaw
R Sikoryak
Katie Skelly
Karen Sneider
Jesse Blaze Snider
Bishakh Som
Rick Spears
Art Spiegelman
John Stanisci
Leslie Stein
Tucker and Nina Stone
Ward Sutton
Jamie Tanner
Scott Teplin
Matthew Thurber
Seth Tobocman
Adrian Tomine
Lance Tooks
William Tucci
Fred Van Lente
Sara Varon
Ivan Velez, Jr.
Leigh Walton
Rich Watson
Mo Willems
Renee Witterstaetter
Jeff Wong
Brian Wood
Kent Worcester
JT Yost
Institutions
Blurred Books
Brooklyn Comic Writer's Workshop
Comic Book Jones (*)
ComicMix
Crusade Fine Arts
DB Pro
Desert Island Comics
Egon Labs
First Second Books
House of Twelve
JHU Comic Books
King Features Syndicate
Marvel Comics
Meathaus
Midtown Comics
MoCCA Arts Festival
Mysterious Time Machine
National Cartoon Museum
NBM
Paping
Partyka
Publishers Weekly
Roaring Brook Press
Royal Flush
Scholastic
School of Visual Arts
Society Of Illustrators
United Feature Syndicate
*****
NORTHAMPTON
People
E.J. Barnes (*)
Matt Bayne
Dan Berger
Holly Black
Jon Chad
E. Ciocca
Howard Cruse (*)
Mike Dooney
Kevin Eastman
AC Farley
Rebecca Guay
Gary Hallgren (*)
Jeph Jacques
Bryant Paul Johnson
Alexa Kitchen
Denis Kitchen
Peter Laird
Jim Lawson
John Lind
Mark Martin (*)
Steve Murphy
Tom Pappalardo
Hillary Price
Jack Purcell
Jeff Rowland
Greg Ruth
Chris Shadoiain
Jotham Stavely
R. Stevens
Eric Talbot
Colin Tedford (*)
Anne Thalheimer
Sean Wang
Dave White
Mo Willems
Institutions
Gary Dolgoff Comics
Heavy Metal's warehouse/archives
Mirage Studios
Modern Myths
Trees and Hills (*)
*****
ORANGE COUNTY, CA
People
Bob Chapman
Larry Marder
Todd Nauck
Brandon "Ragnar" Johnson
Dan Taylor
Institutions
Graphitti Designs
*****
ORLANDO, FL
People
Thomas Florimonte
Barry Gregory
Jenni Gregory
Joe Pekar
Mike Peters
Ronald Salas
Wayne Spencer
Institutions
Coliseum of Comics
Ka-Blam
SketchSouth
*****
OTTAWA
People
Von Allen
Jean-Guy Brin
Dave Cooper
Tom Fowler
Janet Hetherington
Suzanne Marsden
Ronn Sutton
Craig Taillefer
Dwight Williams
Institutions
Ottawa Comix Jam
Silver Snail Ottawa
The Comic Book Shoppe
*****
PARIS
People
Pénélope Bagieu
Stanislas Barthélémy
Enki Bilal
Julie Birmant
Christophe Blain
Blutch
Emile Bravo
Claire Bretécher
Florence Cestac
Merwan Chabane
Pierre Christin
Nicolas De Crécy
Jean-Pierre Dionnet
Xavier Dorison
Alexis Dormal
Floc'h
F'murr
Bertrand Gatignol
Annie Goetzinger
Marcel Gotlib
Juanjo Guarnido
Emmanuel Guibert
Hubert
Mike Huddleston (Also In Los Angeles)
André Juillard
Jul
Kerascoet
Killoffer
Mathieu Lauffray
Richard Marazano
Franck Margerin
Catherine Meurisse
Jean-Claude Mézières
Fabien Nury
Clément Oubrerie
Jean-Michel Ponzio
Mathieu Sapin
Riad Sattouf
Joann Sfar
Anne Simon
Stan & Vince
Jacques Tardi
Bastien Vivès
*****
PASADENA
People
Tom Gammill
Jaime Hernandez
Tony Millionaire
