December 6, 2009
Comics By Local Scene 2010
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 updated in January 2007 and in February 2008. I would like to update it again now. I mean, I'm not 100 percent sure Zander Cannon's in the same country anymore.
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,
Basically, anything you can help me do to build on the following, I would greatly appreciate it and I think this will be a valuable resource for years to come. The only exception is that in some cases of great, great obscurity, where it crosses the line into wishful thinking, I might pass on adding an entry. I have yet to do so, though, and this is a very long list.
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COMICS BY GEOGRAPHICAL AREA
ALBANY, NY AND HUDSON RIVER VALLEY
People
Paul Abrams (*)
Bill Anderson
Alan David Doane
Terry Austin (*)
Kyle Baker (*)
Charles Barnett III (*)
Eliot Brown (*)
Janice Chiang (*)
Todd Dezago (*)
Jess Fink
John Hebert
Fred Hembeck
Gene Kannenberg, Jr.
TJ Kirsch
Rich Kreiner
KA Laity
Ron Marz
Jack Morelli (*)
Jonathan Rosenberg
Christy Scheele (*)
Joe Sinnott (*)
Jim Starlin (*)
Joe Staton (*)
Herb Trimpe
Barry Windsor-Smith
Delos Woodruff
Institutions
Aquilonia Comics
Comicsresearch.org
Earthworld Comics
Spa City Comics (*)
Electric City Comics (*)
*****
ALBUQUERQUE/SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO
People
Joe Annabi
Jeff Benham
Aaron Campbell
Caitlin Cass
Jamie Chase
Andy Kuhn
Bram Meehan
Nick Sedillos
Institutions
7000 BC
The Comic Warehouse
*****
ATHENS, GEORGIA
People
Michele Chidester
Eleanor Davis
Patrick Dean
Drew Weing
Joey Weiser
Institutions
Bizarro Wuxtry Comics and Toys
FLUKE
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ATLANTA
People
David Atchison
Mark Bagley
Ward Batty
Cliff Biggers
Gina Biggs
Ted Boonthanakit
Jennie Breeden
Mark Brooks
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
Jessica Johnson
Dan Jolley (*)
J.P. Keslensky
Rachel Keslensky
Josh Latta
Brad McGinty
Joe Linsner (*)
J.D. Mettler (*)
Angela and Nick Mizgala
Robert Pope
Joe Pruett
Brian Reber
Andy Runton
Tony Shasteen
Ray Snyder (*)
Chris Staros
Brian Stelfreeze
Karl Story
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
Strawberry Comics
Talesofwonder.com
Titan Comics and Games
Top Shelf Comix
UpDown Studio
*****
AUSTIN
People
Neal Barrett, Jr.
Paul Benjamin
Carol Burrell
Mitch Clem
Korey Coleman
Grant Davis
Jason Henderson
Mark P. Hensel
Kristin Hogan
Kenneth Huey
Sam Hurt
Rick Klaw
Randy Lander
Newt Manwich
Paul Maybury
Michael Moorcock
Harris O'Malley
Alan J. Porter
Doug Potter
Chris Roberson
Tony Salvaggio
Matthew Sturges
Martin Thomas
Penny Van Horn
Bill Williams
Institutions
Austin Books & Comics
Domy Books
League of Extremely Ordinary Gentlemen
Staple
*****
BALTIMORE
People
Butch Berry
Albert Birney
Michael Bracco
Tom Chalkley
Frank Cho
Ben Claassen III
Michael DiMotta
Eamon Espey
Marc Hempel (*)
Dina Kelberman
Sevilla King
James Kuhoric
Daniel Krall
Greg LaRocque
Sunny Lee
Rachel Masilamani
David Newbold
Drew Rausch
Rico Renzi
Neal Schaffer
Kevin Sherry
Cris Skokna
Vincent Snead
Jose Villarrubia
Mark Wheatley
Ron Wilson
Institutions
Alternate Worlds (*)
Amazing Spiral
Atomic Books
Baltimore Comic-Con
Closed Caption Comics
Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc.
