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)
onstad !Chris Onstad	Achewood^[2]^[3]
kochalka !James Kochalka	American Elf^[4]
gambrell !Dorothy Gambrell	Cat and Girl^[5]
stevens !Richard Stevens	Diesel Sweeties^[6]
north !Ryan North	Dinosaur Comics^[7]
robbalder !Rob Balder	Erfworld^[8]
millikin !Eric Millikin	Eric Monster Millikin^[9]
foglio !Phil Foglio and Kaja Foglio	Girl Genius^[10]
katebeaton !Kate Beaton	Hark! A Vagrant^[11]
sohmer !Ryan Sohmer and Lar Desouza	Least I Could Do and Looking For Group^[12]
gallagher !Fred Gallagher	Megatokyo^[13]
hussie !Andrew Hussie	MS Paint Adventures^[14]^[15]
burlew !Rich Burlew	The Order of the Stick^[16]
krahulik !Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins	Penny Arcade^[17]
cham !Jorge Cham	Piled Higher and Deeper^[18]
jacques!Jeph Jacques	Questionable Content^[19]
tayler !Howard Tayler	Schlock Mercenary^[20]
abrams !Pete Abrams	Sluggy Freelance^[21]
milholland!R. K. Milholland	Something Positive^[22]^[23]
stanworth !Dave Stanworth	Snafu Comics^[24]
frazer !J.D. Frazer, a.k.a. "Illiad"	User Friendly^[25]^[26]
munroe !Randall Munroe	xkcd^[27]

Self-reported

8-Bit Theater supported Brian Clevinger.^[28]
Starslip, Chainsawsuit, Broodhollow and Penny Arcade's Blamimations support Kris Straub.^[29]
Basic Instructions supports Scott Meyer.^[30]
Cyanide and Happiness and related projects support Dave, Matt, Rob and Kris.^[31]
The Jon Scabies Mattress Implosion supported by Children's Telepathic Workshop.^[32]
The Adventures of Dr. McNinja supports Christopher Hastings.^[33]
The Devil's Panties supports Jennie Breeden.^[34]
Dresden Codak supports Aaron Diaz.^[35]
Drowtales supports Yan Gagné and the Studio Drowtales employees.
Goats supports Jonathan Rosenberg.^[36]
Goblins -Life through their eyes supports Tarol Hunt.^[37]
GUComics supports Woody Hearn.^[38]
Gunnerkrigg Court supports Tom Siddell.^[39]
Kevin and Kell, along with his two newspaper comics, supports Bill Holbrook.^[40]
The Oatmeal supports Matthew Inman.^[41]
Octopus Pie supports Meredith Gran.^[42]
Red String has moved from being a side project for Gina Biggs to becoming her full-time job.^[43]
Sam and Fuzzy supports Sam Logan.^[44]
Sandra and Woo and Gaia support the artist, Puri Andini (Powree), but not the writer, Oliver Knörzer (Novil).^[45]
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal supports Zach Weiner.^[46]
Scary Go Round supports John Allison.^[47]
Shortpacked! and Dumbing of Age support David Willis.^[48]
Sinfest supports Tatsuya Ishida.^[49]
Sore Thumbs supports Chris Crosby and Owen Gieni.^[50]
Toothpaste for Dinner, Natalie Dee, and Married to the Sea support Drew and Natalie Dee.^[51]
Unshelved supports Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum.^[52]
Wigu, Overcompensating, and TopatoCo support Jeffrey Rowland.^[53]
Wondermark supports David Malki.^[54]

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[18] Stanford School of Engineering – Alumni Profile – Jorge Cham.

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