Bookshop.org @bookshop.org A better way to buy books online where every purchase supports local bookstores ☀️📚
https://bookshop.org/
Daniel Warren Johnson @danielwarrenart.bsky.social Comic book writer and artist of DO A POWERBOMB, MURDER FALCON, THE MOON IS FOLLOWING US, EXTREMITY, BETA RAY BILL: ARGENT STAR, TRANSFORMERS, WONDER WOMAN DEAD EARTH and more
2dcloud @2dcloud.bsky.social Publisher in search of some transcendent moment — a piece of liberating information. Comics, art, literature, and the internet.
Illinois Reading Council @ilreadcouncil.bsky.social The mission of the Illinois Reading Council is to provide support and leadership to all who promote and teach lifelong literacy.
https://www.illinoisreadingcouncil.org/
https://illinoisreads.org/
#IRCReads
Sarah Becan @sarahbecan.bsky.social Comics artist, illustrator and designer in Chicago. Artist for the “Let’s Make” series of comic book cookbooks. Also: I Think You're Sauceome, Shuteye, The Complete Ouija Interviews. She/her
https://tless.link/sarahbecan
Gene Ha creator of 2026 IL Reads pick MAE The Definitive Edition @geneha.com Chicago comic geek, author of 2026 IL Reads pick MAE: The Definitive Edition
For art sales go to https://www.panelpunk.com/collections/gene-ha
George Gant @geogantart.com Ringo-Nominated cartoonist. Creator of the comic strip Beware of Toddler, distributed by King Features Syndicate. Beano/Dandy Artist and I drew Redman's graphic novel. Based in Chicago. Inquiries: geo@geogantart.com
Chicago Public Library @chipublib.bsky.social Read, learn, discover.
Opened in 1873, Chicago Public Library has locations in every Chicago neighborhood.
Comic Nurse @comicnurse.bsky.social www.comicnurse.com
Stanford W. Carpenter @swcarpenter.bsky.social Cultural Anthropologist
Sometime Comic Creator
Former Archaeologist
AKA Brother-Story
Max Morris @h0wt0sayhell0.bsky.social Cartoonist, punk?, Chicagoan, absurdist
Kevin Huizenga @1000kevinh.bsky.social American Cartoonist
Hilary Barta aka Surly Hack @hilaryhack.bsky.social Cartoonist and film buff. Splash Brannigan, Plastic Man, What The--?!, Munden's Bar, The Illustrated AL...
Liz Mason @caboosezine.bsky.social Zinester. Bookmonger. Fussy eater. Armchair sociologist. DJ. Library Science Student. Pretentious cultural omnivore.
linktr.ee/caboosezine
Mark Pracht @mpjedi2.bsky.social Actor, playwright & musician
Linktr.ee/mark.pracht
Rich Sparks @richsparks.bsky.social Cartoonist for the New Yorker, Air Mail, WSJ, Barrons, the American Bystander, Weekly Humorist, etc; musician in Chicago-based indie rock band The Last Afternoons and folk duo The Lake County Breaks; illustrator for various magazines; gardener.
Eddie Campbell @eddiecampbell.bsky.social Comicker
Scott Roberts @mrscottroberts.bsky.social animator artist cartoonist
DePaul Animation
housing and tenant’s rights advocate
Chicago Reader @chicagoreader.com Chicago's alternative newsroom since 1971 🗞
chicagoreader.com
Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social Founder/Owner, Iron Circus Comics.
Founder/Owner, Iron Circus Animation.
https://ironcircus.com
Executive/Associate Producer, Lackadaisy.
Writer, Cartoonist.
webcomic: http://blikada.com #blikada
C2E2 @c2e2.bsky.social Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo. Join us for Chicago's geekiest weekend, April 11-13, 2025. C2E2.com
Email us! C2E2INFO@ReedPop.com
Chicago Zine Fest @chicagozinefest.bsky.social Celebrating #zines in Chicago & the Midwest & beyond. #CZF2026 will be Saturday October 10th! https://linktr.ee/chicagozinefest
Artists Book House @artistsbookhouse.bsky.social Artists Book House is a non-profit organization dedicated to writing and the arts and crafts of the book. To donate: www.artistsbookhouse.org/donate
Andrea Bell ☕️🍂 @andyharvest.bsky.social Illustrator + comic artist
“Framed” - 9/22/26 (Harper Alley)
“Millie of the Manor” - 9/2/25 (Harper Alley)
“Crumble”- 2/2/25 (LBYR)
rep'd by Claire Friedman + Jess Mileo at InkWell
www.andreabelldraws.com
Margeaux Pepoy @pepoy.bsky.social Comic book artist and writer. The Simpsons, Fables, Betty & Veronica. Creator of "Simone & Ajax," publisher Spicy Tomato Studios.