Geppi Museum
Insight Studios Group
Legends Games and Comics
Maryland Institute College of Art
The Rhino
*****
BIRMINGHAM
People
Frank Cummings
Chris Garrison
Marcus Lusk
Institutions
Salty 'Ham Cartooneestas
*****
BOSTON
People
Kevin Church (*)
Greg Cook
Jef Czekaj
Alexander Danner (*)
J Dee Dupuy (*)
Tim Fish
Sam Gaskin
Chris Golden (*)
Gareth Hinds
Paul Karasik (*)
Dave Kiersh
Jarrett J. Krosoczka (*)
C. Lawson
Don MacDonald
Brian Moore
Dan Moynihan
Liz Prince
Joe Quinones
Sara Rosenbaum
Craig Shaw Gardner
Robert Sergel
Tom Snigowski (*)
Jordan Something
Karl Stevens (pictured)
Dirk Tiede
Jack Turnbull
Stephen Weiner
Maris Wicks
Institutions
Boston Comics Round Table
Broken Soul Press
Comicopia
Hub Comics (*)
Million Year Picnic
That's Entertainment
*****
BUENOS AIRES
People
Federico Pazos
Lucas Varela
Lucas Nine
Kioskerman
Liniers
Cienperros
Tute
Institutions
Estudio Haus
*****
CALGARY, ALBERTA
People
Cary Nord
Dorkboy
Fiona Staples
Institutions
Out of Mind Studios
Vicious Ambitious
*****
CHARLOTTE
People
Rich Barrett
Chris Brunner
Shelton Drum
Marcus Hamilton (*)
Dustin Harbin
Jason Latour
Dave McDonald
Budd Root
Jim Scancarelli
Ethan Van Sciver (*)
Andy Smith
Chrissie Zullo
Institutions
Heroes Aren't Hard to Find
*****
CHICAGO
People
Sal Abbinanti
Tony Akins
Christian Alamy
Brian Azzarello
Art Baltazar
Hilary Barta
Gabriel Bautista
Nate Beaty
Sarah Becan
Noah Berlatsky
Josh Blaylock
Matthew Brady
Neil Brideau
Tim Broderick
Jeffrey Brown
Ivan Brunetti
Al Burian
Chris Burnham
Lilli Carre
Scott Cederlund
Joe Chiappetta (*)
Ezra Clayton-Daniels
Josh Cotter
Greg Cwiklik
Tony Daniel
Anya Davidson
Kris Dresen
Chris Elio Eliopoulos
Josh Elder
Jim Engel (*)
CM Evans
Tony Fitzpatrick
Jose Garibaldi
Gary Gianni
Rickey Gonzales
Gene Ha
John Hankiewicz (*)
Paul Hornschemeier
Mike Huddleston
Lucy Knisley
Don Kramer (*)
Russell Lissau (*)
Amy Lockhart
Bernie McGovern
Christopher Mitten
Ed Choy Moorman
Corinne Mucha
Anders Nilsen
Mike Norton
Jeremy "Onsmith" Smith
Laura Park
Andrew Pepoy
Kiel Phegley
Archer Prewitt
Dan Raeburn
Aaron Renier
Grant Reynolds
John Rieber
Alex Ross (*)
Wilfred Santiago
Tim Seeley
Sam Sharpe
Nick Stakal
Becca Taylor
Jill Thompson
Eric Thornton (pictured)
Jeremy Tinder
C. Spike Trotman
Chris Ware
Jeff Zwirek
Institutions
Around Comics
Art Night Chicago
C2E2
Cartoonist Conspiracy
Challengers Comics + Conversation
Chicago Comics
Comix Revolution (*)
Darktower 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
Jim Borgman
Bruce Chrislip
Justin Green
Joe Kuth
David Mack
Carol Tyler
Tom Wilson Jr
Institutions
*****
CLEVELAND
People
Joyce Brabner
Derf
Gary Dumm
John G.
Harvey Pekar
Joe Zabel
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
Darryl Banks
Andy Bennet
Mike Carroll
Lucy Caswell
Bob Corby
Phonzie Davis
Sean Forney
Max Ink
Vijaya Iyer
Sue Lense
Andrea "Sam" McEnaney
Sean McKeever
J. Caleb Mozzocco
Dara Naraghi
Michael Neno
Jeff Smith
Chris Sprouse hails from Columbus. He has a blog...
