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Amateur and Professional Cartooning Association - Trade group for professional and aspiring artists. http://PERower.tripod.com/ |
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Australian Black and White Artists Club - Trade organisation for cartoonists in Australia. With club member information, open discussions, legal information and competitions and awards. http://home.vicnet.net.au/~abwac/abwac.html |
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Caroline and Erwin Swann Foundation - Contains information about the Swann Fellowship in Caricature and Cartooning as well as links to the Swann Gallery and Library of Congress exhibitions, collections, and resources. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/swann/swannhome.html |
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CartooNet - The Global Agency for Cartoonists, Illustrators and Animators. Cartoon and Comics Paradise: on-line comic shop, agency for artists, gallery, news, networking and links a plenty http://www.illustration-agency.com/ |
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Cartoon Art Museum of San Francisco - A guide to this museum, contains information on exhibits. Also has an online store. http://www.cartoonart.org |
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Comic Book Legal Defense Fund - Exists to fight censorship and defend the first amendment rights of comic book professionals throughout the United States. http://www.cbldf.org/ |
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Comix Decode - Features interviews in which cartoonists present and discuss their work. Includes transcripts of past panels and information on upcoming events. http://www.artbabe.com/comixdecode/ |
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Disabled Comic Collector's Club - Organisation for disabled comics collectors. With comics reviews and product reviews. Membership is free. http://www.airnet.net/kenj/dclub.html |
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Failure - A loose confederation of cartoonists who have one thing in common: an independent spirit. Contains message board and comics-related links. http://www.failurecomics.com/ |
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Friends of Lulu - National organization whose main purpose is to promote and encourage female readership and participation in the comic book industry. http://www.friends-lulu.org/ |
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Funtime Comics - A group of artists and enthusiasts from Christchurch, New Zealand who produce a regular comic anthology and work towards the promotion and discussion of the comics medium. http://funtime.comics.org.nz |
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Harvey Awards - Honoring excellence in the Comics Industry since 1988. The only comics awards both nominated and selected by the full body of comics professionals. http://www.harveyawards.org |
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New York City Comic Book Museum - Preserving the historical and artistic legacy of comic book culture. http://www.NYCcomicbookmuseum.org |
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Organized Readers of Comics Associated - Promotes reading of comic books. Offers free distribution of comic books to promote literacy and the business of comics. http://www.orcafresh.net |
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Phoenix APA - An Amateur Press Association that promotes and discusses comic books, focusing on alternative and Vertigo comics. Members must contribute. http://www.phoenixapa.net/ |
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SmallPressComics.com - Devoted to the creation, promotion, and distribution of small press comics. Features message boards, a weekly chat, and a database of small press creators. http://SmallPressComics.com |
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The Comic Art Preservation Society (CAPS) - Dedicated to the preservation, study, and interpretation of fine comic, cartoon, and animation art with particular attention paid to artists of Western New York. Features a gallery of comic art, news, and links. http://members.aol.com/wnycaps/caps.html |
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The National Association of Comics Art Educators - An organization which supports educators and academic institutions seeking resources for teaching comics art in the classroom. http://www.teachingcomics.org |
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The Toonie Awards - Yearly award given out by the members of Cartoonists Northwest to the best comic creators, cartoonists, animators and gag writers of the year. http://www.speakeasy.org/~cnw/toonies.html |
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Xeric Foundation - A private, nonprofit corporation established by Peter A. Laird offering financial assistance to self-published comic book creators, and qualified charitable and nonprofit organizations. http://www.artcomic.com/xeric.html |