New England Comic Organizations
The Trees & Hills comics group connects and represents cartoonists and comics creators from VT, NH and western MA. The group specializes in all ages material.
Offshore Comix is a collective of comic creators in VT, NH and western MA that specializes in comics for adults and mature readers.
The Center for Cartoon Studies is a two-year cartooning college in White River Junction, Vt.
Founded by one of the co-creators of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the Northhampton, Mass.-based Xeric Foundation offers grants for new comic creators to publish their work.
The Boston Comics Roundtable is a collective of comic creators from that city and a sister group of Trees & Hills comics.
Regional Comic Creators
Vermont
Cayetano Garza Jr. has led the Web comic revolution from Texas to Vermont.
Phayvanh Luekhamhan is a poet and occasional comic creator.
Alec Longstreth is a mini-comics legend, a teacher at CCS and the creator of Phase 7.
Colleen Frakes was part of the first graduating class at CCS and still makes her comics from the hills of Vermont.
Megan Baehr draws really cute monsters and even cuter comics.
Stephen R. Bissette is an award-winning artist, writer, publisher and teacher and the creator of the Tyrant comics.
Rick Veitch is an award-winning artist and creator of the Army@Love and Brat Pack comics.
Robyn Chapman comes from cold places, but now calls the less-cold land of Vermont home.
Gregory Giordano is the spy who loved us.
Jade Harmon is a cartoonist and the comics editor at the monthly newspaper, the Brattleboro Commons.
James Kochalka is the award-winning creator of the American Elf comics.
Skip Morrow has made a mint drawing different ways to kill cats.
The new Beat Generation has a name and it is Matthew Young.
Radical Warren draws superheroes getting all sexy.
Morgan Pielli is really a Transformer, but he never shows us what he can turn into.
Blair D. Shedd is an illustrater and the founder of One Gemni Studios.
Alison Bechdel is the award-winning creator of Dykes to Watch out For.
Harry Bliss draws cartoons for the New Yorker.
For more than 25 years, Tim Newcomb has drawn editorial comics for Vermont newspapers.
Kub E Bear is a cartoonist and second-year student at the Center for Cartoon Studies.
Chuck McBuck is the creator of the Snake Oil comics and a former student at the Center for Cartoon Studies.
Dane Martin is a cartoonist and student at the Center for Cartoon Studies.
Denis St. John is the creator of the Monster & Girls comics and a 2008 graduate of the Center for Cartoon Studies.
Joe Lambert is a cartoonist and a student at the Center for Cartoon Studies.
Jon Chad is a cartoonist and teacher at the Center for Cartoon Studies.
Jon-Mikal Gates is a cartoonist and member of the Center for Cartoon Studies' first graduating class.
Ken Dahl is a cartoonist with many names who teaches at the Center for Cartoon Studies.
Penina Gal is a graduate of the Center for Cartoon Studies.
New Hampshire
Colin Tedford is a cartoonist and the co-founder of the Trees & Hills comic group.
Marek Bennett is the award-winning creator behind the comic strip Mimi's Doughnuts.
From his secret base in NH, Keith Moriarty writes comics and rock songs.
Tim Hulsizer is a very funny cartoonist who draws a strip every single day.
Jennifer Omand is the fan-favorite cartoonist of Squarecat Comics.
Blake Parker writes and draws a Web comic called Pentagon Xtian.
Ryan Wilson is the founder of the Moo Cow Fan Club.
Allison Barrows is the award-winning creator behind the newspaper strip, Preteena.
An industry veteran, Ron Fortier has worked on the Hulk, Green Hornet and Terminator.
Massachusetts
Anne Thalheimer publishes the booty comic, sells monster hats and is the co-founder of Offshore Comix.
Ej Barnes is a cartoonist and illustrator in the Pioneer Valley.
Charles Schneeflock Snow is the creator of the rock and roll Web comic, Sordid City Blues.
Howard Cruse is a critically acclaimed cartoonist and the creator of the award-winning Stuck Rubber Baby.
Alexa Kitchen is less than 10 years old and her cartoons have already been praised by Neil Gaiman.
Dennis Kitchen is the publisher of the famous Kitchen Sink Press.
Mark Martin is a very funny cartoonist who has worked for Fantagraphics and Nickeloden.
Dan Mazur is the cartoonist behind those crazy Lummox comics.
Dave Kender is a comics writer and the co-founder of the Boston Comics Roundtable.
Cathy Leamy is a cartoonist who once did the best Gwar comic ever.
Shelli Paroline is a cartoonist and publisher of the Star Wars fan anthology, Harvest is When I Need You the Most.
Thanatos Omega is the creator of the Web comic, Minimalist Stick Figure Theatre.
Marianne Petit does a million artsy things and one of them is comics.
Jeffrey Rowland is the creator of the Web comic, Wigu.
R. Stevens is the creator of the Web comic, Diesel Sweeties.
New England Area Retailers
The Trees & Hills Comics Distro carries dozens of mini-comics from comic creators in Vermont, New Hampshire and western Massachusetts, including the runaway success comics anthology about food, SEEDS.
Panel to Panel is an independent comics distributor in Vermont featuring exclusive content and signed editions.
I Know Joe Kimpel is the distro for several former and current Center for Cartoon Studies students.
Jetpack Press is the online store for the Johnny Raygun and Squarecat comics.
Modern Myths is an excellent comics store in Northampton, Mass.
Toy City is a store in Keene, N.H. with a rather large comics and graphic novel section.
Double Midnight Comics is a comics store in Manchester, N.H. and the founders of the Granite State Comicon.
Wonder Cards & Comics is a comic and sports card store in Berlin, Vermont.
Comicopia is a great comic store in Boston that carries some comics from the Trees & Hills group.
Hub Comics is a store in Somerville, Mass.
New England Comics has eight locations throughout Boston and its suburbs.
Comic Conventions and Art Shows
The Boston Zine Fair is a great annual DIY publishing show in this Massachusetts city.
The Granite State Comic Con holds two conventions in New Hampshire every year.
Broke: An Affordable Arts Fair is a twice-annual craft and comics fair in Peterborough, N.H. dedicated to inexpesnive homemade art.
The Boston Comic Con is a large, superhero-centric convention in that city.
MoCCA is the large independent comics show held annually in New York City.
The Small Press Expo is a great annual independent comics shows right outside of Washington, D.C.
Friends outside New England
Matthew Reidsma and his comic High Maintenance Machine are the next big things.
R.M. Rhodes is the writer of awesome fumetti meta- comics.
Ethan Slayton is a comics artist and former Vermonter.
Julia Wertz is the creator of the comic Fart Party.
Jeff Danzinger is an award-winning editorial cartoonist with roots in Vermont.
Box Brown is an award-winning cartoonist from Philadelphia.
Charlie "Spike" Trotman is the creator of the much-loved Web comic, Templar, Arizona.