Ray Tomczak
Tom WilliamsMatt Wyatt
Institutions
Laughing Ogre
Cartoon Books
Cartoonist Conspiracy
OSU Cartoon Research Library
Mid-Ohio-Con
Monkey's Retreat
Ohio Comic Con
PANEL
Short North Gazette
SPACE
Sunday Comix
*****
DALLAS/FORT WORTH
People
Scott Kurtz
Kerry Gammill
Steve Irwin
Michael Lark
Ken Smith
Institutions
CAPE
Beckett Comics
Dallas Sketchgroup
Fanboy Radio
Keith's Comics
Lone Star Comics
Titan Comics
Viper Comics
Zeus Comics
*****
DENVER
People
Will Barnes
Jeff Barr
Amy Reeder Hadley
Matt Holman
Mike Keefe
Patty Leidy
John Porcellino
Chuck Rozanski (*)
Sam Spina
Al Steffen
Noah Van Sciver
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 (*) (pictured)
Henry Payne
David Petersen
Nate Pride
Gary Reed
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
Motor City Comic Con
Transfuzion Publishing
Vault of Midnight (*)
*****
EDMONTON, ALBERTA
People
Tony Esteves
Rudi Gunther
Alina Pete
Saturday Sazaran
Institutions
Happy Harbor Comics
*****
GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA
People
Don Ault
Derek M. Ballard
Jeff Mason
John Ronan
Institutions
Alternative Comics
ImageTexT
Indy Magazine
University of Florida Comics Conference
*****
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN
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HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA
People
Kyle Bridgett
Darwyn Cooke
Peter Diamond
Faith Erin Hicks
Mike Holmes
Jesse Jacobs (+)
Laura Kenins
Rebecca Kraatz
Chris Lockerbie
Colleen MacIsaac
Haydon Mariner
Steve McNiven
Institutions
Anchor Archive Regional Zine Project
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
*****
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
Robert Boyd
Ryan Burton
Toby Craig
Scott Gilbert
Matt Guest (*)
Terry Moore
Chris Oarr
Institutions
Abstract Studio
ADV Manga
Bedrock City Comics
Comicpalooza
Domy Books
Midnight Comics
Third Planet Comics
*****
INDIANAPOLIS
People
Jim Davis (*)
Shawn Hoke
Steve Horton
Dave Ponce
Dan Wright
Scott Nickel (*)
Stuart Sayger
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
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 (pictured)
Laurenn McCubbin
Bill Willingham
Institutions
Alternate Reality
*****
LOS ANGELES
People
Jason Shawn Alexander
Michael Aushenker
Nate Beaty
Ian Brill
Jose Cabrera
Joe Casey
Ben Catmull
Martin Cendreda
Howard Chaykin
Tomm Coker
Jordan Crane
Dame Darcy
Dave Davenport
Paul Dini
Roman Dirge
Joshua Dysart
Mark Evanier
Joshua Hale Fialkov
Tony Fleecs
Tom Gammill
Nat Gertler (*)
Rob Goodin
Matt Groening (*)
Scott Gross
Glenn Hanson
Sammy Harkham
Allan Heinberg
Tim Hensley
Jaime Hernandez
Javier Hernandez
Thomas Herpich
Rantz Hoseley (*)
Sam Humphries
James Jean
Levon Jihanian
Geoff Johns
Dave Johnson
Drew Johnson
Jeff Johnson
Jeff Katz
Andy Khouri
Kazu Kibuishi
Derek Kirk Kim
Keith Knight
Mike Kunkel (*)
Stan Lee
Jeff LeVine
Brett Lewis
Rob Liefeld
Jeph Loeb
Steve MacIsaac (*)
Jim Mahfood
Mark Masterson (*)
Gus Mastrapa
Joe Matt
Carrie McNinch
Mike Mignola (*)
Tony Millionaire
Kiyoshi Nakazawa
Raf Navarro
Tom Neely
Neumie
Steve Niles
Dan Norton
John Pham
Richard Pini (*)
Wendi Pini (*)
Ron Rege Jr.
Randy Reynaldo
James Robinson
Johnny Ryan
Mark Sable
Souther Salazar
Jerry Scott (*)
Scott Shaw!
Marc Silvestri
Kevin Smith
Dan Spiegle
Ted Stearn
Dave Stevens
William Stout
Bruce Timm
Brian K. Vaughan
Mark Waid
Jonah Weiland
Steve Weissman
Joss Whedon
Bernie Wrightson
Institutions
Aspen Comics
Boom! Studios
Brave New World Comics
Comic Book Resources
Creators Syndicate
Dig Comics
Digital Manga
family
Fox Atomic Comics
Giant Robot
Golden Apple Comics
Hero Initiative
Meltdown
MySpace Comic Books
Secret Headquarters
Tokyopop
Top Cow
*****
CENTRAL MISSOURI
*****
MELBOURNE
People
Patrick Alexander
Bernard Caleo
Rebecca Clements
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
*****
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 (*)
Grant Gould
Terrance Griep Jr.
