User:Mikeross22/Sandbox/List of creator-owned comics

This is a list of creator-owned comics—defined as comic book series or characters who are owned by their creators rather than the company that publishes them. For the purposes of clarity, anthology titles are excluded from this list.

{| class="wikitable sortable" ! Comic title or character !! Creator(s) !! Publisher(s) !! First appearance !! Notes
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 * Acme Novelty Library || Chris Ware || The Daily Texan, Newcity, Chicago Reader, Fantagraphics, self-publishing || 1993 || Book collections by Pantheon Books and Drawn and Quarterly
 * American Flagg! || Howard Chaykin || First Comics || 1983 || Collections by Dynamite Entertainment and Image Comics
 * American Splendor || Harvey Pekar || self-published, Tundra Publishing, Dark Horse Comics, Vertigo || 1976 || Book collections by Doubleday, Four Walls Eight Windows, Dark Horse, Ballantine Books, and DC/Vertigo
 * Angelfood McSpade || Robert Crumb || East Village Other, Apex Novelties, Print Mint, Kitchen Sink Press || 1967 ||
 * Billy Dogma || Dean Haspiel || Millennium Publications, Top Shelf Productions, Alternative Comics, IDW Publishing, Z2 Comics || 1996 ||
 * Bone || Jeff Smith || Cartoon Books, Image Comics || 1991 || Book collections by Scholastic Corporation
 * Buster Brown || Richard F. Outcault || New York Herald, New York American || 1902 || When Outcault took the character from the Herald to the American in 1906 it caused a legal battle over rights and the name of the strip
 * Captain Victory and the Galactic Rangers || Jack Kirby || Pacific Comics, Topps Comics, Dynamite Entertainment, Icon Comics || 1981 ||
 * Checkered Demon || S. Clay Wilson || Print Mint, Last Gasp || 1968 ||
 * Cheech Wizard || Vaughn Bodē || underground newspapers, National Lampoon || 1967 || According to Bodē, the character was created in 1957 but didn't see publication until 1967; later collections by Company & Sons, Print Mint, Last Gasp, Northern Comfort Communications, Rip Off Press, and Fantagraphics
 * Cherry || Larry Welz || Last Gasp, Kitchen Sink Press, Cherry Comics  || 1982 ||
 * Demi the Demoness || SS Crompton || Carnal Comics, Rip Off Press, Revisionary Press || 1992 || Cameos in comics published by Eros Comix, MU Press, and others
 * Destroyer Duck || Steve Gerber and Jack Kirby || Eclipse Comics, Image Comics || 1982 ||
 * Didi Glitz || Diane Noomin || Family Fun, Last Gasp, Print Mint, Renegade Press, Rip Off Press, Fantagraphics || 1974 ||
 * Dirty Duck || Bobby London || Los Angeles Free Press, Last Gasp, National Lampoon, Playboy || 1971 ||
 * Dirty Plotte || Julie Doucet ||self-published, Drawn and Quarterly || 1988 (minicomic); 1991 (comic) ||
 * E-Man || Nicola Cuti and Joe Staton || Charlton Comics, First Comics, Comico, Alpha, Digital Webbing || 1973 || Ownership of the character has changed hands over the years, moving from the original publisher to the character's creators.
