2024 Autoptic Festival Exhibitors

Listed By Exhibitor Name

2dcloud

Table 74

Quixotic, Mercurial. Independent Publisher of Art, Literature, and the Internet.

A. Engle

Table 16 B

A. Engle is a nonbinary artist based in Minneapolis, MN making comics, paintings and prints using a variety of mediums. They explore ideas of queer self identity and interpersonal relationships through interpretations of nature, magical realism, science fiction and horror. In their spare time they can be found reading comics and biking along the Mississippi River.

A. T. Pratt

Table 62

A. T. Pratt is a cartoonist from NYC who writes, draws, and self-publishes comics, zines, art books and paper crafts of all shapes and sizes, often including handmade special features like pop-ups and fold-outs. The publications range in genre from autobio to horror and everything in between. He teaches comics at Montclair State University and School of Visual Arts.

Alex Mitchell

Table 46 A

Alex Mitchell is an artist, illustrator, and educator currently living and working out of Minneapolis, Minnesota. He has a number of short-form comics, an anthology called “Moon of Exile”, as well as a Minnesota State Arts Board supported comic, “City of Jasmine”, written by fellow MCAD alum Essma Imady. He designs and illustrates TTRPG zines in his free time, which there’s never enough of.

Anders Nilsen

Table 26

Anders Nilsen is the author and artist of Big Questions, Don’t Go Where I Can’t Follow, The End and several other graphic novels and books of comics. His work has appeared in Kramer’s Ergot, The New York Times, The Believer, The New Yorker, Poetry Magazine and elsewhere and has been translated around the world. He’s currently serializing a major graphic novel loosely based on the Greek myth of Prometheus, called Tongues. He lives in Los Angeles.

Andy Wieland

Table 17 A

Andy Wieland is from northwest Wisconsin, and lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He has a quarterly newsletter zine called ‘Wheels’ that features his comics, which are a mix of mundane moments, memories, and dreams. He works at a Persian rug store, and helps out at Uncivilized Books.

Anxiety Frog Cultural Association

Table 47

Anxiety Frog Cultural Association is an artist collective and publisher with members across the United States. Our work is a commentary of and reaction to the overload and burnout of a society that’s been caught in a spiral of endless information and noise. We make art to process and reinterpret our age of informational overproduction.

Archie Bongiovanni

Table 58 B

Archie Bongiovanni is a cartoonist and illustrator living in Minneapolis. Their graphic novel—A Quick And Easy Guide To They/Them Pronouns—was a Publishers Weekly Favorite Read, a Chicago Public Library Best Book Of The Year, and one of YALSA’s Great Graphic Novels For Teens. They are also the creator of the new graphic novel Mimosa, the serialized comic Grease Bats, and author of The Stonewall Riots: Making a Stand for LGBTQ Rights in the History Comics series and several other gay and good comic books.

Autoptic Signing and Merch Table

Table 14

B. Erin Cole

Table 85 A

B. Erin Cole is a cartoonist and historian. Someone once described their work as “cute comics about terrible things.” They draw comics about mental health and brain injury, the nuclear history of the American West, and cute characters in awkward situations. They are currently working on two longer comics projects: a graphic memoir about recovering from a traumatic brain injury and a graphic/history memoir about nuclear landscapes in Colorado. A former Twin Cities resident, they live in Denver, Colorado.

Back of Beyond Press

Table 6

Back of Beyond Press is a small Risograph print press based in Minneapolis, MN. Its focus is on producing artist books and zines, art prints, and mixtapes.

As part of the press’ mission, we provide Risograph print services to the public at sliding scale prices to increase accessibility and awareness for Risograph printing. We also host print workshops on a routine basis to help introduce participants to proper file preparation and the many possibilities available through the Risograph printing medium, and have open submissions for artists to get their zine printed for free as part of our quarterly zine club publication.

Beth Hetland

Table 43

Beth Hetland is a cartoonist and educator at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her recent book, TENDER (Fantagraphics), is a psychological thriller with body horror elements. In addition to this work, she collaborates on a variety of projects including interactive mini-comics & a graphic novel, HALF ASLEEP, with Kyle O’Connell.

Bianca Xunise

Table 48

https://www.biancaxunise.com/

Bianca Xunise is an illustrator, writer, and educator based out of Chicago, Illinois. With two Ignatz Awards under their belt, Bianca enjoys being a voice for those who march to the beat of their own drum and hopes that their comics are comforting to those who feel like they don’t fit in. In 2020, Bianca became the first nationally syndicated non-binary cartoonist (and the second black woman) when they joined the comic strip Six Chix in 2020 as their first black creator. Xunise has also collaborated with Vogue, The Washington Post, The Nib, and Believer Magazine. When Bianca isn’t doodling away, they are usually at an underground DIY punk show dancing with friends by the Chicago riverside. In April 2024 their graphic novel Punk Rock Karaoke (Penguin Teen) debut with rave reviews. Critics are already calling it “…a gripping narrative, relatable situations, and evocative artwork with an aesthetic that oozes with late-1970s zine flair” – Publishers Weekly, STARRED review

Black Indie Comix Club

Table 15

The Black Indie Comix Club (BICC) is a space for Black community, culture, and comfort in the world of indie comic making. BICC is a hybrid group that meets virtually on Discord and has in-person chapters in Minneapolis, MN and Columbus, OH. We offer support and connection for Black creators regardless of where they may be in their career and seek to grow Black inclusion and access to resources in independent comics.

BICC was founded December, 2023 by Mpls based cartoonist Hawwa Youngmark (they/she) and Cbus based cartoonist, Auj Ruffin (they/he). Learn more about us at instagram.com/blackindiecomixclub.

Blue Delliquanti

Table 58 A

Blue Delliquanti is a comic artist and writer based in Minneapolis, MN.

From 2012 to 2020 Blue drew and serialized the Prism Award-winning science fiction comic O Human Star at ohumanstar.com. Blue is also the creator of graphic novels and novellas like Meal (with Soleil Ho), Across a Field of Starlight, and Adversary. They teach comics courses at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.

Boneshaker Print Collective

Table 71

The Boneshaker Print Collective is part of Boneshaker Books, a radical, volunteer-run bookstore in the Seward neighborhood of Minneapolis. Made up of Boneshaker volunteers and other community members, the collective creates risograph art prints, posters, postcards, zines, experiments, and more. We aim to provide accessible riso printmaking supplies, equipment, and education for artists, activists, zinesters, organizations, and others. Through our work, we also support Boneshaker Books’ goals of aiding ongoing movements, facilitating conversations, and creating a space that will grow and evolve with the needs of the community!

Campfire Comics & Stories

Table 50

Campfire Comics & Stories is a full-color, comic book anthology published by Dennis Madamba and Kyle Harabedian and featuring work by an international lineup of artists.

Carolyn Swiszcz – Zebra Cat Zebra

Table 49 A

Artist Carolyn Swiszcz has been publishing her zine Zebra Cat Zebra since May 2017. The name was inspired by hearing her father spell their last name to people on the phone: “Z as in zebra, C as in cat, Z as in zebra!” She writes about childhood memories, her neighborhood, and other personal observations. Readers have described her work as friendly, thoughtful, and humorous. Although they’re not expressly made for children her zines are suitable for all ages.