Peter Gross
Jessica Hickman
Sam Hiti
Raighne and Meghan Hogan
Chris Jones
Toby Jones
Chris Judd
Dan Jurgens
Tom K.
Ryan Kelly
Robert Kirby
Reynold Kissling
Danno Klonowski (dank!)
Diana Knock
Peter Krause
Becky Laff
Bob Lipski
Roger Lootine
Sean Lynch
Doug Mahnke
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
Quillan Roe
Brittney Sabo
Steve Sack
Zak Sally
Brett Schlosser
Brent Schoonover
Barb Schulz
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
Dave Witt
Institutions
Big Brain Comics
Big Time Attic
Cartoonist Conspiracy (Minneapolis)
Cartoonist Conspiracy (St. Paul)
Dreamhaven Books
La Mano
Midwest Comic Book Association
Minneapolis College of Art and Design
The International Cartoonist Conspiracy
The Source Comics and Games
*****
MONTREAL
People
Jean-Claude Amyot
Jimmy Beaulieu
Kurt Beaulieu
Rose Beef
Marc Bell
Jesse Bochner AKA Young Adonis
Jordyn Bochon
Jacques Boivin
Simon Bosse
Rupert Bottenberg
Helene Brosseau
Peggy Burns
Caro Caron
Howard Chackowicz
Tom Devlin
Julie Doucet
Max Douglas AKA Salgood Sam
G.B. Edwin
Matthew Forsythe
Leanne Franson
Rick Gagnon
Luc Giard
Jai Granofsky
Phlpp Grrd
Geof Isherwood
Marc Jette
Allison Katz
Michel Lacombe
Alexandre Lafleur
Jeff LeBlanc
Martin Lemm
Amy Lockhart
Billy Mavreas
Bernie Mireault
Obom
Chris Oliveros
Stephane Olivier
Joe Ollmann
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
Sebastien Trahan
Jane Tremblay
Rick Trembles
Henriette Valium
Institutions
Conundrum Press
Fichtre!
Drawn and Quarterly
Expozine
Cartoonist Conspiracy
Mecanique Generale
Monastiraki
L'Oie De Cravan
*****
NEW YORK CITY
People
Jessica Abel
Ryan Alexander-Tanner
Howard John Arey
Aaron Augenblick
Darryl Ayo Brathwaite
Thomas Baehr
Liz Baillie
Kyle Baker
Lauren Barnett
Jonathan Baylis
Gabrielle Bell
Jonathan Bennett
Matt Bernier
Nick Bertozzi
Sally Bloodbath
Ruben Bolling
Ivan Brandon
Leroy Brown
Charles Brownstein
Nic Breutzman
Brendan Burford
Scott Campbell
John Cassaday
Fred Chao
Cliff Chiang
Sean T. Collins (*)
Leela Corman
Becky Cloonan
Sophie Crumb
The Dabel Brothers
Mike Dawson
Kim Deitch
Vito Delsante
Abby Denson
Stephen deStefano (*)
Steve Ditko
Valerie D'Orazio
Evan Dorkin
Chris Duffy
Ryan Dunlavey
Sarah Dyer
Rami Efal
Robin Enrico
Ulises Farinas
Jules Feiffer
Michel Fiffe
Bob Fingerman
Danny Fingeroth
Fly
Sean Ford
Rob G
David Gallaher
Elizabeth Genco
Sarah Glidden
John Green
Karen Green
Richard Hahn
Tom Hart
Dean Haspiel
Glenn Hauman
Brian Heater
David Heatley
Danny Hellman
Sam Henderson
Alex Holden
Jamal Igle
Carmine Infantino
Nina Isaacson
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
Dan Nadel
Nate Neal
Mark Nevins
Josh Neufeld
Mark Newgarden
Christine Norrie
Aubrey Nuckols
George O'Connor
Gary Panter
Donald Phelps
Paul Pope
Leland Purvis
Ted Rall
James Reddington
MK Reed
Henrik Rehr
Calvin Reid
Joan Reilly
Aaron Renier
Kat Roberts
Alex Robinson
Dave Roman
Arnold Roth
Kenan Rubenstein
Buddy Scalera
Dash Shaw
R Sikoryak
Karen Sneider
Bishakh Som
Rick Spears
Art Spiegelman
Leslie Stein
Tucker and Nina Stone
Ward Sutton
Jamie Tanner
Raina Telgemeier
Scott Teplin
Matthew Thurber
Seth Tobocman
Adrian Tomine
Lance Tooks
William Tucci
Fred Van Lente
Sara Varon
Ivan Velez, Jr.
