Chainsaw Comics

Comic Strips

• The Boondocks - Political commentary with a humorous twist.
• Calvin and Hobbes - The classic adventures of a young boy and his toy tiger.
• Get Fuzzy - Seinfeld, but with a man, a dog, and a cat.
• K Chronicles/ (th)ink - Keith Knight’s comics about race, politics, family, and more.
• Pearls Before Swine - A stupid pig, and mean spirited rat, and some other animals.
• Story Minute - Carol Lay’s weekly comic strip.
• Weekly Maakies - From the twisted mind of Tony Millionaire.

Individual Artists and Writers

• Kyle Baker - The cartoonist behind such books as King David, I Die at Midnight, The Cowboy Wally Show, The Bakers, Truth, and Nat Turner.
• Brian Michael Bendis - The genius behind Ultimate Spiderman, Sam and Twitch, Alias, and many other amazing titles.
• Jeffrey Brown - Writer and artist for such graphic novels as Clumsy, Unlikely, AEIOU, and some other books that aren’t about girls.
• Roman Dirge - Creator of twisted fairy tales, and a cute little dead girl named Lenore.
• Faryl Dalrymple - The artist and writer for Pop Gun War.
• Will Eisner - The inventor of the graphic novel, creator of the Spirit, and godfather of non superhero comics as we know them today.
• Neil Gaiman - Home of the award winning writer behind several novels including American Gods, and a number of incredible comics such as Sandman.
• Paul Hornschemeier - The writer and artist for such depressing graphic novels as Mother Come Home and Return of the Elephant.
• Jason - The Norwegian writer and artist who created such great works as Tell Me Something, You Can’t Get There From Here, and Why Are You Doing This?
• Sam Keith - Creator of the Maxx, Zero Girl, and many more.
• James Kochalka - The inventor of the journal comic, as well as the writer and artist for many titles, including Fantastic Butterflies, Kissers, the Cute Manifesto, Conversations, and Peanut Butter and Jeremy.
• Davd Mack - The creator for the Kabuki series and painter for the Alias covers.
• Jim Mahfood - Writer and artist for Grrl Scouts, Stupid Comics, 40 Oz, and many others.
• Scott McCloud - The visionary comic book writer and artist best known for Understanding Comics and Reinventing Comics.
• Dave McKean - The amazing artist who produced the covers for the Sandman series and has written and illustrated comics such as Cages and Pictures That Tick.
• Mike Mignola - The one and only creator of Hellboy.
• Frank Miller - The amazing writer and artist of Sin City, 300, and Dark Night Returns.
• Scott Morse - Writer and artist for such great books as Soulwind, The Barefoot Serpent, Southpaw, Spaghetti Western, Visitations, Volcanic Revolver, and many more.
• Christine Norrie - Writer and artist for the graphic novel Cheat and artist for Hopeless Savages.
• Bryan Lee O’Malley - The creator of such titles as Lost at Sea and Scott Pilgrim.
• Paul Pope - Creators of comics like The One Trick Rip Off, 100%, Heavy Liquid, and THB.
• Alex Ross - The talented artist behind Kingdom Come, Earth X, and many comic covers.
• Jeff Smith - Creator of Bone, one of the greatest all ages comics of all time.
• Ben Templesmith - Artist for 30 Days of Night.
• Doug TenNapel - Writer and artist for Creature Tech, Earthboy Jacobus, and Tommysaurus Rex.
• Andi Watson - Artist and writer for great books like Breakfast After Noon, Dumped, Little Star, Love Fights, and Slow News Day.
• Ashley Wood - Artist for Popbot, Lore, and many art books.

Web Comics

• Astronaut Elementary - Dave Roman’s weekly adventures of an elementary school in space.
• The Barnstables’ - Wilbur’s comic about a family and their talking stuffed animals… kinda.
• Bellen! - Box Brown’s comic about the good and bad of being in a relationship.
• Butterfly - Dean Trippe’s saga of what happens when a sidekick decides to get his own sidekick.
• Beer Before Liquor - Tom McHenry’s daily Live Journal comic.
• Cultural Void - Dave Sherrill’s daily journal comic.
• Hate Song - Fred Grisolm’s comic about white trash being white trash. Hair metal in comic form.
• If Nobody Likes Me, Why Am I So Popular? - Edward J Grug III’s daily Live Journal comic.
• Jamie Dee Galey’s Webbing Site - Jamie’s daily comics when he’s not doing comics for Chainsaw.
• Love is Lava - Dalton Sharp’s strange and beautiful daily comic.
• Manley Days - Jeff Manley’s journal comic.
• Modern Heiroglyphics - Mike Stevens’ daily Live Journal comic.
• No Seriously, I Rule - Chris Pearce’s daily journal comic.
• Non Stop - Wacky cute comics by Ive Sorocuk.
• Nothing Nice to Say - The world’s first online punk comic. Or so they say.
• Normal Life - Natasha Allegri’s daily Live Journal comic.
• Penny Dreadfull - Dan Hernandez’s journal comic.
• Perry Bible Fellowship - Nicholas Gurewitch’s weekly comic strip madness.
• Phil in the Blanks - Comics, paintings, and illustrations by Phil McAndrew.
• Post American Life - Box Brown’s comic about two nameless rabbits wandering the post apocalyptic American countryside as the last living beings on the planet.
• Secret Friend Society - Home of Hope Larson’s Salamander Dream and Kean Soo’s Jellaby.
• She’s From Away - Hope Larson’s autobiographical comic strip about living in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
• Sob Story - Ed Brisson’s descent into madness.
• SMILE - Raina Telgemeier’s autobiographic comic about when she got braces.
• Spamusement - Poorly-drawn cartoons inspired by actual spam subject lines!
• Talulah Crossing - Home of 6 Ways from Sunday and The New Mr. Jones + Betsy by Brendan Collins.
• Vin In Oblvion - What happens if you try to jump off a cliff but never land?
• Whispered Apologies - Various artists submit wordless comics, then the Whispered Apologies letters it for a crazy gag.

Publishing Companies

• Alternative Comics - Publishers of many titles by Graham Annable, Sam Henderson, James Kochalka, and many more.
• Fantagraphics Books - Publishers of The Complete Peanuts and books by Jason, Chris Ware, Ivan Brunetti.
• Oni Press - Home of Hopeless Savages, Scott Pilgrim, Dumped, and many more non super hero comics.
• Top Shelf Productions - Publishers of Owly, Blankets, and many titles by James Kochalka and Jeffrey Brown.

Resources

• Artbomb.Net - A graphic novel explosion. Tons of reviews of graphic novels, plus it’s the home of Superidol by Warren Ellis and Colleen Doran, Sunblock by Andi Watson, and several more.
• Artchive.com - Information and images from the most influential artists of virtually every movement of the past.
• CSNsider - Comic shop news.
• Free Comic Book Day - Need we say more….?
• OnlineComics.net - A directory of online comics