www.pepoy.com
TIM SEELEY Revival on Netflix 8/24! @hackintimseeley.bsky.social Comics creator : GODZILLA, MotU, X-FORCE, MONEY SHOT. Perpetrator of Hack/Slash, Revival & Nightwing. Professor-Columbia College Chicago.
timseeleycreative.com https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHz9gE6edYqkwxqALEmSE8A https://www.hackslash.com/
Lucy Knisley @lucyknisley.bsky.social Comics friend.
Linktr.ee/lucyknisley
Chicago Alternative Comics Expo @cakechicago.bsky.social The Chicago Alternative Comics Expo (CAKE) is a celebration of independent comics! 🍰
www.cakechicago.com/
Audrey Niffenegger @audreyniffenegger.bsky.social Artist, writer, cat lady.
Landis Blair @landisblair.bsky.social Crosshatcher with a variety of other problems.
Books: Vers le Sud, The Night Tent, The Envious Siblings, and The Hunting Accident.
https://bio.site/landisblair
Keegan Lannon @keeganlannon.bsky.social PhD: Aberystwyth; Work: UI-Chicago.
I twee—er, post (skeet?)—about all things that fall under the auspices of an English department, but especially comics, writing, and teaching (mainly about comics and writing).
Dr. Carol Tilley 🏳️🌈 @anuncivilphd.bsky.social Library & Info Sci Prof @ U of Illinois | #Comics #Libraries #Education #Kids #History | '16 Eisner '20 Ringo '22 Lynd Ward ’25 Ignatz Juries | PhD | Queer | Hard of hearing | I debunked Fredric Wertham & lost on Jeopardy | https://ko-fi.com/caroltilley
Keiler Roberts @keilerjean.bsky.social 
John Porcellino @johnporcellino.bsky.social Cartooniste and so on.
https://linktr.ee/jporcellino
Marnie Galloway @marniegalloway.bsky.social Cartoonist
www.marnie-galloway.com
Howling Pages @howlingpages.bsky.social Chicago's destination for the coolest graphic novels, indie comics, and printed art. A home for the art of comics.
www.howlingpages.com
Dark Tower Comics @darktowercomics.bsky.social Comic book seller and enthusiasts
4835 N. Western Ave, Chicago IL 🗯️Lincoln Tower
2641 N. Kedzie Ave, Chicago IL 🗯️Logan Tower
205 N Market St, Champaign IL 🗯️Champaign Tower
Challengers Comics @challengers.bsky.social Chicago/Bucktown 📚 Striving to prove the best thing about being in a comic shop, is being in a comic shop! ✏️ And if you can't come in, shop online: http://challengerscomics.com 👔 WIth your dapper hosts, Patrick and W. Dal!
Aw Yeah Comics Skokie @awyeahcomicsskokie.bsky.social Comic shop just outside Chicago in beautiful downtown Skokie!
Chicago Comics @chicagocomics.bsky.social Est. 1986
Your neighborhood queer-run alternative comics shop
3244 N. Clark st.
Quimby's Bookstore @quimbysbookstore.bsky.social The world’s leading purveyor of zines and author and artist produced publications! Open every day 12-7! 1854 North Ave, Chicago! We print books, zines & comics!
https://linktr.ee/QuimbysBookstore
Watcher Comix @watchercomix.bsky.social "We're Watching What You're Watching"
Gene Kannenberg, Jr. @genekjr.bsky.social Librarian/Curator for hire; Cartoonist/Comics Historian/Paper Engineer; Typography/Graphic Design Fan; NASA/nerd; MSLIS/PhD; He/Him. Evanston/Chicago. Proprietor of @comicschicago.bsky.social. linktr.ee/genekjr
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