Rich Watson
Lauren Weinstein (pictured)
Julia Wertz
Mo Willems
Renee Witterstaetter
Jeff Wong
Brian Wood
Kent Worcester
Institutions
Bergen St. Comics
Blurred Books
Brooklyn Comic Writer's Workshop
Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
ComicMix
Crusade Fine Arts
DB Pro
DC Comics
Del Rey Manga
Desert Island Comics
Egon Labs
First Second Books
House of Twelve
Jim Hanley's Universe
King Features Syndicate
Marvel Comics
Meathaus
Midtown Comics
Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art
Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art Festival
National Cartoon Museum
NBM
Paping
Partyka
PictureBox
Publishers Weekly
Roaring Brook Press
Rocketship
Royal Flush
Scholastic
School of Visual Arts
Time Machine
United Feature Syndicate
*****
NORTHAMPTON
People
E.J. Barnes (*)
Matt Bayne
Dan Berger
Holly Black
Mark Bode
E. Ciocca
Howard Cruse (*)
Mike Dooney
Kevin Eastman
AC Farley
Rebecca Guay
Jeph Jacques
Bryant Paul Johnson
Alexa Kitchen
Denis Kitchen
Peter Laird
Jim Lawson
John Lind
Mark Martin (*)
Steve Murphy
Colin Panetta
Tom Pappalardo
Hillary Price
Jack Purcell
Jeff Rowland
Greg Ruth
Kevin Scalzo
Chris Shadoiain
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 (*)
Xeric Foundation
*****
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
Ronald Salas
Ethan Van Sciver
Wayne Spencer
Institutions
Coliseum of Comics
Ka-Blam
SketchSouth
*****
OTTAWA
People
Von Allen
Dave Cooper
Tom Fowler
Janet Hetherington
Suzanne Marsden
John Martz
Ronn Sutton
Craig Taillefer
Dwight Williams
Institutions
Ottawa Comix Jam
Silver Snail Ottawa
The Comic Book Shoppe
*****
PHILADELPHIA
People
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
Andrea L. Grigoropol (*)
Lance Hansen
Ian Harker (*)
Beth Heinly
Brett J. Hopkins
John Karpinski
Hawk Krall
Terry LaBan (*)
Jacob Lambert
Mike Manley
Richard Marcej
Angela McQuillan
Jesse Moynihan
Jamar Nicholas
Steve Peters (*)
Bob Pistilli
Justin Quinlan
Hans Rickheit
David Seidman
Doug Slack (*)
John Sprague (*)
Pete Stathis
Steve Teare
Ralph Tedesco
Dane Troup
Joe Tyler
Sarah Louise Wahrhaftig
Matt Wiegle
Cyn Why
Signe Wilkinson
Institutions
Always Comix
Baboon Books
Brave New Worlds
CO2 Comics
East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention
Kettle Drummer Books
Philadelphia Cartoonists Society
Philly Comix Jam
School of Comics
Zenescope Entertainment
*****
PHOENIX
People
Shawn Demumbrum
Rick Kirkman (*)
Larry Marder (Commutes)
Marc Mason
Todd McFarlane
Steve Rude (*)
Institutions
SpazDog Comics
*****
PITTSBURGH
People
Jacob Ciocci
Chris Cornwell
Ron Frenz
Raven Gregory
Joe Jusko
Pat Lewis
Jasen Lex
Pat Oliffe
Erech Overaker
Ed Piskor
Jim Rugg
Frank Santoro
Tom Scioli
Don Simpson
Wayno!