Cedar Van Tassel

Table 36 A

Cedar Van Tassel is a Kansas-born artist currently residing in Minneapolis. He draws a weekly four-panel comic strip titled “Appleguy”, which follows two sentient plants named Appleguy and Beefwood as they attempt the simple task of practicing mindfulness and annihilating hubris. In this journey, these two plants and their friends explore themes of ecology, eschatology, deep time, dog breeding and rednecks. Van Tassel’s work has been published in comics anthologies like CRAM Comics and Frankenstein Magazine. He self-published a book collecting the first 105 Appleguy strips in 2023.

Chad Bilyeu

Table 9

https://www.chadinamsterdam.nl/

Chad Bilyeu is a 49-year-old Black American writer, historian, and photographer who has been living in Amsterdam for 15 years. In 2018, he began writing and self-publishing a comic book based on his life as a foreigner, aptly titled Chad in Amsterdam. Chad writes the scripts and collaborates with an international array of artists to bring the comics to fruition. In 2023, Dutch comic publisher Scratch Books collected and republished Chad’s six self-published issues of Chad in Amsterdam as a definitive hardcover compendium.

Currently, Chad is working on another autobiographical series entitled The Re-Up, which is being released periodically en route to a graphic novel. The Re-Up is written by Chad and illustrated by renowned Dutch children’s book illustrator Juliette de Wit. The Re-Up details Chad’s halcyon days working and studying at Georgetown University, where he, unbeknownst to most, also sold copious amounts of drugs (mostly weed, back when it was illegal and exciting). The Re-Up is a crime story unlike any other, as it details the life of a drug dealer with nuance and depth rarely seen, directly told by the person who lived the life.

Chad in Amsterdam was nominated by Broken Frontier for ‘Best Periodical Series’ in 2021, and in 2023, Chad in Amsterdam received one of fifteen ‘Awards of Excellence’ at MoCCA Fest. Later in 2023, Chad was chosen as the writing resident for the summer semester at the Pedantic Arts Residency in Pittsburgh. Also in 2023, The Re-Up was nominated by Broken Frontier as one of the year’s “best periodical series.” Most recently, Chad won the prestigious Tim Killiam Prijs in Amsterdam. This annual award is given to “makers who make an original or valuable contribution to the image of Amsterdam.” Along with an award and cash prize, the Grachtenmuseum (Museum of the Canals) hosted an exhibit that features the Chad in Amsterdam project.

Character Study & co.

Table 63 A

Character Study is Jesse Riehle Kegan and Danielle Chen, with Alex Belardo Kostiw for company. They are three interdisciplinary makers in Chicago. Their work turns genres on their heads, plays with narrative structure, and folds meaning into form. In addition to publishing, Jesse makes soft sculptural figures and music (among other things), Danielle is a ceramicist and designer, and Alex dabbles in printmaking and installation. They all like cats.

Chuck U

Table 3

Chuck U is an Illustrator, muralist and artist from Minneapolis.

Craig Thompson

Autoptic Signing Table Time TBD

https://craigthompsonbooks.com/

Craig Thompson (born September 21, 1975) is an American graphic novelist best known for his books Good-bye, Chunky Rice (1999), Blankets (2003), Carnet de Voyage (2004), Habibi (2011), and Space Dumplins (2015). Thompson has received four Harvey Awards, three Eisner Awards, and two Ignatz Awards. In 2007, his cover design for the Menomena album Friend and Foe received a Grammy nomination for Best Recording Package. His latest work, Ginseng Roots, was serialized in 12 issues by Minneapolis-based publisher, Uncivilized Books, officially celebrating completion at this year’s Autoptic festival.

Cute N Grim

Table 82

We are a combined force of Nick Peters and Robin Sheldon – both illustrators and designers. We are a duo who have been creating side by side since 2009. We are two midwestern humans who have strong passions for pop culture, toys, bright colors, and cartoons. We take all of our interests, smash it all up, and funnel into whimsical, nostalgic, and fun art! We hope our work makes you smile.

Daisy McGuire

Table 51 A

Daisy is a queer Minneapolis-based cartoonist who was born in Texas on Easter Sunday . She believes the two most important things in the world are comics & friendship. While she’s best known for her historical fantasy sitcom webcomic, Gastrophobia, she’s also worked freelance for Nickelodeon Magazine, SpongeBob Comics, Paradox Space (a.k.a. Homestuck), Iron Circus Comics, and various anthologies. Her current project is Yellow Brick Ramble, a comic adaptation of The Marvelous Land of Oz reimagined as a trans coming of age story.

Darya Foroohar

Table 21 A

Darya Foroohar is a writer and cartoonist living in Chicago. She first got into the comics world through self-publishing her zine I Wish I Didn’t Think About This, but you can now find some of her minicomics in Overexposed Lit, Third Estate Art, and Memoryhouse Magazine. Her first graphic novella, My Eyes, Your Gaze, will be published in June by Chicago’s Bridge Books. You can see more of her work on her instagram, @daryafarah, or her twitter (not X), @prozacfriedrice. Outside of comics she really loves the crossword.

Dawn Wing

Table 57 B

Dawn Wing, a St. Paul-based comics artist, revels in multidisciplinary experimentation of text + image through book arts. She enjoys weaving cultural experiences and artistry connected to her East Asian heritage into her creative works. Recently, Dawn was awarded the Minnesota State Art Board’s 2024 Creative Individuals grant to create and showcase a new series of Minnesota-inspired comiku (comics + haiku) plus other visual poetry, pop-out artist books and zines. She is excited to debut this series at Autoptic 2024. Dawn has exhibited at Twin Cities Book Festival, Twin Cities Zine festival, Minnesota Center for Book Arts (MCBA), SPX, TCAF, Short Run and elsewhere. She is currently working towards a Core Certificate in Book Arts at MCBA.

Diana Green

Table 28

Diana Green teaches comic history at MCAD. In 1995, she was the first trans creator to create comics about trans characters. Her work has been self-published and published internationally. Her favorite creations are the Surrealist Cowgirls.

DOG EYE PRESS

Table 78

DOG EYE PRESS is a publishing and distribution project run by Colleen Harriss and Hannah Lee Hall in Minneapolis, MN. DOG EYE PRESS collaborates with visual artists to produce inventive, small-run books that occupy the space between zines and art books. Like a hungry dog with its nose to the ground, DOG EYE PRESS revels in the messy corners of an artist’s practice. In the last two years, DOG EYE PRESS has published six artist books and zines in collaboration with artists from across the country, with plans to debut two new books in the summer of 2024.

Emma Alice Johnson

Table 38 B

Emma Alice Johnson grows wildflowers and writes. She lives on a farm dedicated to conservation of native plants and endangered insects. She has released a number of zines, chapbooks, micro press and art press novellas. Her short fiction has appeared in more than 75 publications, including Dark Matter Presents Human Monsters, The Dark, Dark Discoveries and other dark places. When she isn’t planting or writing, she can be found running through the woods with her pet pig, singing to her chickens, lifting weights, watching B-movies or reading while snuggled with her cats.

Entropy Editions

Table 63 B

Entropy Editions is a Minneapolis-based comics micro-publisher founded in 2018. Focusing on a mixture of narrative & experimental comics produced with a unifying design theme, our goal is to provide readers an accessible means by which to discover work by artists in both the domestic & international small-press comics community.

