Publishers on the Net

publishers

ABLG Design

Illium, War, and other old stuff. Formerly known as A Better Llama Graphics.

Aetherco

“Continuum”, a time-travel game, and Chi-Chian (Freaks Arise!) as well as the “Yamara” comic strip.

• Caverns & Chameleons

Alternative Comics

“Alternative Comics” publishes some great stuff by Kochalka, Henderson, and more. A pretty nice-looking selection of comics in their on-line catalog also.

Antarctic Comics

Pirates vs. Ninjas, Silver Cross, Ninja High School (yeah) and others.

• Antarctic Press Submission Guidelines

Apathy Kat

Apathy Kat: In a battle of wits with the witless. At least, at one time. The strips are a bit small for reading, but it’s a nice style.

Armageddon Comics

Main comic: The Infidel, a cannibalistic religious hero.

Boneville

Bone info, Bone stuff. Bone games, Jeff Smith’s blog. Way cool.

Captain SPY.D.E.R.

Some dude with mirror eyes and rebellion in his heart.

Carlsen Comics

Denmark. Tiny text. Bogklubber.

CFM Designs and Ciao! Publications

Besides “Ciao!”, there is a bunch of Legion stuff here, some of Marc’s scripts, and an old report on the 1993 San Diego Con which is worth reading.

Chicken Little Comics

Augustus Ceasar to Dali. Some of the cartoons are too small to read the text.

Comic Book Network

Comic-related events and GIF art, though they stopped publishing in 2006. Most of their back issues are on-line. There’s some pretty cool old articles from the early days of net fandom.

• Digital Webbing

The Comics Journal

One of the world’s most respected comic magazines. To Moebius and beyond!

Comics Shop News

A bit of comics shop news—what’s late, and why it’s cool that it’s late. Print version only, but there might be a podcast around there somewhere.

Dark Horse Comics

Previews of comics and information about Dark Horse, their staff, and creators. A fun place to hang out if you enjoy any Dark Horse books.

• Dark Horse Guidelines

DC On-Line

DC Comics official site, with Superman and Batman. Also, submissions guidelines, even for writers.

Dean Hsieh

Samples from Dean’s works, including Westside and Athena, “a rather bizarre blend of Greek mythology, punk rock, romantic relationships, cyber-futurism, over-the-top action and super-goofy comedy.”

Deep Sea Comics

Reid Fleming, World’s Toughest Milkman and more from David Boswell.

Drawn and Quarterly

Get a complete listing of their artists and books. Too many great creators to list, just about everything they publish is recommended.

Electric Café

Includes “Joe Bar Team”. And other stuff in French. Translate from French

Eternal Romance

Stuff about Janet Hetherington’s romance book.

Fantagraphics

Home of more cool comics than you deserve to read.

First State Comics

Mail order catalog of Independents, DC, Marvel, and Paraphenalia.

GASP!

Stands for Graphic Art Sarajevo Project. Publishes work by artists in Bosnia-Herzegovina, mainly in Sarajevo. Translate from French

Gemstone Publishing

These are the publishers of the Overstreet series of price guides. Also apparently the latest owners of the EC line of comics.

Insight Studios

Mark Wheatley, Marc Hempel, Allan Gross, and others. Work from Radical Dreamer to Doctor Cyborg.

• Mark Wheatley

Invincible Studios

Comics, Art, Stuff for sale. By the author of Ghouly Boys and other strange terrors.

It Lives Comics Home Page

Injurious comics in your bleeding face. Nice art, and some really nice cover scans on his blog.

The Jack Kirby Collector

A magazine for the appreciation of Jack Kirby, and lots of cool junk that he did and you can buy. Includes “Jack’s Whackiest Ideas”. “Jumping jars of jellied jaguars!”

Jazma Online

Home of “The Legendary Dark Silhouette”, and an Indian superhero with an attitude.

Joe Chiapetta’s Silly Daddy

Excerpts and covers from the entire Silly Daddy run. Joe Chiapetta’s work is highly recommended, folks.

John MacLeod Gallery

“Dishman” samples in something called “mp2” format. Also Shonen Knife.