Mark Zingarelli
Institutions
Copacetic Comics
*****
PORTLAND, OREGON
People
Kalah Allen
Scott Allie
Graham Annable
Andrice Arp
T. Edward Bak
Zachary Baldus
Christopher Baldwin
Jeremy Barlow
Ben Bates
Brian Bendis (pictured)
Anina Bennett
Aaron Brassea
Vera Brosgol
Elijah Brubaker
Kurt Busiek (*)
Ron Chan
David Chelsea
Christopher Cilla
Brian Churilla
Matthew Clark
Jeremy Colwell (*)
Colleen Coover
Dennis Culver
Farel Dalrymple
Kelly Sue DeConnick
Barry Deutsch
Ben Dewey
Aaron Diaz
Terry Dodson
Mike Dringenberg
Kieron Dwyer
Lisa Eisenberg
Rich Ellis
Theo Ellsworth
Matt Fraction
Nicole Georges
Tim Goodyear
Meredith Gran
Shawn Granton
Paul Guinan
Paul Gulacy
Davd Hahn
Matt Haley
Jesse Hamm
Jim Hill
Jonathan Hill
Laura Hudson
John Isaacson
Joelle Jones
Leif Jones
Karl Kesel
Lukas Ketner
Eric Kilkenny
Randall Kirby
Dave Land
Emi Lenox
B.T. Livermore
James Lucas Jones
Indigo Kelleigh
Karl Kesel
Steve Lieber
Michelle Madsen
Carolyn Main
Jenn Manley Lee
Val Mayerik
Clutch McBastard
Les McClaine
Aaron McConnell
Graeme McMillan
Jon McNally
Dylan Meconis
Linda Medley
Scott Mills
Erika Moen
Kevin Moore
Bill Mudron
Erika Moen
Ovi Nedelcu
Joe Nozemack
Natalie Nourigat
Sarah Oleksyk
Martin Ontiveros
Arnold Pander
Jacob Pander
Jeff Parker
Scott Phillips
Ron Randall
Jesse Reklaw
Rick Remender
Jamie S. Rich
Tim Root
Greg Rucka
Mike Russell
Sara Ryan
Joe Sacco
Diana Schutz
Brandon Seifert
Ian Smith
Tyson Smith
Zack Soto
Bwana Spoons
Aron Nils Steinke
Dave Stewart
Susan Tardif
Craig Thompson
Anne Timmons (*)
Paul Tobin
Jim Valentino
Jen Van Meter
Jon Van Oast
Matt Wagner
Angie Wang
Brett Warnock
Dustin Weaver
Shannon Wheeler
Dylan Williams
J.R. Williams
Joshua Williamson (*)
Douglas Wolk
Pete Woods
Rebecca Woods
David Youngblood
Institutions
Bluewater Productions (*)
Bridge City Comics
Cosmic Monkey
Countermedia
Dark Horse Comics
Excalibur
Floating World
Grass Hut Comics
Guapo Comics
Independent Publishing Resource Center
Reading Frenzy
Microcosm Publishing
Oni Press
PDX Zine Symposium
Periscope Studios (Site)
Sequential Art Gallery
Shadowline
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
Chris Reilly
Erin Rosenthal
Mike Taylor
Steven Withrow
Michaela Colette Zacchilli
Institutions
Paper Rad
*****
RESEARCH TRIANGLE AREA OF NORTH CAROLINA
People
Richard Case (*)
Rob Clough
Kevin Dixon
Tommy Lee Edwards
Paul Friedrich
Scott Hampton
Eric Knisley
Mark McMurray
Andrew Neal
George Pratt
Zack Smith
John Van Fleet
Brian Walsby
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 (pictured)
Richmond Comix
The Eisner Awards Archives at VCU
Velocity Comics
*****
SALT LAKE CITY
People
Mike Dringenberg
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
Tim Bradstreet
Ryan Claytor
Chynna Clugston
Tyler Crook
David Glanzer
Fae Desmond
David Dotson (*)
Doreen Dotson
Jackie Estrada (pictured, left)
Greg Evans (*)
George Gladir (*)
David King
Batton Lash (pictured, right)
Jim Lee
Billy Martinez
Tod Parkill
Joe Phillips
Gary Sassaman
Eric Shanower
Institutions
AFC Studio
Comic-Con International
Comickaze
IDW
Neko Press
WildStorm
Young American Comics
*****
SAN FRANCISCO AND OUTLYING
People
Art Adams
Jon Adams
T. Alixopulos
Brent Anderson
Attaboy
Rina Ayuyang
Kirsten Baldock
Mark Bode
Paige Braddock (*)
Tessa Brunton
Alvin Buenaventura
Susie Cagle,
Enrico Casarosa
Dan Clowes
Tristan Crane
Maxon Crumb
Lloyd Dangle
Vanessa Davis
Ronnie del Carmen
Pancha Diaz
Elena Diaz
Leigh Dragoon (*)
Eric Drooker
Jamaica Dyer
Alexis E. Fajardo (*)
Andrew Farago
Joe Field (*)
Brian Fies
Josh Frankel
Renee French
Matt Furie (+)
Shaenon Garrity
Justin Hall
Andy Hartzell
Eric Haven
John Heebink
Brian Hibbs
Hob
Debbie Huey