Ezra David Mattes

Table 40 A

Ezra David Mattes is a comics writer and illustrator from Minneapolis who lives with disabling chronic illness. His ongoing work on the self-published graphic novel A Terrified Child Played by Jeremy Strong earned him a FY2024 Minnesota State Arts Board grant for Creative Individuals as well as a 2024 Comics Advocacy Group mini grant and the 2023 Athenaeum Comics Arts microgrant for early career cartoonists.

Fin Weber

Table 32 B

Fin is a Comic Artist and Illustrator based in the Midwest. He grew up in Wisconsin, and moved to Minneapolis for college. As a recent graduate from MCAD, Fin is bright eyed and bushy tailed, ready to meet artists and connect with more like minded people. The experience of living in both a small town and the city has thrown Fin into an ocean of philosophies and ideas, garnering a certain open-mindedness and acceptance. Fin creates weird drawings in his sketchbooks that nobody is really supposed to see, charcoal drawings that are more on the fine art spectrum, and character rich comics that he pours his heart into. The comics are the focus and the goal. Ever since he was two years old, following instructions in “How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way”, Fin has had an undying passion for comics and storytelling, a true student of his craft. He has become enraptured by the look and quality of Black and White comics, studying artists like John Paul Leon, Sergio Toppi, Kim Jung Gi, Alex Toth and many others. This is one of the major reasons Fin is looking to engage with artists and writers! He has focused on penciling and inking, not so much on coloring, lettering or other practices. Being a cog in a wheel, a part of a team, is definitely something Fin is looking forward to in the coming years!

Frannie Love

Table 64 A

Minneapolis based artist making queer furry comics

Hannah Hallman

Table 20 B

Hannah Hallman is a 28 year old lesbian based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She self-publishes dark fantasy romance mini-comics and zines for gay people. She is also the lead organizer of the Milwaukee Indie Local Comic Fest, MILK!

Harper Sims

Table 51 B

Harper Sims enjoys drawing, writing, design and cooking for her friends. She’s currently living in Los Angeles (by way of Chicago (by way of Cleveland)) with her wife and dog. Recently she’s been focused on her Little Myths series, a collection of new folklore and creatures that she writes and illustrates in her spare time.

Highpoint Center for Printmaking

Table 8

https://www.highpointprintmaking.org

Highpoint Center for Printmaking is dedicated to advancing the art of printmaking. We create pathways for artists, learners, and the public to increase their understanding and appreciation of printmaking through artistic and educational programs, a cooperative studio, a public gallery, and collaborative publishing opportunities.

Insert Name Zine Fest

Autoptic Event Registration Table

INSERT NAME ZINE FEST is a Twin Cities annual independent, free, non-profit small press and self-published comic and zine show, now in our sixth year. Join us Sunday, August 18th, from 12-5 pm at Squirrel Haus Arts, 3450 Snelling Ave MPLS MN 55406.

Issy Manley

Table 18 B

Issy Manley is a cartoonist and educator, based in New Orleans. Her debut collection of short comics “No One Wants to Work Anymore” was published by Antenna in 2023. She holds an MFA from The Center for Cartoon Studies, and her comics have appeared in The Guardian, The Nib, Narratively, Popula and The Lily. She won the Antenna Open Call for comics and a MICE mini-grant in 2021, and was shortlisted for the Cartoonist Studio Prize in 2022.

J. Marshall Smith

Table 59 A

Artist, writer, and educator from Baltimore. Creator of Good Girl Laika, Solace County, and a whole lot of zines, poetry comics, and other good things.

J.B. van Overbeek

Table 64 A

J.B van Overbeek is a cartoonist an illustrator working in a wide range of styles and genres, giving great care towards body language and line to convey humor, drama, or romance.

Jacob Yeates

Table 33 B

Jacob Yeates is an artist and educator living in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Driven by a love of art, literature, and stress, Yeates’s work has received grant funding from the Minnesota State Arts Board, the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, Freedom and Captivity, and MPD150, and has been featured by Society of Illustrators Los Angeles, Creative Quarterly, Paper Darts, Illozine, IH8 WAR and Little Village Magazine, as well as appearing in numerous exhibitions throughout the Midwest. Yeates is currently teaching as an Assistant Professor of Illustration at Minneapolis College of Art and Design, and alongside their personal studio practice continues daily in developing drawing, writing, illustration, and other stress-producing practices.

Jason Loeffler

Table 18 A

Jason Loeffler writes comics about adventure, mythology, and science.

Jessi Zabarsky

Table 35 B

Jessi Zabarsky is a cartoonist and illustrator living in Chicago. She makes comics about small journeys and big feelings, with queer themes and folksy environments. Her first two graphic novels, ‘Witchlight’ and ‘Coming Back’, were published by Random House Graphic, and she’s previously worked with Czap Books, Iron Circus Comics, and Shortbox. She has stopped counting her house plants, because there are now far too many.

Jim Keefe

Table 84

Jim Keefe is the current artist of the Sally Forth comic strip, written by Francesco Marciuliano. From 1996-2003 he was the writer/artist of the Flash Gordon comic strip. A graduate of the Joe Kubert School, Keefe likewise teaches Comic Art. Teaching and speaking engagements include the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan, Hofstra’s UCCE Youth Programs, and most recently the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.

Julia Wald

Table 73

Julia Wald is a comics artist, fine artist, and illustrator who hates writing bios. Her work spans everything from large mixed media collages to googly eyed bugs and fish to tiny index card monsters and architectural drawings of all sorts of shapes and dimensions. Everything she does other than the cleanup process is executed by hand with a wide array of materials. Her editorial illustration work has been published in The Baffler, Current Affairs, The New Republic and The Stranger among others, and her artwork has been shown in galleries across the US, including at Steve Gilbert Studio, Food Art Collection, CoCA Seattle, and the Seattle Emerging Arts Fair. She has won several grants for her comics including a 2019 Artist Trust Seattle Gap Grant and the 2022 Short Run Dash Grant. Julia was a member-owner of Push/Pull and is a current member of the Society of Illustrators. Originally from Buffalo, NY, she holds degrees in art and chemistry from Buffalo State College. She lived in Seattle, WA for many years before relocating to her current city of Philadelphia, PA with her partner and two cats Winnie and Masha who assist in her artistic process.

Julian Deyo

Table 68 B

Julian Deyo is a cartoonist and illustrator from Champlin, MN. Currently earning a BFA in Comic Arts from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. When not working Julian enjoys drawing trees, queer romance and their cat Salty.

K. Woodman-Maynard

Table 33 A

K. Woodman-Maynard is a cartoonist known for her lush watercolor style. Her debut, “The Great Gatsby: A Graphic Novel Adaptation” (Candlewick Press) was called, “hugely rewarding” by The Wall Street Journal and was features in the New York Times, The Guardian, and the Times Literary Supplement . It was a finalist for the Foreword Indies Book of the Year Awards. She posts regularly on the process of making comics on her Substack publication “”Creating Comics”” and on Instagram @WoodmanMaynard.

K. Woodman-Maynard lives with her spouse and pets in Minneapolis where she loves the challenges of trail running, cross-country skiing, and keeping her dog from eating paint brushes.