Institutions
*****
PHILADELPHIA
People
Jessica Abel
April Aguillard
M. Jacob Alvarez
John Arcudi
Robb Armstrong (*)
Pat Aulisio
Derik A Badman
Art Baxter
Brian Biggs
Box Brown
Charles Burns
Jason Clarke (*)
Bill Cucinotta
Zeph David
Claire Folkman
Andrea L. Grigoropol (*)
Lance Hansen
Ian Harker (*)
Beth Heinly
Brett J. Hopkins
John Karpinski
Hawk Krall
Terry LaBan (*)
Jacob Lambert
Aaron Lange
Matt Madden
Mike Manley
Richard Marcej
Angela McQuillan
Jesse Moynihan
Jamar Nicholas
Steve Peters (*)
Kelly Phillips
Carey Pietsch
Bob Pistilli
Justin Quinlan
Hans Rickheit
David Seidman
Doug Slack (*)
John Sprague (*)
Pete Stathis
Steve Teare
Ralph Tedesco
Dane Troup
Meghan Turbitt
Joe Tyler
Sarah Louise Wahrhaftig
Matt Wiegle
Cyn Why
Signe Wilkinson
Institutions
Atomic City Comics
Always Comix
Baboon Books
Brave New Worlds
CO2 Comics
Dirty Diamonds
East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention
Fat Jack's Comicrypt
Kettle Drummer Books
Locust Moon
Philadelphia Cartoonists Society
Philly Comix Jam
School of Comics
South Philly Comics
Zenescope Entertainment
*****
PHOENIX
People
Shawn Demumbrum
Dave Kiersh
Rick Kirkman (*)
Larry Marder (Commutes)
Marc Mason
Todd McFarlane
Steve Rude (*)
Institutions
SpazDog Comics
*****
PITTSBURGH
People
Carl Antonowicz
Nils Balls
Jeremy Baum
Caitlin Rose Boyle
Jacob Ciocci
Chris Cornwell
Ron Frenz
Sophie Goldstein
Raven Gregory
Jessica Heberle
Joe Jusko
Josh Lees
Pat Lewis
Jasen Lex
Joyana McDiarmid
Pat Oliffe
Erech Overaker
Ed Piskor
Rob Rogers
Jim Rugg
Frank Santoro
Tom Scioli
Don Simpson
Lizzee Solomon
Claire Sullivan
Dave Wachter
Wayno!
Sarah Wright
Mark Zingarelli
Institutions
Copacetic Comics
Maple Key Comics
Phantom Of The Attic
PIX
Steel City Con
Toonseum
*****
PORTLAND, OREGON
People
Shawn Aldridge
Ryan Alexander-Tanner
Kalah Allen
Scott Allie
Mike and Laura Allred (*)
Graham Annable
Andrice Arp
Dane Ault
T. Edward Bak
Zachary Baldus
Christopher Baldwin
Jeremy Barlow
Ben Bates
Lucy Bellwood
Brian Bendis
Anina Bennett
Trixie Biltmore
Matt Bors
Aaron Brassea
Vera Brosgol
Charles Brownstein
Elijah Brubaker
Ben Bush
Kurt Busiek (*)
Alex Cahill
Jonathan Case
Ron Chan
David Chelsea
Sean Christensen
Charlie Chu
Christopher Cilla
Brian Churilla
Matthew Clark
Jeremy Colwell (*)
Colleen Coover
Alex Cox
Farel Dalrymple
Kelly Sue DeConnick
Barry Deutsch
Patrick Devine
Ben Dewey
Terry Dodson
Kieron Dwyer
Rachel Edidin
Lisa Eisenberg
Rich Ellis
Randy Emberlin
Ulises Farinas
Cat Farris
Matt Fraction
Milo George
Nicole Georges
Mike Getsiv
Julia Gfrörer
Tim Goodyear
Christianne Goudreau
Shawn Granton
Matt Grigsby
Paul Guinan
Paul Gulacy
Davd Hahn
Matt Haley
Jesse Hamm
Jim Hill
Jonathan Hill
Laura Hudson
Kenneth Huey
Nina Isaacson
