46 Trending Cartoonist Businesses [2024]

Pat Walls

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Updated: July 24th, 2023

Start A Cartoonist Business

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1. THE FAR SIDE

Visit the official online home of The Far Side comic strip by Gary Larson for your daily dose of Gary’s classic cartoons.

2. CARTOON YOURSELF

Create cartoons and caricatures from your photos with me, TheCartoonist! I am a cartoon avatar artist and the #1 caricature maker online.

Website traffic: 110K/month

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4. Marketoonist

Marketoonist is the thought bubble of Tom Fishburne. Marketing cartoons, content marketing with a sense of humor, keynote speaking.

Website traffic: 60K/month

5. Politicalcartoons.com

6. Cartoon Collections

License cartoons for business presentations and publishing use. Buy New Yorker cartoons and obtain cartoon permissions.

Website traffic: 30K/month

7. Zapiro

8. Humoresque Cartoons

Instantly download funny cartoons to use in websites, blogs, social media, business presentations, newsletters, and advertising.

9. AAEC

10. Cartoon Network Studios

Cartoon Network Studios is an award winning, artist driven studio actively seeking a diverse array of international talent to work on a freelance basis and in house at their studio in Burbank, CA, USA. Apply for animation jobs, learn about internships opportunities, see upcoming studio events and find out more about Cartoon Network Studios original content.

Where they're located: New York, New York, United States

11. SP-Studio

How much they make: $1.2K/year
Where they're located: Schöneck, Deutschland
How much did it cost to start: $150
Current team size: 0

I Built A Cartoon Creator Tool That Has Over 60K Unique Daily Users

This case study is about Janina, the founder of SP-Studio, a popular website with over 60,000 visitors per day that allows anyone to create unique cartoon characters for free without drawing skills, and how she built the website without focusing on generating revenue for many years.

About

Janina started SP-Studio over 21 years ago

Revenue

Janina grew the business to $100/month

Costs

It cost Janina $150 to start the business

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12. Mark Fiore's Political Animation

See Mark Fiore's Pulitzer Prize-winning political animation here! Let humor and satire bring current events alive. Brilliant, funny animated political cartoons that led The Wall Street Journal to call Fiore “the undisputed guru of the form.”

13. Gapingvoid

Learn more about Culture Design™ for your business from Gapingvoid, the leaders in workplace culture consulting. Making work more meaningful! 786-622-2282

14. Carolina Journal

Carolina Journal is the source for daily news and commentary on state and local government, in digital & print, covering politics and public policy.

Where they're located: Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

15. The Daily Cartoonist

Website traffic: 370K/month

16. Avatoon

Avatoon is a digital avatar creator which allows you to change your picture into a cartoon avatar. When you upload a picture on their website, you will be contacted by your dedicated illustrator. Avatoon is self-made by a free online avatar generator.

How much they make: $56.4K/year
Where they're located: Oradea
How much did it cost to start: $800
Current team size: 3

How We Started A $4.7K/Month Business Selling Custom Hand-Drawn Avatars

Avatoon.net founders share how they started a $4.7k/month business selling custom hand-drawn avatars and grew to an average of $5,000 per month with ~100 clients through SEO-focused marketing and serving returning companies.

About

Zoltán started Avatoon almost 6 years ago

Revenue

Zoltán grew the business to $4.7K/month

Costs

It cost Zoltán $800 to start the business

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17. Day By Day

18. Cartoonist For Hire

A highly experienced professional cartoonist for hire. I deliver incredible, high quality work to clients all over the world. Unlimited Revisions Included.

Where they're located: Birmingham, Alabama, United States

19. Liza Donnelly

Liza Donnelly is an American cartoonist and writer, best known for her work in The New Yorker, author of fifteen books and an accomplished public speaker.

20. Mississippi Public Universities

Where they're located: Jackson, Mississippi, United States

21. National Cartoonists Society

Where they're located: Seattle, Washington, United States

22. Business Illustrator

Graphic recording, illustration, comics and animations about business topics and beyond. With a strategic storytelling twist.

23. The New Yorker Cartoons

Browse and license thousands of original New Yorker cartoons

24. Cartoons for Newsletters

Business, safety, technology and financial cartoons for your company's newsletters, presentations and websites.

25. Nostalgia Decals Online

Nostalgia Decals offers Full color cool car window stickers, vinyl wall art decals, military decals, see through rear window graphics, full window decals for trucks, decorative license plates and wall decals for home. All items designed & produced in USA, 3-year outdoor warranty, all orders ship free.

Where they're located: Nashville, Tennessee, United States

26. Hill Cartoons & Humorous Illustration

Published cartoonist for hire who provides custom cartoons & humorous illustration. Many Fortune 100 clients

27. MewTripled

Where they're located: Los Angeles, CA, USA

28. Political Cartoonist Gary Barker Cartoons

Political cartoonist creating political cartoons and UK brexit cartoons, plus business illustrations by the illustrator Gary Barker

29. mackaycartoons

30. Danziger Cartoons

Syndicated political cartoonist and author

31. Etoon Cartoons

★ eToon is a cartoon marketing agency featuring award-winning cartoonists from around the world. 1000s of searchable business cartoons on a variety of topics, ready to be used in newsletters, PowerPoint presentations, websites, etc. We help businesses connect with their audiences through the help of cartoons.

32. Business Cartoons and Office Cartoons

33. Texas Cartoonists

Where they're located: San Antonio, Texas, United States

34. Mission First Main

Where they're located: Jackson, Mississippi, United States

35. Nathan Archer

Editorial Cartoonist for the Tallahassee Democrat in Tallahassee, Florida.

Where they're located: Tallahassee, Florida, United States

36. Fun Maps USA

Fun Maps USA has been making the greatest cartoon maps for 30 years! If you need a cartoon map of your town, or just want to browse, come check us out!

Where they're located: Seattle, Washington, United States

37. Cartoonists Northwest – An Association of Cartoonists, Animators and Illustrators

Where they're located: Seattle, Washington, United States

38. Custom cartoons for business and gifts

39. Cartoons, editorial cartoons, caricatures, illustrations, political cartoons, cartoon images, logos, characters, graphic art, graphic design, drawings, all original content, artwork by political cartoonist, caricaturist, illustrator, John S. Pritchett

cartoons, editorial cartoons, cartoon images, illustrations, caricatures, political, business, humor cartoons, all original content, artwork, cartoon drawings by political cartoonist, caricaturist, humorist, satirist, illustrator, John S. Pritchett