Kameron White

Table 60

Kameron White is a Comic Artist, Illustrator, and Designer who resides in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He graduated from Minneapolis College of Art and Design with a BFA in comic art. Within his work, Kameron aims to create bold, diverse, and colorful characters, illustrations, and stories. Some of his work is featured in Hellbent II & III, New Talent Showcase: DC Milestone, Indiginerd: Tales of a Modern Indigenous Life, Becoming Who We Are, and more! Clients include PBS, The City of Houston, Walker Art Center, Levine Querido, and more! When not working, Kameron enjoys collecting fashion dolls, bad reality TV, and hanging out with his partner and their three cats

Kat Baumann

Table 21 B

Kat Baumann is a graphic novel and comic illustrator from Mankato, MN. She has worked predominantly on historical fiction and slice-of-life stories with a flair for action and the occasional fantastical element. Recent published works include ‘The Golden Voice: The Ballad of Cambodian Rock’s Lost Queen’ (Humanoids, 2023), ‘Ben Mortara’ issues 1-4 (Source Point Press, 2023), ‘Can You Survive’ choose-your-own-path book series (Lake7 Creative, 2022-2024), ‘Magical Kitties: The Big Adventure’ (Atlas Games, 2021) and ’20 Fists’ (Source Point Press, 2020).

Kate McDonough

Table 52

Kate McDonough is a cartoonist and illustrator currently based in Sioux Falls, SD. She attended the College of Visual Arts in St. Paul, MN and received a BFA in Illustration. She combines her passion for writing and art into her autobio comics about anxiety and mental health, and draws anything that makes her smile or laugh. She currently shows her work at zine fests and art fairs across the Midwest.

Kay Rossbach

Table 59 B

Kay is a cartoonist living in Minneapolis, and has been creating comics regularly since 2017. Their main work is Ingress Adventuring Company, a fantasy adventure story about a wizard with anxiety. Other works they have created is MSPIPSP (featured in the anthology FTL, Y’all), and two other anthologies through the SpiderForest Webcomic Collective.

Kelly Wang

Table 24 B

Kelly Wang is Taiwanese American alternative cartoonist, printmaker, and musician based in Chicago, USA. BFA 2023 from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her hand-drawn works combine Asian and American influences, their stories exploring personal narratives and growth often with absurd or magical realism twists. Her works OUR GRAND STATION placed the grand prize in the 2020 Clip Studio Paint International Comic/Manga Schools Contest and A GOLDFISH’S DREAM honorable mention in the 2020 CCC Original Comic and Script Awards Contest. They currently self-publish their work through their own small risograph press REESO PRESS and play music in a punk band.

Kendall Dickinson

Table 66 B

Kendall Dickinson is a queer comic artist and zine-maker located in the Twin Cities. They focus on narratives centered around disability, mental health, and queerness. When they aren’t making art or clocking in hours at their day job, Dickinson loves to spend time taking care of their cats and plants.

Kevin Scalzo

Table 79

Kevin Scalzo has been making and self publishing his comics for over 25 years. His work has also been seen published by the likes of Fantagraphics Books, The Stranger, The Rocket, NY Press, and in SpongeBob Comics.

Kevyn Lenagh

Table 28

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064530946621

I’m a 70 year old transgender comic book creator living in northern North Dakota.

KT Healey

Table 19 A

KT Healey is a cartoonist drawing the silly, stupid, and tender. Check out their debut graphic novel, Psychic Investigators, Evil Exterminators, slated for release with Top Shelf Productions in 2025.

Landland

Table 2

LANDLAND is an illustration-based graphic design studio & flatstock screenprinting shop, operating out of our houses in Minneapolis, Minnesota and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The humans involved are Dan Black, Jessica Seamans, and Rebecca Sunde, and we’re constantly making things, whether that’s gigposters for all the bands, art prints for all the walls, weirdo little doodads for whatever those are for, or the ever-growing catalog of well-curated indie & post-hardcore records that we release on our own record label, LANDLAND COLPORTAGE. Our main focus is using analog drawing, painting, and the screenprinting process to produce a variety of finely-crafted “limited edition” and/or “handmade” art objects & cultural artifacts, oftentimes in partnership with bands & friends & other clients, and other times for no reason aside from hopefully making something people want to hold onto for a long time.

Laneha House

Table 65

https://www.lanehahouse.com/

Laneha House is a family run small press from Breena Nuñez and Lawrence Lindell.

Laneha House is built on the foundation of family, love of comics, zines and coffee. Projects include comics, graphic novels, art books, zines, music and cartoons.
It’s pronounced (La.ney.ha)

Lawrence Lindell (he/they) is an award winning cartoonist, educator, musician and artist from California. He does comes for The New Yorker, Razorcake and has books out with Drawn and Quarterly and Random House Graphic.

His work focusses on Blackness, mental health and queerness.

Breena Nuñez is a Bay Area bred cartoonist and part-time professor living in San Francisco, CA. She creates diary comics that often explore themes surrounding the awkwardness of racism, being a queer Afrodescendiente from the Bay Area, and understanding what it means to be Central American from the US. Their hope as a cartoonist & educator is to help BIPOC folks give themselves permission to express their personal stories through the language of comics.

Breena’s works are primarily self-published as zines through the family run small press she co-founded, Laneha House. You will also find some comics in other publications such as The New Yorker: Daily Shouts and The Nib, as well as in anthologies like Tales From La Vida: A Latinx Comics Anthology, Drawing Power (Eisner Award Winner 2020), Be Gay, Do Comics! (Ignatz Award Winner 2020), and When Language Broke Open.

Late Night Copies Press

Table 42 B

Late Night Copies is a Minneapolis-based micro-Press publishing zines about LGBTQ history, arts organizing, and DIY culture.

Leda Zawacki

Table 44

https://cupofstars.com

Leda Zawacki is a queer cartoonist who has been making comics for over twenty years. She received a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2007. She recently moved back to Minneapolis after receiving her MFA from the Center for Cartoon Studies in 2022. Publications include Little Gods, a graphic novel published by Tinto Press in 2017; contributor to the award-nominated Votes for Women anthology in 2020; and the Ignatz-nominated mini comic The Drain Pipe in 2021. She is also a two-time MICE Mini Grant winner for The Swinging Bridge in 2018, and The Stain in 2021. When she’s not pitching comics, writing comics, thinking about comics or drawing comics she enjoys learning how to cast her own resin creatures, playing with intaglio printing (oops, that’s sometimes comics!), organizing drink and draw nights, DJing at the local goth club and spending time with her beloved and their yorkie Lucas.

Lee Dean

Table 54

Lee Dean is a cartoonist, teacher and artist based in the Hudson Valley. They have been working in visual storytelling, zines and comics since 2013 and are the creator of the webcomic, The Girl Who Flew Away and the graphic novel I Am Young, which was published by Fantagraphics in 2018. Lee was the inaugural recipient of the Creators for Creators grant, as well as a 2021 Artist Fellow for the New York Foundation for the Arts.

Lily + Generoso (plasticgrapes)

Table 23 B

Lily Thu Fierro and Generoso Fierro are plasticgrapes, and they create and self-publish experimental comics. Their scientist/subject triptych explored how science and technology interact with the individual experiences of researchers and experimental subjects. The duo released the first book of the triptych, Vessel, in early 2022, then followed it up with Inversion in the fall of 2022, and closed the triptych with Chua in the fall of 2023. Inversion was nominated for a 2023 Ignatz Award in the Outstanding Story category. Chua was selected as a Top 10 Graphic Novel of 2023 by Ryan C.’s Four Color Apocalypse. Their newest comic will expand on their interests in perception and empirical methods. It is expected to be released in July 2024.