John Isaacson
Dunja Janokovic
Joelle Jones
Leif Jones
Joe Keatinge
Patrick Keck
Karl Kesel
Lukas Ketner
Eric Kilkenny
Randall Kirby
Aidan Koch
Amy Kuttab
Dave Land
Emi Lenox
Christian Lipski
B.T. Livermore
Aaron Lopresti
James Lucas Jones
Indigo Kelleigh
Steve Lieber
Bobby Madness
Michelle Madsen
Rick Marcks
Carolyn Main
Jenn Manley Lee
Gary Martin
Steve Mattsson
Val Mayerik
Clutch McBastard
Les McClaine
Aaron McConnell
Graeme McMillan
Jon McNally
Amy Mebberson
Dylan Meconis
Linda Medley
Scott Mills
Sarah Mirk
Kevin Moore
Bill Mudron
Erika Moen
Eric Nebel
Ovi Nedelcu
Joe Nozemack
Natalie Nourigat
Mike Oeming
Martin Ontiveros
Tom Orzechowski
Jason Overby
Virginia Paine
Arnold Pander
Jacob Pander
Jeff Parker
Jennifer Parks
Scott Phillips
Karn Piana
Roxy Polk
Kinoko Powfox
Leland Purvis
Ron Randall
Jesse Reklaw
Patric Reynolds
Jamie S. Rich
Chris Roberson
George Rohac
Tim Root
Greg Rucka
Mike Russell
Sara Ryan
Joe Sacco
Karissa Sakumoto
Diana Schutz
Brandon Seifert
Ian Smith
Suzette Smith
Tyson Smith
Taki Soma
Zack Soto
Bwana Spoons
Aron Nils Steinke
Dave Stewart
Ian Sundahl
Susan Tardif
Craig Thompson
Anne Timmons (*)
Paul Tobin
Jim Valentino
Jen Van Meter
Jon Van Oast
Matt Wagner
Angie Wang
Brett Warnock
Leia Weathington
Dustin Weaver
Shannon Wheeler
J.R. Williams
Joshua Williamson
Douglas Wolk
Pete Woods
Rebecca Woods
Jad Ziade
Institutions
Bluewater Productions (*)
Bridge City Comics
Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
Cosmic Monkey
Countermedia
Crab Tank
Dark Horse Comics
Eberhardt Press
Excalibur
Family Style
Floating World
Future Dreams
Gaze Books
Gazeta
Grass Hut Comics
Image Comics
Independent Publishing Resource Center
Microcosm Publishing
Oni Press
PDX Zine Symposium
Periscope Studios (Site)
Portland Comics
Pro-Comics
Reading Frenzy
Revival House Press
Sequential Art Gallery
Shadowline
Snakebomb Comix
Sparkplug Comic Books
Stumptown Comics Fest
The Bad Apple Store
The Pony Club Gallery
Things From Another World
Top Shelf
Tranquility Base
Tugboat Press
*****
PROVIDENCE
People
Rick Altergott
Ariel Bordeaux
Mat Brinkman
Brian Chippendale
Jessica Ciocci
Allison Cole
Sam Costello
Jo Dery
Paul Di Filippo
Chris Forgues
Brian Gibson
Leif Goldberg
Ben Jones
Paul Lyons
David Mazzuchelli (*)
James McShane
Erin Rosenthal
Mike Taylor
Steven Withrow
Michaela Colette Zacchilli
Institutions
Paper Rad
*****
PUERTO RICO
People
Tom Beland
Kenneth Rocafort
Amin Amat
Institutions
*****
RESEARCH TRIANGLE AREA OF NORTH CAROLINA
People
Richard Case (*)
Rob Clough
Kevin Dixon
Tommy Lee Edwards
Bill Fick
Paul Friedrich
Amy Godfrey
Scott Hampton
Sandy Jarrell
Eric Knisley
Josh Lees
Joyana McDiarmid
Mark McMurray
Adam Meuse
Andrew Neal
Gioia Palmieri
Everett Rand