Damien Jay (*)
Hellen Jo
Lisa Jonte
Erik Larsen
Steve Leialoha
Jeff Lester
Bob Levin
Melanie Lewis
Jeremy Love
Karen Luk
Paul Madonna
Jason Martin
Matt Maxwell (*) (pictured)
Derek McCulloch
Melaina
Briana Miller
Rhode Montijo
Scott Morse
Victor Moscoso
Ted Naifeh
Mari Naomi
Frederick Noland (Fredo)
Stephan Pastis (*)
Thien Pham
Lark Pien
Trina Robbins
Jimmie Robinson
Mimi Rosenheim
Richard Sala
Joey Sayers
Jason Shiga
Matt Silady
Spain
Jason Thompson
Justin Thompson (*)
Ron Turner
Geoff Vasile
Jen Wang
Leia Weathington
S. Clay Wilson
Calvin Wong
Gene Yang
Larry Young
Institutions
AiT/Planet Lar
Alternative Press Expo (Administered from San Diego)
Buenaventura Press
Cartoon Art Museum
Cartoonist Conspiracy
Charles M. Schulz Museum (*)
Comic Relief
Comix Experience
Dr. Comics and Mr. Games
Flying Colors Comics & Other Cool Stuff (*)
Global Hobo
Image Comics
Isotope
Last Gasp
Lee's Comics (San Mateo)
Viz Media
WonderCon
Writers Old Fashioned
*****
SAN JOSE
People
Marc Arsenault
Anna Warren Boersig
Ray Boersig
Jennifer De Guzman
Mick Gray
Derek McCaw
JK Parkin
Daniel Shahin
Alex Sheikman
Dan Vado
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
Institutions
Savannah College of Art and Design
*****
SEATTLE
People
Peter Bagge
Donna Barr (*)
Jim Blanchard
Ed Brubaker
Mark Campos
Jacob Covey
Mike Dean
Michael Dowers
Jeremy Eaton
Scott Faulkner
Shary Flenniken
Kaja Foglio
Phil Foglio
Ellen Forney
Tatiana Gill
Laura Gjovaag
Brandon Graham
Roberta Gregory
Gary Groth
Stefan Gruber
Jerry Holkins
Clint Hollingsworth (*)
Ted Jouflas
Megan Kelso
Mike Krahulik
David Lasky
Corey Lewis
Craig McKenney
Jason Miles (pictured)
Pat Moriarity (*)
Jon Morris
Steve Notley
Eric Reynolds
Brian Sendelbach
Taki Soma
Kazimir Strzepek
Greg Stump
Kim Thompson
Dalton WebbJim Woodring
Greg Zura
Institutions
Arcane Comics
Cartoonists NW
Comics Dungeon
Fantagraphics Books
Friends of The Nib
Headless Shakespeare Press
Penny Arcade Expo
Studio Foglio
Zanadu Downtown
Zanadu University
Zine Archive and Publishing Project at the Richard Hugo House
*****
ST. LOUIS
People
Cullen Bunn
Mark Fischer
Jerome Gaynor
Todd Hignite
Brian Hurtt
Kevin Huizenga
Matt Kindt
Tim Lane
Ted May
MJ
Mark Oakley
Chris Samnee
Paul Sloboda (*)
Evan Sult
Jeff Wilson
Dan Zettwoch
Institutions
All American Collectibles
Comic Art Magazine
Comic Book Bin
Fantasy Books (*)
Fantasy Shop
NewCastle Comics & Games
PLAYBACK:stl
SKiN Graft Records
Spector Club
Star Clipper
Twilight Comics (*)
USS Catastrophe
*****
TAMPA/ST. PETERSBURG
People
Dan Boyd
Amanda Conner (*)
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 (Pictured)
J. Bone
Chester Brown
Christopher Butcher
Scott Chantler
Svetlana Chmakova
Michael Cho
Joey Comeau
Michael Comeau
Aaron Costain
Nick Craine
Claudia Davila
Willow Dawson
Arthur Dela Cruz
Lesley Fairfield
Ray Fawkes
Stephen Geigen-Miller
Shannon Gerard
Caanan Grall
Scott Hepburn
Alan Hunt
Greg Hyland
Stuart Immonen
Kathryn Immonen
M. Ismail
Keith Jones
Karl Kerschl
Eric Kim
Jason Kieffer
Dave Lapp
Jeff Lemire
stef lenk
Gareth Lind
Jason Loo
Steve Manale
Jason Marcy (*)
Brian McLachlan
Kagan McLeod
Rosemary Mosco
Vesna Mostovac
Evan Munday
Marc Ngui
Michael Noonan
Ryan North
Mark Oakley
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 (*)
J. Torres
Noel Tuazon
James Turner
Maurice Vellekoop
Rob Walton
Steve Wilson
Tory Woolcott
Chip Zdarsky
Jim Zubkavich
Institutions
Atomic Age Comics
Doug Wright Awards
Fan Expo Canada
Joe Shuster Awards
Magic Pony
Silver Snail
Speakeasy Comics
Team Society League
The Beguiling
Toronto Comicon
Toronto Comics Arts Festival
UDON Comics (*)
*****
TUCSON
People
Dirk Deppey
Greg Mannino
Bob Weber, Jr.