Living the Line Books

Table 10

Living the Line Books is a publisher of dynamic, visually-striking comics and graphic novels, founded in 2020 by writer/illustrator Sean Michael Robinson. Living the Line’s graphic novel debut, The Strange Death of Alex Raymond (Dave Sim and Carson Grubaugh) was recently nominated for an Eisner Award, for “Best Reality-Based Work.”

Logan Beecher

Table 81

Logan Beecher is a science fiction focused comic artist and illustrator based in both Minneapolis, MN and Austin, TX. Much of her work involves drawing complex machinery and examining the ways in which interpersonal relationships have an effect on a SF narrative. She often, if not always, makes her work with cuteness in mind.

Luke Mars

Table 68 A

Luke Mars is a cartoonist and book artist based out of Minneapolis. His work focuses on the power of science, queer identity, and the apocalypse, through a combination of comic art, poetry, printmaking, and design.

Maamoul Press

Table 53

Maamoul Press is a multi-disciplinary small press and collective for the creation, curation and dissemination of art at the intersection of comics, printmaking, and book arts. We seek to uplift work from a diverse range of creators from marginalized backgrounds, fostering the arts in those communities through publishing, workshops, exhibitions, and distribution.

Mac Maclean

Table 45 B

Mac Maclean (they/them) is a queer, nonbinary Armenian cartoonist based out of Watertown, MA. They have a Master’s degree in Applied Cartooning from The Center for Cartoon Studies and a BA in Creative Writing from Oberlin College. They make comics about grief, identity, intergenerational trauma, family, and bodies. When they aren’t making comics, they’re playing Dungeons & Dragons and researching a new recipe to cook.

Mad Sparrow

Table 41 B

Mad is a queer twin cities based cartoonist and character designer whose stories focus on the whimsical and silly. They are the creator of webcomics Ghost Slappers, My Terrible Roommate, and Rumpled, as well as various short comics. When not writing about gay ghost hunters they can be found feeding dandelion leaves to their tortoise, Clyde.

Maddi Gonzalez

Autoptic Signing Table Time TBD

https://www.instagram.com/quasimaddi/

Maddi Gonzalez is a cartoonist from the Rio Grande Valley in Texas, but now she lives in the midwest United States somewhere. She drew a book called “Tiffany’s Griffon”, written by Magnolia Porter-Siddell, which is on its way to becoming the world’s best griffon-centered all-ages graphic novel by people whose names both start with the letter “M”. Maddi also drew a graphic novel adaptation of R. L. Stine’s Goosebumps story The Haunted Mask. It’s pretty good, I think. I mean, she thinks. Last year she was in the top .01% of listeners for Duncan Sheik. Her favorite song is “Magazines”.

Maddy Buck

Table 36 B

Maddy Buck (she/her) is a cartoonist from Minnesota. She makes colorful zines that explore common feelings and sometimes include little games. Her comics are autobiographical, with explanations of legal concepts sprinkled in. Her current projects include Maddy, Not Mommy, her weekly comic about postpartum life, and a graphic memoir she’s writing about whether law school was a mistake. Her work has appeared in Revue Planches (forthcoming, November 2024), the Rumpus, American Illustration 39 Archive, and Mia’s Virtual Family Day. Her zines are available at the Center for Book Arts Shop in downtown Minneapolis and in the Hennepin County Library’s Circulating Zine Collection.

Madeline McGrane

Table 40 B

Madeline McGrane is a cartoonist and illustrator living in Minneapolis. She is the author and illustrator of The Accursed Vampire graphic novels and she regularly self-publishes minicomics.

Maggie Umber

Table 80 B

Maggie Umber paints, prints, and programs graphic novels and zines. She’s published three graphic novels — Sound of Snow Falling, Time Capsule, and 270° — and her work has been widely anthologized.

Marc Wagner

Table 55 A

Marc Wagner is a South Dakota based cartoonist. Since 2011 he has self published 4 comic books and over 30 zines. His work intertwines elements of existential anxiety, body horror, and absurdist humor.

MCAD

Table 7

https://mcad.edu

Offering a transformative education open to all backgrounds, MCAD gets you ready to confidently lead and practice in an ever-evolving world. It’s where students find their personal and professional purpose as creative leaders.

Michael Kay

Table 55 B

Michael Kay is a Midwest manga artist obsessed with Dark Fantasy and Gay men, and spends hours at his desk to combine the two in hand-bound comics and art prints.

Naoto Lichtblau-tepley

Table 77

Naoto Lichtblau-Tepley is a comic artist based in Minnesota, he is a recent graduate of Minneapolis College of Art and Design. He is a multimedia artist who works in comics, illustrations, sculpture, film and 2d animation. The work he makes is very saturated in color, cute in appearance and creepy in most themes.

Niky Motekallem

Table 41 A

An Iranian-American illustrator, Niky depicts flora and fauna with intricate lines and bright colors inspired by their Persian Culture. Their work uses symbolism and a personal mythology to communicate deep emotions and celebrate our connections with the natural world. When they aren’t working in the studio, Niky can be found brewing a decadent cup of tea, meandering through antique shops, going on hikes with plant identification guides, or playing D&D with friends.

NoRespassing

Table 19 B

NoRespassing is a comic & zine creator with a love for blending supernatural horror with the goofy and strange. Her love for sequential art is only matched by her love of embarrassing stories, growing vegetables and experimental hormone therapy!

Paranoid Tree Press

Table 72

Paranoid Tree is an independent, hybrid lit mag/art zine based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, that publishes new and exciting voices from around the world. Each month, we create a custom-illustrated zine featuring original fiction or poetry. We then hand-address and mail them to our print subscribers, who help support our goal of building a sustainable micro press that pays every contributor.

Pete Faecke

Table 56 B

Pete Faecke grew up in Madison Wisconsin and moved to Minneapolis to attend the comics program at MCAD. He’s been published by Hidden Fortress Press, Really Easy Press, Cram Comics. Someday he’ll finish his book, Major Bummer 3, at which time he will finally receive all the love and respect he deserves from friend and foe alike.

Piotr Szyhalski

Table 1

Piotr Szyhalski is a Polish-born and trained multimedia artist working in the United States since 1990. The Minneapolis-based artist’s wide-ranging practice encompasses an array of media and genres, including drawings, posters, prints, photographs, painted murals, interactive digital media, sound art, installation, and performance.

In addition to a major survey exhibition at the Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis in 2022, his work has been exhibited at museums around the world, including the International Center of Photography, New York; MOCA Cleveland; Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago; San Jose Museum of Art; ACC Galerie, Weimar; ICA Gallery, Winnipeg; LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial, Gijón; steirischer herbst, Graz; Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw; and in his home city at the Walker Art Center and the Minneapolis Institute of Art.

Szyhalski’s work is in the collections of KADIST (Paris/San Francisco), Minneapolis Institute of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Walker Art Center, Weisman Art Museum, and others. Recent artist monographs include COVID-19: Labor Camp Report (Frank, 2021) and Piotr Szyhalski: We Are Working All the Time! (Weisman, 2020). He is the 2021–2022 contributing artist to the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, New York, and a professor of media arts at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.