Zack Smith
Rio Aubry Taylor
John Van Fleet
Ursula Vernon
Brian Walsby
Jason Whitley
Kent Williams (*)
Jenny Zervakis
Institutions
Books Do Furnish A Room (Durham)
Capital Comics (Raleigh, NC)
Chapel Hill Comics
Foundation's Edge (Raleigh, NC)
The Sarah Dyer Zine Collection at Duke University):
Ultimate Comics (Durham, Chapel Hill)
The Murray Collection at Duke University
*****
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
People
James Callahan
Johanna Draper Carlson
Jamie Cosley
Tom DeHaven
Thomas Inge (*)
Chris Johnson
Ken Marcus
Chris Pitzer
Rick Spears
Rob Ullman
Erik Weems
Institutions
AdHouse Books
Richmond Comix
The Eisner Awards Archives at VCU
Velocity Comics
*****
ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
People
Ross Campbell
Nick Gurewitch
Eva Hopkins
Jason Yungbluth
Institutions
1st Print Comics
1st Print Comics
All Heroes Comics
Comic Book Heaven
Comics Etc
Red's Comics & Gaming
Roc*Con
Hammergirl Anime Inc
Wonderland Comics
*****
SALT LAKE CITY
People
Derek Hunter
Ryan Ottley
Institutions
Night Flight Comics
*****
SAN ANTONIO
People
Lee Duhig
Rod Espinoza
Lea Hernandez
Joe Weltjens
Elin Winkler
Institutions
Antarctic Press
Atomic Comics
Dragon's Lair
Guru-EFX
Radio Comix
*****
SAN DIEGO
People
Chris Allen
Chynna Clugston
Tyler Crook
Jeromy Cox
Scott Dunbier
Mary Fleener (*)
Rick Geary
David Glanzer
James Hudnall
Fae Desmond
David Dotson (*)
Doreen Dotson
Jackie Estrada
Greg Evans (*)
George Gladir (*)
David King
Batton Lash
Jim Lee
Billy Martinez
Phil McAndrew
Tod Parkill
Joe Phillips
Gary Sassaman
Eric Shanower
Institutions
AFC Studio
Comic-Con International
Comickaze
IDW
Neko Press
Young American Comics
*****
SAN FRANCISCO AND OUTLYING
People
Art Adams
Jon Adams
Brent Anderson
Attaboy
Don Asmussen
Rina Ayuyang
Kirsten Baldock
Mark Bode
Paige Braddock (*)
Tessa Brunton
Alvin Buenaventura
Susie Cagle,
Enrico Casarosa
Ben Catmull (*)
Dan Clowes
Tyler Cohen
Tristan Crane
Jaime Crespo (*)
Maxon Crumb
Dennis Culver
Lloyd Dangle
Ronnie del Carmen
Pancha Diaz
Elena Diaz
Leigh Dragoon (*)
Eric Drooker
Jamaica Dyer
Alexis E. Fajardo (*)
Andrew Farago
Joe Field (*)
Brian Fies
Mark Fiore (*)
Josh Frankel
Renee French
Matt Furie (+)
Shaenon Garrity
Larry Gonick
Al Gordon
Justin Hall
Andy Hartzell
Eric Haven
John Heebink
Brian Hibbs
Hob
Paul Horn
Debbie Huey
Lisa Jonte
Jay Kinney
Erik Larsen
Steve Leialoha
Kathryn LeMieux (*)
Jeff Lester
Bob Levin
Jeremy Love
Ed Luce
Karen Luk
Jonas Madden-Connor
Paul Madonna
Jason Martin
Paul Mavrides
Matt Maxwell (*)
Derek McCulloch
Melaina
Tom Meyer
Briana Miller
Rhode Montijo
Scott Morse
Victor Moscoso
Kim Munson
Ted Naifeh
Frederick Noland (Fredo)
Stephan Pastis (*)
Thien Pham
Lark Pien
Darick Robertson (*)