Institutions
Fantasy Comics
*****
TULSA
People
RA Jones
James Vance
John Wooley (*)
Institutions
Comic Empire
Starbase 21
Wizards Asylum
*****
UTAH
People
Bill Galvan
Sal Velluto
Jake Black
Howard Tayler
Scott Johnson
Derek Hunter
Travis Walton
Institutions
*****
VANCOUVER
People
Kaare Andrews
Phil Barrett
Ian Boothby
David Boswell
Robin Bougie
Chris Brayshaw
Ed Brisson
Marian Churchland
Rebecca Dart
Sean Esty
Maxine Frank
Gareth Gaudin (*)
Brandon Graham
Pia Guerra
Tarol Hunt
Don King
Julian Lawrence
Miriam Libicki
James Lloyd
Robin McConnell
Pat McEown
George Metzger
Mike Myhre
Steve Rolston
Steve Sadowski
James Stokoe
Jason Thibault
Jason Turner
Colin Upton
Steve Wolfhard
Leonard Wong
Marley Zarcone
Institutions
Inkstuds
VCON
*****
WASHINGTON, DC
People
Lamar Abrams
Rand Arrington
Michael Auger
Rob Balder
Marty Baumann
Nate Beeler
Sal Buscema
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
John K. Snyder III
Joseph Szadzowski
Ann Telnaes
Richard Thompson (*) (pictured)
Tom Toles
Jon White
John E. Williams
Matt Wuerker
Xaviar Xerexes
Clay Yount
Hampton Yount
Institutions
Anime USA
Big Planet Comics
International Comic Arts Festival
DC Conspiracy
EG Comics
Katsucon
Laughing Ogre
Small Press Expo
Swann Foundation at the LOC
Washington Post Writers Group
Washington Webtoonists
*****
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, VERMONT -- ALL OF VERMONT, REALLY
People
Alison Bechdel (*)
Pat Barrett
Steve Bissette
G.P. Bonesteel
Jon Chad
Robyn Chapman
Randall Drew
Chuck Forsman
Colleen Frakes
Penina Gal
Cayetano Garza
Alexis Frederick-Frost
Nomi Kane
James Kochalka (*) (pictured)
Modi Kwanza
Joe Lambert
Alec Longstreth
Jason Lutes
Melissa Mendes
Dennis Pacheco
Morgan Pielli
Gabby Schulz
James Sturm
Jen Vaughn
Rick Veitch
Bill Volk
Keny Widjaja
Chris Wright
David Yoder
Institutions
Cartoonist Conspiracy
The Center For Cartoon Studies
*****
WINSTON-SALEM/BOONE, NC
People
Adam Casey
Craig Fischer
Chad Hunt
Mandy Marxen
Ben Towle
Institutions
*****
ZAGREB, CROATIA
People
Matt Hollingsworth
Igor Kordey
Darko Macan
Goran Parlov
Essad Ribic
Goran Sudzuka
Dalibor Talajic
Tonci Zonjic
Institutions
*****
* = Not in the city proper but close enough that were Stan Lee, Scott McCloud, Matt Groening, Lynda Barry, Art Spiegelman or Neil Gaiman were scheduled to come and speak they would consider going.
please note: the image at top is totally being used in inappropriate fashion by me, without securing permission first, and if anyone objects, I'll take it down and apologize. I came across it noodling around and couldn't resist.
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