 * Eightball || Dan Clowes || Fantagraphics || 1989 ||
 * The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers || Gilbert Shelton || The Rag, self-published, Print Mint, Rip Off Press, Playboy, High Times || 1968 || Collections by Rip Off Press and Knockabout Comics
 * Fat Freddy's Cat || Gilbert Shelton || The Rag, self-published, Rip Off Press || 1969 || Collections by Rip Off Press and Knockabout Comics
 * Flaming Carrot || Bob Burden || Atlanta Fantasy Fair, Aardvark-Vanaheim, Renegade Press, Dark Horse Comics, Image Comics, Desperado Publishing || 1979 || Has guest-starred and made cameos in comics published by Fantagraphics, Mirage Studios, Atomeka Press, and others
 * Fritz the Cat || Robert Crumb || Help!, Cavalier, Viking Press, Promethean Enterprises, Golden Gate Publishing, Rip Off Press || 1965 || Unauthorized animated film adaptation by Ralph Bakshi; collections by Ballantine Books, Bélier Press, and Fantagraphics
 * Grimjack || John Ostrander || First Comics || 1983 ||
 * Groo the Wanderer || Sergio Aragonés || Pacific Comics, Eclipse Comics, Epic/Marvel Comics, Image Comics, Dark Horse Comics || 1982 ||
 * Hate || Peter Bagge || Fantagraphics || 1990 ||
 * Keyhole || Dean Haspiel and Josh Neufeld || Millennium Publications, Top Shelf Productions || 1995 (minicomic); 1996 (comic) ||
 * Lloyd Llewellyn || Dan Clowes || Fantagraphics || 1986 ||
 * Megaton Man || Don Simpson || Kitchen Sink Press, Image Comics, Fiasco Comics || 1984 ||
 * Minimum Wage || Bob Fingerman || Fantagraphics, Image Comics || 1995 ||
 * Mr. Natural || Robert Crumb || Yarrowstalks, East Village Other, Apex Novelties, Print Mint, San Francisco Comic Book Company, Last Gasp, Kitchen Sink Press || 1967 ||
 * Naughty Bits || Roberta Gregory || Fantagraphics || 1991 ||
 * Next Men || John Byrne || Dark Horse Comics, IDW Publishing || 1992 ||
 * Neil the Horse || Arn Saba || Great Lakes Publishing, Potlatch Publications, Charlton Comics, Aardvark-Vanaheim, Renegade Press  || 1975 ||
 * Nexus || Mike Baron and Steve Rude || Capital Comics, First Comics, Dark Horse Comics || 1981
 * Omaha the Cat Dancer || Reed Waller and Kate Worley || Vootie (self-published), Kitchen Sink Press, First Comics, SteelDragon, Fantagraphics || 1978 || Collections by Kitchen Sink, Fantagraphics, and NBM Publishing
 * Optic Nerve || Adrian Tomine || self-published, Drawn and Quarterly || 1991 (minicomic); 1995 (comic) ||
 * Palookaville || Seth || Drawn and Quarterly || 1991 ||
 * Peepshow || Joe Matt || Drawn and Quarterly || 1987 (strip); 1992 (comic) || Book collections by Kitchen Sink Press and Drawn and Quarterly
 * Reid Fleming, World's Toughest Milkman || David Boswell || The Georgia Straight, self-published, Eclipse Comics, Deep Sea Comics, Dark Horse Comics || 1978 || Book collection by IDW Publishing
 * Rocketeer || Dave Stevens || Pacific Comics, Eclipse Comics, Comico Comics, Dark Horse Comics, IDW Publishing || 1982 ||
 * Sachs and Violens || Peter David and George Pérez || Epic Comics, IDW Publishing || 1993 || Collected by DC Comics
 * The Sandman || Neil Gaiman|| DC Comics / Vertigo || 1989 || Though he doesn't own the character or series, Gaiman's contract stipulated that the series would end when he left it
 * Savage Henry || Matt Howarth || Howski Studios, Vortex Comics, Rip Off Press, Caliber Press, MU Press || 1979 ||
 * Sin City || Frank Miller || Dark Horse Comics || 1991 ||
 * Snappy Sammy Smoot || Skip Williamson || Bijou Publishing Empire, Print Mint, Kitchen Sink Press, Marvel Comics, Fantagraphics || 1968 || Cameo appearances in other publications, including High Times
 * The Spirit || Will Eisner || Eisner & Iger, Harvey Comics, Warren Publishing Kitchen Sink Press, DC Comics || 1940 ||
 * Starslayer || Mike Grell || Pacific Comics, First Comics, Acclaim Comics || 1982 ||
 * Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles || Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird || Mirage Studios, Archie Comics, Dreamwave Productions, IDW Publishing || 1984 || Many manga series, cartoons, feature films, and other spinoffs
 * Those Annoying Post Bros || Matt Howarth || Heavy Metal, Vortex Comics, Rip Off Press, MU Press || early 1980s ||
 * Thunderbunny || Martin Greim || Charlton Comics, Red Circle Comics, WaRP Graphics, Apple Comics  || 1982  ||