Hal Robbins
Trina Robbins
Jimmie Robinson
Mimi Rosenheim
Richard Sala
Joey Sayers
Jason Shiga
Matt Silady
Raina Telgemeier
Jason Thompson
Justin Thompson (*)
Ron Turner
Geoff Vasile
S. Clay Wilson
Larry Young
Institutions
Alternative Press Expo (Administered from San Diego)
Big Wow! ComicFest (*)
Cards And Comics Central
Cartoon Art Museum
Cartoonist Conspiracy
Charles M. Schulz Museum (*)
Comics Outpost
Comix Experience
Couscous Collective
Dr. Comics and Mr. Games
Escapist Comics
Fantastic Comics
Flying Colors Comics & Other Cool Stuff (*)
Isotope
Jeffrey's Toys
Last Gasp
Lee's Comics (San Mateo)
Mission: Comics and Art
Pigeon Press
The San Francisco Zine Fest
Viz Media
Whatever
Writers Old Fashioned
*****
SAN JOSE
People
Marc Arsenault
Anna Warren Boersig
Ray Boersig
Frank Cirocco (*)
Jennifer De Guzman
Mick Gray
Jon Macy
Derek McCaw
JK Parkin
Scott Saavedra (*)
Alex Sheikman
Dan Vado
Gary Winnick (*)
Gene Yang (*)
Institutions
Hijinx Comix
Illusive Arts Entertainment
Illusive Comics & Games
Lee's Comics (Mountain View)
Slave Labor Graphics
Wow Cool
*****
SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA
People
Joe Ferrara
Jon Hastings
Nick Mullins
Institutions
Atlantis Fantasy World
Comicopolis
The Comic Newspaper of editorial cartoons.
*****
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
People
Brian Ralph
Dame Darcy
Institutions
Savannah College of Art and Design
*****
SEATTLE
People
Peter Bagge
Christopher Baldwin
Donna Barr (*)
Brian Basset
Jim Blanchard
Ed Brubaker
Nikki Burch
Mark Campos
Jacob Covey
Mike Dean
Michael Dowers
Jeremy Eaton
Scott Faulkner
Shary Flenniken
Kaja Foglio
Phil Foglio
Ellen Forney
Eroyn Franklin
Stefano Gaudiano
Tatiana Gill
Laura Gjovaag
Roberta Gregory
Gary Groth
Stefan Gruber
Rick Hoberg
Jerry Holkins
Clint Hollingsworth (*)
Brandon Jerwa
Ted Jouflas
David Kelly
Megan Kelso
Mike Krahulik
David Lasky
Corey Lewis
Craig McKenney
Jason Miles
Pat Moriarity (*)
Moritat/Justine Norman
Jon Morris
Carl Nelson
Steve Notley
Helen Parson
Eric Reynolds
Leonard Rifas
JL Roberson
Sean Michael Robinson
Brian Sendelbach
Taki Soma
Matthew Southworth
Kazimir Strzepek
Greg Stump
Caryn A. Tate
Kristy Valenti
Jen Vaughn
Dalton Webb
Liz Wong
Jim Woodring
Greg Zura
Institutions
Arcane Comics
Cartoonists NW
Comics Dungeon
Emerald City Comicon
Fantagraphics Books
Friends of The Nib
Headless Shakespeare Press
Penny Arcade Expo
Studio Foglio
The Bureau of Drawers
Zanadu Downtown
Zanadu University
Zine Archive and Publishing Project at the Richard Hugo House
*****
SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI
People
Cole Closser
Chris Mostyn
Institutions
*****
ST. JOHNS, NEWFOUNDLAND
People
Jai Granofsky
Institutions
Timemasters, Inc.