Kenzer and Company

“Grab your coconuts and let’s play”??? What kind of perverted wackos are these guys? Among other things, they’re the perverted wackos who come up with “Knights of the Dinner Table” each month for Dragon Magazine! Also includes some gaming aids.

• KoDT #1: By the Book

Kitchen Sink Press and Snarf!

Mostly just Snarf.

La Pastèque

Dino calls it “an amazing site full of delicious comics”. I couldn’t find the comics they have on-line, but the ones they’re selling look worth buying. Some of the links appear to hit a spam site or something, though.

Last Gasp

Lots of Robert Crumb and Robert Williams. Shag, too.

Leonine Press

“Flying Flexia” and Studebakers too.

little engine studios online

The company diary is the most interesting part of this site. “Here I’ll share all of the fun things we do here as I try and make a business out of another man’s hobby.” Includes Small Press Expo notes.

Malignant Strain

Something about clean, fun, and cutting edge. Also, mutants, government killers, and mad scientists.

Marvel France

Dedicated to Marvel Comics published in France. “L’Univers Marvel”. Translate from French

Not Available Comics

Blinky, Cutegirl, the Fantabulous Matt Feazell!

Oddjob

Formerly the Odd Adventure Zine. “A whole lotta odd!”

Oktober Black Press

While October Black is no longer in business, here is some information on its three-year life, and some glimpses of some of the founders’ future work.

Panther Comics

“Taking comics to the next level.” The next level appears to have pretty big thighs.

Quickdraw

Read John Weeks’ “quickly drawn” travels and observations, as well as his other comic minis. Cool stuff.

The Quirkiverse

Quirky is right. “Hey! You can’t talk to him like that! He’s the real you!”

Revolution Comics’ Octobriana

“Octobriana is the cult Russian comic strip character who first appeared in the Western world in 1971, within the pages of the book, Octobriana and the Russian Underground, by Petr Sadecky.” A cute way of increasing your hits: put outdated information on-line and tell people if they see outdated information, they should hit “reload”.

Rightman Publishing

Hong Kong. “We deem that comics should enjoy equal status and respect as a kind of art in modern society.” Sure, doc. Translate from Chinese

Rip-Off Comix

Country Cowfreak’s Comix Cyber-Showcase: “Coolest Comics in the Universe”. Home of the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers.

Scud, The Disposable Assassin

Purely coincidental, unless it’s funnier on purpose.

Sequential Tart

A webzine about comics published by an eclectic band of women. Good interviews with lots of people, lots of reviews of cool comics, and opinions, opinions, opinions.

Siren’s Call

“There are 8 million stories in the city of Siren. And a lot of them are downright weird.” It then goes on to call itself a cross between “X-Files” and “Astro City”.

Slave Labor Graphics/Amaze Ink

“Better comics through superior firepower.” Evil monkeys, Midnight Sun.

South Jersey Rebellion Productions

Jersey Devil pictures, synopses, and exclusive original Jersey Devil story.

Spungifeel/Somedaze

Salamander Bits, Somedaze Cartoons, and Soggy Toast.

Superior Junk Comics

Tapestry. Show me tell me buy me drop me. Damn good beer, mum.

Top Shelf Productions

With books from Brian Biggs, Dylan Horrocks, Tom Hart, James Kochalka, Craig Thompson, and more. Dean Haspiel’s “Billy Dogma” makes an appearance as well. The web site includes press releases, a publishing schedule, an online comics anthology, and an online store. Hot Place to Be.

Univers BD

“Magazine mensuel consacré à la bande dessinée.” That is, advertising for the comics news magazine Univers BD. Translate from French

Vampi the Vegetarian Vampire

Hey Kids! Draw Vampi!

Warpton Comics

Looks to be a place for developing comics ideas for other mediums. Also, printing if you need it?

WasteLA

Waste L.A.: Descent; the photo-comic to begin photo-comics. And you can order it right here. Or read it right here. Descent is one of the best series I read in 1996, and I strongly recommend you check it out.

Wizard Entertainment Group

Wizard’s news and information about comics. Tends to focus mostly on the superhero/breastfeeder niche.

• Wizard World

World Famous Comics

Comic book news and trivia? Also, Tony Isabella’s columns, Matt Feazell, Alvin Schwartz, and Don Simpson’s Megaton Man.