 * Tintin || Hergé || Le Petit Vingtième, Le Soir, Tintin, Casterman, Le Lombard  || 1929  ||
 * Trashman || Spain Rodriguez || East Village Other, Last Gasp, Saving Grace, a Division of Keith Green Industrial Reality, High Times, Heavy Metal, San Francisco magazine, Fantagraphics || 1968 ||
 * Trots and Bonnie || Shary Flenniken || Last Gasp, National Lampoon || 1971 ||
 * Usagi Yojimbo || Stan Sakai || Dark Horse Comics, Thoughts and Images, Fantagraphics Books, Mirage Studios, Radio Comix  || 1984  ||
 * Wonder Wart-Hog || Gilbert Shelton ||  Bacchanal, The Texas Ranger, DRAG CarToons, Millar Publishing Company, Print Mint, Rip Off Press, Students for a Democratic Society, Last Gasp || 1962  ||
 * Yummy Fur || Chester Brown ||  Self-published, Vortex Comics, Drawn and Quarterly || 1983 (minicomic); 1986 (comic) ||
 * Zippy the Pinhead || Bill Griffith || Print Mint, Last Gasp, King Features Syndicate || 1971 || Collections published by Dutton, Fantagraphics, and Last Gasp
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 * Mr. Natural || Robert Crumb || Yarrowstalks, East Village Other, Apex Novelties, Print Mint, San Francisco Comic Book Company, Last Gasp, Kitchen Sink Press || 1967 ||
 * Naughty Bits || Roberta Gregory || Fantagraphics || 1991 ||
 * Next Men || John Byrne || Dark Horse Comics, IDW Publishing || 1992 ||
 * Neil the Horse || Arn Saba || Great Lakes Publishing, Potlatch Publications, Charlton Comics, Aardvark-Vanaheim, Renegade Press  || 1975 ||
 * Nexus || Mike Baron and Steve Rude || Capital Comics, First Comics, Dark Horse Comics || 1981
 * Omaha the Cat Dancer || Reed Waller and Kate Worley || Vootie (self-published), Kitchen Sink Press, First Comics, SteelDragon, Fantagraphics || 1978 || Collections by Kitchen Sink, Fantagraphics, and NBM Publishing
 * Optic Nerve || Adrian Tomine || self-published, Drawn and Quarterly || 1991 (minicomic); 1995 (comic) ||
 * Palookaville || Seth || Drawn and Quarterly || 1991 ||
 * Peepshow || Joe Matt || Drawn and Quarterly || 1987 (strip); 1992 (comic) || Book collections by Kitchen Sink Press and Drawn and Quarterly
 * Reid Fleming, World's Toughest Milkman || David Boswell || The Georgia Straight, self-published, Eclipse Comics, Deep Sea Comics, Dark Horse Comics || 1978 || Book collection by IDW Publishing
 * Rocketeer || Dave Stevens || Pacific Comics, Eclipse Comics, Comico Comics, Dark Horse Comics, IDW Publishing || 1982 ||
 * Sachs and Violens || Peter David and George Pérez || Epic Comics, IDW Publishing || 1993 || Collected by DC Comics
 * The Sandman || Neil Gaiman|| DC Comics / Vertigo || 1989 || Though he doesn't own the character or series, Gaiman's contract stipulated that the series would end when he left it
 * Savage Henry || Matt Howarth || Howski Studios, Vortex Comics, Rip Off Press, Caliber Press, MU Press || 1979 ||
 * Sin City || Frank Miller || Dark Horse Comics || 1991 ||
 * Snappy Sammy Smoot || Skip Williamson || Bijou Publishing Empire, Print Mint, Kitchen Sink Press, Marvel Comics, Fantagraphics || 1968 || Cameo appearances in other publications, including High Times
 * The Spirit || Will Eisner || Eisner & Iger, Harvey Comics, Warren Publishing Kitchen Sink Press, DC Comics || 1940 ||
 * Starslayer || Mike Grell || Pacific Comics, First Comics, Acclaim Comics || 1982 ||
 * Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles || Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird || Mirage Studios, Archie Comics, Dreamwave Productions, IDW Publishing || 1984 || Many manga series, cartoons, feature films, and other spinoffs
 * Those Annoying Post Bros || Matt Howarth || Heavy Metal, Vortex Comics, Rip Off Press, MU Press || early 1980s ||
 * Thunderbunny || Martin Greim || Charlton Comics, Red Circle Comics, WaRP Graphics, Apple Comics  || 1982  ||
 * Tintin || Hergé || Le Petit Vingtième, Le Soir, Tintin, Casterman, Le Lombard  || 1929  ||
 * Trashman || Spain Rodriguez || East Village Other, Last Gasp, Saving Grace, a Division of Keith Green Industrial Reality, High Times, Heavy Metal, San Francisco magazine, Fantagraphics || 1968 ||
 * Trots and Bonnie || Shary Flenniken || Last Gasp, National Lampoon || 1971 ||
 * Usagi Yojimbo || Stan Sakai || Dark Horse Comics, Thoughts and Images, Fantagraphics Books, Mirage Studios, Radio Comix  || 1984  ||