*****
ST. LOUIS
People
Robert Atkins
Cullen Bunn
Rick Burchett
Paul Daly
Mark Fischer
Jerome Gaynor
Todd Hignite
Brian Hurtt
Kevin Huizenga
Matt Kindt
Thompson Knox
Tim Lane
Mardou
Ted May
MJ
Chris Samnee
Paul Sloboda (*)
Evan Sult
Jeff Wilson
Dan Zettwoch
Institutions
All American Collectibles
Comic Art Magazine
Comic Book Bin
Fantasy Books (*)
Fantasy Shop
Hometown Comics (*)
Ink and Drink Comics
Lion Forge Comics
NewCastle Comics & Games
PLAYBACK:stl
Project Comic Con
SKiN Graft Records
Spector Club
Star Clipper
Twilight Comics (*)
USS Catastrophe
*****
TACOMA
People
RR Anderson
Mark Brill
Michael Fitzgerald
Mark Monlux
Institutions
Cartoonists' League of Absurd Washingtonians
Destiny City Comics
Nearsighted Narwhal
*****
TAMPA/ST. PETERSBURG
People
Dan Boyd
Amanda Conner (*)
Darwyn Cooke (Part-Time)
Lou Copeland
Jim Fern
Drew Geraci
Paul Houston
Mike Maihack
Pablo Marcos
Fran Matera
Jimmy Palmiotti (*)
Brandon Peterson
Robert Rhine
Josh Smeaton
Josh Sullivan
Greg Vondruska
Institutions
Emerald City Comics
*****
TORONTO
People
Adrian Alphona
Kalman Andrasofszky
Ho Che Anderson
Neelam Arora
Greg Beettam
Andy Belanger
Marc Bell
Roxanne Bielskis
Peter Birkemoe
J. Bone
Chester Brown
Christopher Butcher
Scott Chantler
Svetlana Chmakova
Michael Cho
Joey Comeau
Michael Comeau
Aaron Costain
Nick Craine
Claudia Davila
Willow Dawson
Michael DeForge
Arthur Dela Cruz
Lesley Fairfield
Ray Fawkes
Brian Fukushima
Stephen Geigen-Miller
Shannon Gerard
Caanan Grall
Scott Hepburn
Alan Hunt
Greg Hyland
Stuart Immonen
Kathryn Immonen
M. Ismail
Keith Jones
Eric Kim
Jason Kieffer
Chris Kuzma
Patrick Kyle
Dave Lapp
Jeff Lemire
stef lenk
Ginette Lepalme
Gareth Lind
Jason Loo
Steve Manale
Jason Marcy (*)
John Martz
Brian McLachlan
Kagan McLeod
Rosemary Mosco
Vesna Mostovac
Evan Munday
Marc Ngui
Michael Noonan
Ryan North
Joe Ollmann (*)
Ramon Perez
Lorenz Peter
Ethan Rilly
Paul Rivoche
Dave Ross
Matthew Seiden
Seth (*)
Ben Shannon
Fiona Smyth
Chad Solomon
Kean Soo
Jay Stephens (*)
Tara Tallan
Mariko Tamaki
Diana Tamblyn
RG Taylor
Ty Templeton
Peter Thompson (*)
Tin Can Forest
J. Torres
Noel Tuazon
James Turner
Maurice Vellekoop
Rob Walton
Steve Wilson
Steve Wolfhard
Tory Woolcott
Zach Worton
Chip Zdarsky
Jim Zubkavich
Institutions
Atomic Age Comics
Broken Pencil Magazine
Carousel Magazine
Canzine
Doug Wright Awards
Fan Expo Canada
Joe Shuster Awards
Koyama Press
Magic Pony
Silver Snail
Speakeasy Comics
Team Society League
The Beguiling
Toronto Comicon
Toronto Comics Arts Festival
Toronto Zine Library
UDON Comics (*)
Wowee Zonk
Zine Dream
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TUCSON
People
Dirk Deppey
Greg Mannino
Bob Weber, Jr.