PM Press

Table 5

PM Press is an independent, radical publisher of critically necessary books for our tumultuous times. Our aim is to deliver bold political ideas and vital stories to all walks of life and arm the dreamers to demand the impossible. Founded in 2007 by a small group of people with decades of publishing, media, and organizing experience, we have sold millions of copies of our books, most often one at a time, face to face. We’re old enough to know what we’re doing and young enough to know what’s at stake. Join us to create a better world.

POMEpress

Table 42 A

POME publishes smart, strange content for thoughtful and sensitive weirdos in the form of anthologies, zines, and other printed comics work. Our books are about magic and friendship, and whatever we feel like the world could use more of at the moment. We are dedicated to nurturing up-and-coming talent in comics, and strive to produce work that is inclusive, welcoming, and good for the soul.

QHOSTBYRD

Table 67

Peter Krueger (he/him) is a recent MCAD graduate who creates vibrant art prints, zines, and stickers featuring a variety of his unique original characters.

Quietly

Table 35 A

Yumi Yamaguchi is a half-Japanese, half-Mexican cartoonist from Los Angeles. She self publishes a comic series, Quietly, that has two primary storylines. The first is a surreal, semi-autobiographical exploration of the main character’s anxiety, cultural identity, and sexuality. The second is a dark comedy about a librarian frustrated with patrons who don’t respect the library.

Rain Taxi

Tables 30 and 31

https://raintaxi.com

Rain Taxi champions aesthetically adventurous literature through print and online publications, events, and service to the literary community.

Rebecca Good

Table 20 A

Rebecca Good is a comic book colorist and illustrator. She’s known best for her colorful contributions to ‘The Old Guard: Tales Through Time” (Image) , the Let Her Be Evil Anthology and her Pulitzer prize winning work on “How I Escaped a Chinese Internment Camp.” She likes to create zines and short story comics when she’s not busy coloring comics.

rin ascher

Table 45 A

Rin Ascher is a queer first generation Ecuadorian-American cartoonist who works in horror and science fiction. She lives in the Midwest and is generally a scoundrel.

Sadboi

Table 76

Joel Hedstrom (AKA Sadboi) is a professional illustrator and artist based in Minneapolis, MN. After receiving a BFA from the College of Visual Arts in 2010, Joel has focused on his own personal works as well as freelance jobs for editorial, corporate, and publishing clients, including Wizards of the Coast and Warner Music Group. Sadboi makes digitally hand drawn art that explores the themes of duality. Good vs evil. Life and death. Mythos and iconography. All seen through the lens of a style carefully developed over the last decade.

Sage Coffey

Table 57 A

Sage Coffey is a trans non-binary cartoonist living in Chicago, IL. They’re the creator of Wine Ghost and have been published in The New Yorker, The Washington Post, The Nib, as well as multiple award winning comics anthologies including Comics for Choice and Be Gay, Do Comics. Sage is best known for their work on the GLAAD Award nominated video game BUGSNAX, editing Sweaty Palms Anthology and illustrating on one of Vulture’s Best Comedy Books of 2021, I AM NOT A WOLF. They love wrestling and orange blossom tea. Website: sagecoffey.com

Sam Sharpe

Table 32 A

Sam Sharpe is one of the creators of the Eisner & Ignatz nominated comic series Viewotron. His work spans the gamut from auto-bio sadness to science fiction silliness. He would love to meet you. Come say hi.

Sarah Evenson!

Table 56 A

Sarah Evenson is a gay, transgender (FTN) printmaker/zinemaker/illustrator/animator/artist-at-large living and working in Minneapolis. Their bright and colorful work centers play as resistance, celebrates queer joy, and testifies to the strength and creative potential of the transgender body. Sarah’s zines and artist books are included in more than 40 institutions across the English-speaking world and beyond, most notably, the libraries of the Walker Art Center, the MoMA, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Tate Britain. Sarah makes art because they believe it is the right thing to do and it makes them happy to do so.

Sean Knickerbocker

Table 29

SEAN KNICKERBOCKER is a cartoonist, illustrator, and printer. He graduated from the Center For Cartoon Studies in 2012. His comics have appeared in Ecotone, Irene, and The Nib among other publications. He is a native of West Valley, New York and currently lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Shangyuan Chen

Table 39 B

I am an emerging visual storyteller based in the Twin Cities. Born and raised in China, and educated in the US, my unique background has fueled my interest in telling stories that evoke universal thoughts and emotions. I strive to narrate the tale of our era transcending race, ideology, geography, and beyond. I hope to offer my readers a tranquil enjoyment through my comics in this restless age.

Shea Cahill

Table 83 A

Shea Cahill is a professional mall goth from FL – now living in Chicago. They make. comics about the DIY music scene, borderline violent positivity, and their latest fixations (effects pedals, fast food novelties, free things found on craigslist)

Sofia Holden

Table 80 A

Sofia Holden is a Cartoonist and Illustrator from Minneapolis currently attending school for comics at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. She enjoys making comics about growing up, silly creatures, and magical things.

Sophie Wang

Table 61 A

Sophie Wang (or Shuf, she/her) is a researcher, educator, artist, and zine gremlin currently based in the Twin Cities. She makes zines/comics/art that bring a critical power lens to science, technology, epistemology, and forms of knowledge-making, and an experiential lens to her second generation Chinese American experience and other parts of her life. Her work covers topics ranging from equity and exclusion in science museums to campaign demands against predictive policing in LA. She is a co-founder of Free Radicals, an activist collective at the intersection of science and social justice. You can find her offline looking at leaves by the water or baking plum crumble, and you can find her online at wangshuf.com.

Spit and a Half

Table 37

John Porcellino has been drawing his zine King-Cat Comics since 1989, and running the Spit and a Half Distro since 1992. He lives in Beloit, Wisconsin.

Strange Deer Press

Table 70

Strange Deer Press a midwestern comic & zine collective. Stationed in Cleveland, Chicago, and the Twin Cities, SDP creates works that are real, accessible, wonderful, and wild. Come find queer weirdo art, skin-crawling horror, sweet remix poetry, and abolitionist zines.

sunshine gao

Table 38 A

sunshine gao was born in China and raised in Indiana and Kentucky. Once, they studied moral philosophy and ecology; cooked noodles; and sold produce. Now, they draw stories examining home, the heart, everyday ethics–and the frailty of the narratives we tell about them. In spite of everything, they believe the world can be made a beautiful place.

T. Sean Steele

Table 61 B

T. Sean Steele is an author and comic book artist. His work includes the comics Sungazer, Wine Club, and Body Bag, as well as the novel Tacky Goblin. Read his comics at tseansteele.com

Teddie Bernard

Table 23 A

Teddie Bernard is an cartoonist, printmaker, and the most normal person in the United States of America. Bernard’s work explores queer characters and narratives, human connection, and how relationships form and fall apart. This theme has been pushed through different genres and styles—from queer-noir to funny animals. They currently reside in Chicago where they’re wishing for cooler weather.