 * Wonder Wart-Hog || Gilbert Shelton ||  Bacchanal, The Texas Ranger, DRAG CarToons, Millar Publishing Company, Print Mint, Rip Off Press, Students for a Democratic Society, Last Gasp || 1962  ||
 * Yummy Fur || Chester Brown ||  Self-published, Vortex Comics, Drawn and Quarterly || 1983 (minicomic); 1986 (comic) ||
 * Zippy the Pinhead || Bill Griffith || Print Mint, Last Gasp, King Features Syndicate || 1971 || Collections published by Dutton, Fantagraphics, and Last Gasp
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 * Sin City || Frank Miller || Dark Horse Comics || 1991 ||
 * Snappy Sammy Smoot || Skip Williamson || Bijou Publishing Empire, Print Mint, Kitchen Sink Press, Marvel Comics, Fantagraphics || 1968 || Cameo appearances in other publications, including High Times
 * The Spirit || Will Eisner || Eisner & Iger, Harvey Comics, Warren Publishing Kitchen Sink Press, DC Comics || 1940 ||
 * Starslayer || Mike Grell || Pacific Comics, First Comics, Acclaim Comics || 1982 ||
 * Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles || Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird || Mirage Studios, Archie Comics, Dreamwave Productions, IDW Publishing || 1984 || Many manga series, cartoons, feature films, and other spinoffs
 * Those Annoying Post Bros || Matt Howarth || Heavy Metal, Vortex Comics, Rip Off Press, MU Press || early 1980s ||
 * Thunderbunny || Martin Greim || Charlton Comics, Red Circle Comics, WaRP Graphics, Apple Comics  || 1982  ||
 * Tintin || Hergé || Le Petit Vingtième, Le Soir, Tintin, Casterman, Le Lombard  || 1929  ||
 * Trashman || Spain Rodriguez || East Village Other, Last Gasp, Saving Grace, a Division of Keith Green Industrial Reality, High Times, Heavy Metal, San Francisco magazine, Fantagraphics || 1968 ||
 * Trots and Bonnie || Shary Flenniken || Last Gasp, National Lampoon || 1971 ||
 * Usagi Yojimbo || Stan Sakai || Dark Horse Comics, Thoughts and Images, Fantagraphics Books, Mirage Studios, Radio Comix  || 1984  ||
 * Wonder Wart-Hog || Gilbert Shelton ||  Bacchanal, The Texas Ranger, DRAG CarToons, Millar Publishing Company, Print Mint, Rip Off Press, Students for a Democratic Society, Last Gasp || 1962  ||
 * Yummy Fur || Chester Brown ||  Self-published, Vortex Comics, Drawn and Quarterly || 1983 (minicomic); 1986 (comic) ||
 * Zippy the Pinhead || Bill Griffith || Print Mint, Last Gasp, King Features Syndicate || 1971 || Collections published by Dutton, Fantagraphics, and Last Gasp
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 * Trashman || Spain Rodriguez || East Village Other, Last Gasp, Saving Grace, a Division of Keith Green Industrial Reality, High Times, Heavy Metal, San Francisco magazine, Fantagraphics || 1968 ||
 * Trots and Bonnie || Shary Flenniken || Last Gasp, National Lampoon || 1971 ||
 * Usagi Yojimbo || Stan Sakai || Dark Horse Comics, Thoughts and Images, Fantagraphics Books, Mirage Studios, Radio Comix  || 1984  ||
 * Wonder Wart-Hog || Gilbert Shelton ||  Bacchanal, The Texas Ranger, DRAG CarToons, Millar Publishing Company, Print Mint, Rip Off Press, Students for a Democratic Society, Last Gasp || 1962  ||
 * Yummy Fur || Chester Brown ||  Self-published, Vortex Comics, Drawn and Quarterly || 1983 (minicomic); 1986 (comic) ||
 * Zippy the Pinhead || Bill Griffith || Print Mint, Last Gasp, King Features Syndicate || 1971 || Collections published by Dutton, Fantagraphics, and Last Gasp
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 * Wonder Wart-Hog || Gilbert Shelton ||  Bacchanal, The Texas Ranger, DRAG CarToons, Millar Publishing Company, Print Mint, Rip Off Press, Students for a Democratic Society, Last Gasp || 1962  ||
 * Yummy Fur || Chester Brown ||  Self-published, Vortex Comics, Drawn and Quarterly || 1983 (minicomic); 1986 (comic) ||
 * Zippy the Pinhead || Bill Griffith || Print Mint, Last Gasp, King Features Syndicate || 1971 || Collections published by Dutton, Fantagraphics, and Last Gasp
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 * Zippy the Pinhead || Bill Griffith || Print Mint, Last Gasp, King Features Syndicate || 1971 || Collections published by Dutton, Fantagraphics, and Last Gasp
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