Institutions
Fantasy Comics
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TULSA
People
RA Jones
James Vance
John Wooley (*)
Institutions
Comic Empire
Starbase 21
Wizards Asylum
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UTAH
People
Bill Galvan
Sal Velluto
Jake Black
Howard Tayler
Scott Johnson
Derek Hunter
Travis Walton
Institutions
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VANCOUVER
People
Kaare Andrews
Ian Boothby
David Boswell
Robin Bougie
Chris Brayshaw
Ed Brisson
Marian Churchland
Rebecca Dart
Sean Esty
Maxine Frank
Doug Fraser
Gareth Gaudin (*)
Brandon Graham
Pia Guerra
Tarol Hunt
Don King
Julian Lawrence
Miriam Libicki
James Lloyd
Robin McConnell
Josue Menjivar
George Metzger
Mike Myhre
Steve Rolston
Simon Roy
Steve Sadowski
Ken Steacy (*)
James Stokoe (*)
Jason Thibault
Jason Turner
Colin Upton
Leonard Wong
Marley Zarcone
Institutions
Cloudscape
Inkstuds
VCAF
VCON
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WASHINGTON, DC
People
Lamar Abrams
Rand Arrington
Michael Auger
Rob Balder
Marty Baumann
Emiy Beauparlant
Nate Beeler
Carolyn Belefski
Sal Buscema
Joe Carabeo
Jerry Carr
Michael Cavna
Jo Chen
Ben Claasen
Steve Conley (*)
Matt Dembicki
Jim Dougan
Tim Dzon
Ron Evry (*)
Barb Fischer
Chris Flick
Mike Fluggenock
Otis Frampton
Nick Galifianakis
John Gallagher
Shannon Gallant
David Hagen
Chris Impink
Evan Keeling
Jonathan Luna
Joshua Luna
Shawn Martinbrough
Carla Speed McNeil
Ken Meyer Jr.
Pop Mhan
Jamie Noguchi
Kevin Rechin
Mike Rhode
RM Rhodes
Larry Rodman
Mark Ruffin
Marc Singer
Matthew Dow Smith
John K. Snyder III
Joe Sutliff
Joseph Szadzowski
Ann Telnaes
Richard Thompson (*)
Tom Toles
Jon White
John E. Williams
Matt Wuerker
Xaviar Xerexes
Clay Yount
Hampton Yount
Institutions
Anime USA
Big Planet Comics
DC Conspiracy
EG Comics
Katsucon
Laughing Ogre
Small Press Expo
Square City Comics
Swann Foundation at the LOC
Washington Post Writers Group
Washington Webtoonists
Wayward Studios
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WEST VIRGINIA
People
Jason Arthur
Danielle Corsetto
Kevin Melrose
James Patrick
Beau Smith
Robert Tinnell
David P. Welsh
Institutions
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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, VERMONT -- ALL OF VERMONT, REALLY
People
Daniel Barlow
Alison Bechdel (*)
Pat Barrett
Steve Bissette
G.P. Bonesteel
Isaac Cates (*)
Randall Drew
Glynnis Fawkes
Alexis Frederick-Frost (*)
James Kochalka (*)
Daniel Kornguth
Josh Kramer
Modi Kwanza
Joe Lambert
Alec Longstreth
Jason Lutes
Elizabeth Neronski
James Sturm
Rick Veitch
Bill Volk
Keny Widjaja
Chris Wright
David Yoder
Institutions
Brattleboro Comix Lab
Cartoonist Conspiracy
I Know Joe Kimpel
The Center For Cartoon Studies
Tree And Hills
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WINSTON-SALEM/BOONE, NC
People
Adam Casey
