8 Cartoonist Business Success Stories [2024]

Pat Walls

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Updated: November 19th, 2023

Start A Cartoonist Business

Here are some real life success stories of starting a cartoonist business:

1. Avatoon ($56.4K/year)

Zoltán and his colleagues founded Avatoon.net after realizing the obscure market for custom hand-drawn avatars. They launched their website and attracted customers through an email campaign and ProductHunt feature, and have since focused on improving their SEO to attract organic traffic. With a majority of their clients being returning companies, they plan to spend more on SEO and introduce different art styles at different price points in the future.

How much they make: $56.4K/year
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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2. SP-Studio ($1.2K/year)

Janina, the founder of SP-Studio.de, came up with the idea for her business in 2002 when she wanted to create a website where anyone could create their own cartoon characters without any drawing skills. Inspired by the TV show South Park, she wanted to offer a tool that was easy to use but also allowed for creative freedom. Through word of mouth and international growth, SP-Studio.de became one of the biggest and most popular avatar creation websites, attracting over 60,000 visitors per day at its height.

How much they make: $1.2K/year
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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5. MewTripled

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

So... can you actually make money with a cartoonist business?

Of course. There are millions to be made in this industry.

But how?

Research real, profitable businesses and see exactly how much money they make.
Study exactly what works, and what doesn’t.
Take action, because now you have the roadmap.

Join Starter Story and build your next big thing:

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7. 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.

8. 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