THE END Press

Table 49 B

Based in Saint Paul, MN, THE END Press is a micropress operated by Mary Climes and Cody Triplett. THE END combines words and images to make humorous, deep works that explore our big, beautiful world as it circles the drain. Crucially, THE END Press focuses on publishing physical releases in the form of handmade comics, chapbooks, art books, and prints. Mary Climes is a visual artist who uses allegory, sequencing, and narrative to explore loneliness, complacency, and intimacy. She uses humor and cartooning in her compositions to explore mysticism and Catholicism in suburban America. Originally from the Jersey Shore, Mary received her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and her MFA in Printmaking at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Cody Triplett is a writer of short fiction, poetry, and hybrid works. His work deals with dream-reality problems, technocracies, and showing the world (almost) as it is. His pieces have recently been published in Sleet Magazine and Sunflower Station Press. In addition to writing fiction, Cody has recently written a comic in collaboration with Mary Climes, who illustrated the work. After growing up around east Tennessee, Cody received his BA in English Literature from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Theora Kvitka

Table 39 A

Theora is a comics artist living in Los Angeles, CA. Her comics cover topics ranging from robot dogs, climbing walls of trash, falling asleep in public, squirrels and women’s voting rights, but not all at once. She’s been published in outlets like The New Yorker, The Nib, The Guardian and The Funny Times.

Tim Brown

Table 17 B

Tim Brown, a native of Tulsa,Oklahoma, works as a cartoonist, installation artist, sculptor who has shown in Los Angeles, Houston, Austin, Manila, Chicago, and Kansas City. He has a BFA from the University of Kansas and a MFA from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He has been teaching at the collegiate level since 2015, holding positions at the Kansas City Art Institute and University of Missouri, Kansas City. Brown relocated to the Twin Cities in 2023 and happily lives here with his partner and two amazing cats, Maybelline and Bianca.

Tim Sievert

Table 25

Tim Sievert works in comics and animation, loves teaching boxing classes, and tries to promote independent authors and artists with his animated review series, Well I Hope You’re Proud of Your Shelf.

Tin Tipping

Table 46 B

Tin Tipping is a queer asexual graphic artist and comic creator based out of Minneapolis. They are known for their strangely endearing bittersweet work full of fluffy animals, queer feelings, and existential dread.

Trung Le Nguyen

Table 22

http://www.trungles.com

Trung Le Capecchi-Nguyen (Trung Le Nguyen, professionally) is an award-winning Vietnamese American cartoonist, artist, and writer from Minnesota.

Trung’s first original graphic novel, The Magic Fish, was published in 2020 through Random House Graphic, an imprint of Penguin Random House.

He has also contributed work both as an author and as an artist for a variety of comics publishers, including DC Comics, Oni Press, Boom! Studios, Image Comics, and Marvel.

Trung has been nominated for an Eisner, a prize at Angoulême (France), a GLAAD award, and has won two Harvey Awards and a Romics (Italy). Trung has also contributed work for DC Comics, Oni Press, Boom! Studios, Image Comics, and Marvel.

He currently lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota and raises a small flock of very spoiled hens.

tyler page

Table 24 A

Tyler Page is an Eisner-nominated cartoonist and educator. He has worked with a mix of national and international clients and publishers, in addition to publishing books of his own. Tyler lives in Minneapolis, MN with his wife, author/illustrator Cori Doerrfeld, and their children. His book Raised on Ritalin was called “essential reading for medical students and those involved in helping address the challenges of ADHD” by the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.

Uncivilized Books

Tables 11, 12 and 13

Uncivilized Books is a boutique comics publishing house based in Minneapolis, MN.

Ursula Murray Husted

Table 83 B

Ursula Murray Husted is the creator of the graphic novels A Cat Story (2020, from HarperCollins) and Botticelli’s Apprentice(2025 from HarperCollins). Husted received her PhD from the University of Minnesota, MFA from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, and BFA from Marshall University. She lives in Minneapolis, dislikes sudden loud noises and styrofoam packing peanuts, but adores regional candy and road-side attractions.

Vannotes

Table 75

Vannotes is a writer, cartoonist, and educator from the Treasure Valley. Their work includes writing the official graphic novels for Bendy, Spy Ninjas, and Piggy for Scholastic. Other work includes publications from Boom! Studios, King Features Syndicate, Oregon East, Oroboro. Shelfdust, and ZEAL. They received their BFA in Comic Art from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and their MFA in Creative Writing from Eastern Oregon University. When they’re not at their desk, they read far too many comic books and play far too many video games.

Weirdpunk Books

Table 69

Minneapolis publisher of weird horror and splatterpunk. Runs on High Life & Spicy Pickles. Queer | Leftist | DIY. Always anti-fash.

Will Cardini

Table 16 A

Will Cardini creates psychedelic space fantasy comics that feature undulating lines, bright colors, abstract sequences, poetic text, and digital patterns. He is currently self-publishing installments of his latest graphic novel, Reluctant Oracle. His previous comics include Vortex, Skew, and Tales from the Hyperverse. He lives in Kansas City, Missouri, with his wife and daughter.

Will Dinski

Table 66 A

https://www.willdinski.com

Will Dinski lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His comic “Eat Street” publishes monthly at esmpls.com. He is the author of “Fingerprints” and “Trying Not To Notice” along with countless handmade artbooks. His most recent book, “Holy Hannah”, was released by Uncivilized Books. www.willdinski.com

Xiomar Luna

Table 85 B

Xiomar Luna is a cartoonist, zine maker, and educator living in Minneapolis. They moved from Indiana in 2008 to attend MCAD, where they got their BFA in comic art. They were a founding member of the (now disbanded) Plus Dog Collective, as well as 1/2 of the team behind the queer roller derby comic, Collision Course. Xiomar is an Aquarius who’s work centers trans/ queer identities and experiences. While they have spent the last decade primarily making autobio comics, they are now revisiting fiction by working on comics in the horror/romance and science fiction genres.

Zak Sally/ La Mano 21

Table 27

Zak Sally is a cartoonist, writer, designer, printmaker, and musician who has been kicking out weird stuff on an irregular schedule for over 35 years. He has operated La Mano 21, a small publishing house specializing in handmade printed objects since 1993.

Zander Cannon

Table 34

Zander Cannon is an Eisner-winning American cartoonist who has been making comics since 1993. Notable works include Top 10, Kaijumax, and Heck.

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Piotr Szyhalski

Table 1

Landland

Table 2

Chuck U

Table 3

Chuck U is an Illustrator, muralist and artist from Minneapolis.

PM Press

Table 5

Back of Beyond Press

Table 6

Back of Beyond Press is a small Risograph print press based in Minneapolis, MN. Its focus is on producing artist books and zines, art prints, and mixtapes.

MCAD

Table 7

https://mcad.edu

Highpoint Center for Printmaking

Table 8

https://www.highpointprintmaking.org

Chad Bilyeu

Table 9

https://www.chadinamsterdam.nl/

Living the Line Books

Table 10

Uncivilized Books

Tables 11, 12 and 13

Uncivilized Books is a boutique comics publishing house based in Minneapolis, MN.

Autoptic Signing and Merch Table

Table 14

Black Indie Comix Club

Table 15

BICC was founded December, 2023 by Mpls based cartoonist Hawwa Youngmark (they/she) and Cbus based cartoonist, Auj Ruffin (they/he). Learn more about us at instagram.com/blackindiecomixclub.

Will Cardini

Table 16 A

A. Engle

Table 16 B

Andy Wieland

Table 17 A

Tim Brown

Table 17 B

Jason Loeffler

Table 18 A

Jason Loeffler writes comics about adventure, mythology, and science.

Issy Manley

Table 18 B

KT Healey

Table 19 A

KT Healey is a cartoonist drawing the silly, stupid, and tender. Check out their debut graphic novel, Psychic Investigators, Evil Exterminators, slated for release with Top Shelf Productions in 2025.