Craig Fischer
Chad Hunt
Mandy Marxen
Ben Towle
Institutions
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ZAGREB, CROATIA
People
Matt Hollingsworth
Igor Kordey
Darko Macan
Goran Parlov
Essad Ribic
Goran Sudzuka
Dalibor Talajic
Tonci Zonjic
Institutions
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NOTABLE ALUMNI OF CARTOONING SCHOOLS (OR SCHOOLS WITH A NUMBER OF COMICS-RELATED GRADUATES)
Alberta College Of Art And Design
Guy Parsons
Jillian Tamaki
Jeremy Tankard
Center For Cartoon Studies
Carl Antonowicz
Charles Forsman
Colleen Frakes
Alexis Frederick Frost
Penina Gal
Samuel Gaskin
Sophie Goldstein
Alex Kim
Josh Lees
Alec Longstreth
Joyana McDiarmid
Annie Murphy
Gabby Schulz
James Sturm
Melissa Mendes
Laura Terry
Jen Vaughn
David Yoder
Columbus College Of Art And Design
Joe Kubert School Of Cartoon And Graphic Art
Pete Abrams
Robert D. Anderson III
Darren Auck
Doug Baron
Phil Balsman
Gabe Bridwell
Stephen R. Bissette
Garry Brown
Robert Campanella
Mike Chen
Sherm Cohen
Anna-Maria Cool
Toby Cypress
Shane Davis
Kim DeMulder
Dave Dorman
Dan Duncan
Jan Duursema
Jared K. Fletcher
Jerry Fuchs
Mark Gonyea
Micah Gunnell
Matt Hollingsworth
Morry Hollowell
Mark Irwin
Jim Keefe
Karl Kesel
Scott Kolins
Michael Kraiger
Adam Kubert
Andy Kubert
Jason F. Lambert
Brian G. Lefevre
Steve Lieber
Alex Maleev
Tom Mandrake
Bill Pressing
Rags Morales
David Nakayama
Dan Parent
Mike Pellerito
Ed Piskor
Andy Price
Ron Randall
Tom Raney
Fernando Ruiz
Damion Scott
Sean Sexton
Eric Shanower
Blair D. Shedd
Barry T. Smith
Alec Stevens
Gabe Swarr
Don Swartzentruber
Andre Szymanowicz
Timothy Truman
John Totleben
Rob Tornoe
Rick Veitch
Brandon Vietti
Adam Warren
Charles Paul Wilson III
Mike Wolfer
Derrick J. Wyatt
Thomas Yeates
Mike Yosh
Milwaukee Institute Of Art And Design
Aaron Renier
Scott Roberts
Pratt Institute
Daniel Clowes
Jules Feiffer
Bill Griffith
Leonard Starr
Kent Williams
Savannah College Of Art And Design (SCAD)
Francis Abbey
Grace Allison
Ryan Babula
Elena Barbarich
Ian Bostick
Ron Chan
Carrie Christian
Wook Jin Clark
Nate Cosby
Amanda Cunningham
Eleanor Davis
Iaonnis Davros
J. Paul Densmore
James DeWitt
Nick Dragotta
Rich Ellis
Cat Farris
Jason Federhenn
Ryan Fernandez
Melanie Florencio
Andre Frattino
Marissa Garner
Tara Garrigan
Noelle Giffin
Cathy Hannah
Ryan Hill
Burlon Leffall
Whitney Leopard
Jackie Lewis
Tradd Moore
Sean Murphy
Anthony Pafford
Patric Reynolds
Andrew Robinson
Chris Schweizer
Ben Towle
Drew Weing
Jonathan Waldrup
Jarrett Williams
David Yoder
School Of Visual Arts (SVA)
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* = Not in the city proper but close enough that were Stan Lee, Garry Trudeau, Pat Oliphant, Scott McCloud, Matt Groening, Lynda Barry, Art Spiegelman or Neil Gaiman were scheduled to come and speak they would consider going.
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