NoRespassing

Table 19 B

Rebecca Good

Table 20 A

Hannah Hallman

Table 20 B

Darya Foroohar

Table 21 A

Kat Baumann

Table 21 B

Trung Le Nguyen

Table 22

http://www.trungles.com

Trung Le Capecchi-Nguyen (Trung Le Nguyen, professionally) is an award-winning Vietnamese American cartoonist, artist, and writer from Minnesota.

Trung’s first original graphic novel, The Magic Fish, was published in 2020 through Random House Graphic, an imprint of Penguin Random House.

He has also contributed work both as an author and as an artist for a variety of comics publishers, including DC Comics, Oni Press, Boom! Studios, Image Comics, and Marvel.

He currently lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota and raises a small flock of very spoiled hens.

Teddie Bernard

Table 23 A

Lily + Generoso (plasticgrapes)

Table 23 B

tyler page

Table 24 A

Kelly Wang

Table 24 B

Tim Sievert

Table 25

Anders Nilsen

Table 26

Zak Sally/ La Mano 21

Table 27

Diana Green

Table 28

Kevyn Lenagh

Table 28

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064530946621

I’m a 70 year old transgender comic book creator living in northern North Dakota.

Sean Knickerbocker

Table 29

Rain Taxi

Tables 30 and 31

https://raintaxi.com

Rain Taxi champions aesthetically adventurous literature through print and online publications, events, and service to the literary community.

Sam Sharpe

Table 32 A

Fin Weber

Table 32 B

K. Woodman-Maynard

Table 33 A

K. Woodman-Maynard lives with her spouse and pets in Minneapolis where she loves the challenges of trail running, cross-country skiing, and keeping her dog from eating paint brushes.

Jacob Yeates

Table 33 B

Zander Cannon

Table 34

Zander Cannon is an Eisner-winning American cartoonist who has been making comics since 1993. Notable works include Top 10, Kaijumax, and Heck.

Quietly

Table 35 A

Jessi Zabarsky

Table 35 B

Cedar Van Tassel

Table 36 A

Maddy Buck

Table 36 B

Spit and a Half

Table 37

John Porcellino has been drawing his zine King-Cat Comics since 1989, and running the Spit and a Half Distro since 1992. He lives in Beloit, Wisconsin.

sunshine gao

Table 38 A

Emma Alice Johnson

Table 38 B

Theora Kvitka

Table 39 A

Shangyuan Chen

Table 39 B

Ezra David Mattes

Table 40 A

Madeline McGrane

Table 40 B

Madeline McGrane is a cartoonist and illustrator living in Minneapolis. She is the author and illustrator of The Accursed Vampire graphic novels and she regularly self-publishes minicomics.

Niky Motekallem

Table 41 A

Mad Sparrow

Table 41 B

POMEpress

Table 42 A

Late Night Copies Press

Table 42 B

Late Night Copies is a Minneapolis-based micro-Press publishing zines about LGBTQ history, arts organizing, and DIY culture.

Beth Hetland

Table 43

Leda Zawacki

Table 44

https://cupofstars.com

rin ascher

Table 45 A

Rin Ascher is a queer first generation Ecuadorian-American cartoonist who works in horror and science fiction. She lives in the Midwest and is generally a scoundrel.

Mac Maclean

Table 45 B

Alex Mitchell

Table 46 A

Tin Tipping

Table 46 B

Anxiety Frog Cultural Association

Table 47

Bianca Xunise

Table 48

https://www.biancaxunise.com/

Carolyn Swiszcz – Zebra Cat Zebra

Table 49 A

THE END Press

Table 49 B

Campfire Comics & Stories

Table 50

Campfire Comics & Stories is a full-color, comic book anthology published by Dennis Madamba and Kyle Harabedian and featuring work by an international lineup of artists.

Daisy McGuire

Table 51 A

Harper Sims

Table 51 B

Kate McDonough

Table 52

Maamoul Press

Table 53

Lee Dean

Table 54

Marc Wagner

Table 55 A

Michael Kay

Table 55 B

Michael Kay is a Midwest manga artist obsessed with Dark Fantasy and Gay men, and spends hours at his desk to combine the two in hand-bound comics and art prints.

Sarah Evenson!

Table 56 A

Pete Faecke

Table 56 B

Sage Coffey

Table 57 A

Dawn Wing

Table 57 B

Blue Delliquanti

Table 58 A

Blue Delliquanti is a comic artist and writer based in Minneapolis, MN.

Archie Bongiovanni

Table 58 B

J. Marshall Smith

Table 59 A

Artist, writer, and educator from Baltimore. Creator of Good Girl Laika, Solace County, and a whole lot of zines, poetry comics, and other good things.

Kay Rossbach

Table 59 B

Kameron White

Table 60

Sophie Wang

Table 61 A

T. Sean Steele

Table 61 B

T. Sean Steele is an author and comic book artist. His work includes the comics Sungazer, Wine Club, and Body Bag, as well as the novel Tacky Goblin. Read his comics at tseansteele.com

A. T. Pratt

Table 62

Character Study & co.

Table 63 A

Entropy Editions

Table 63 B

Frannie Love

Table 64 A

Minneapolis based artist making queer furry comics

J.B. van Overbeek

Table 64 A

J.B van Overbeek is a cartoonist an illustrator working in a wide range of styles and genres, giving great care towards body language and line to convey humor, drama, or romance.

Laneha House

Table 65

https://www.lanehahouse.com/

Laneha House is a family run small press from Breena Nuñez and Lawrence Lindell.

Laneha House is built on the foundation of family, love of comics, zines and coffee. Projects include comics, graphic novels, art books, zines, music and cartoons.
It’s pronounced (La.ney.ha)

His work focusses on Blackness, mental health and queerness.

Will Dinski

Table 66 A

https://www.willdinski.com

Kendall Dickinson

Table 66 B

QHOSTBYRD

Table 67

Peter Krueger (he/him) is a recent MCAD graduate who creates vibrant art prints, zines, and stickers featuring a variety of his unique original characters.

Luke Mars

Table 68 A

Julian Deyo

Table 68 B

Weirdpunk Books

Table 69

Minneapolis publisher of weird horror and splatterpunk. Runs on High Life & Spicy Pickles. Queer | Leftist | DIY. Always anti-fash.

Strange Deer Press

Table 70

Boneshaker Print Collective

Table 71

Paranoid Tree Press

Table 72

Julia Wald

Table 73

2dcloud

Table 74

Quixotic, Mercurial. Independent Publisher of Art, Literature, and the Internet.

Vannotes

Table 75

Sadboi

Table 76

Naoto Lichtblau-tepley

Table 77

DOG EYE PRESS

Table 78

Kevin Scalzo

Table 79

Sofia Holden

Table 80 A

Maggie Umber

Table 80 B

Logan Beecher

Table 81

Cute N Grim

Table 82

Shea Cahill

Table 83 A

Ursula Murray Husted

Table 83 B

Jim Keefe

Table 84

B. Erin Cole

Table 85 A

Xiomar Luna

Table 85 B

Craig Thompson

Autoptic Signing Table Time TBD

https://craigthompsonbooks.com/

Maddi Gonzalez

Autoptic Signing Table Time TBD

https://www.instagram.com/quasimaddi/