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The following Self sufficient webcomics are webcomics that produce the primary means of income for their artists and/or writers. This income typically is derived from on-site advertising, web comic merchandising, books of the web comic, art commissions, subscription fees, reader donations or a combination of these means.

• American Elf, other comics, and a music career support James Kochalka.^[1]
• Fetus-X supports Eric Millikin.^[2]
• Megatokyo supports Fred Gallagher.^[3]
• Penny Arcade supports Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins.^[4]
• Sluggy Freelance supports Pete Abrams, who was formerly a webmaster.^[5]

• The Order of the Stick supports Rich Burlew
• 8-Bit Theater supports Brian Clevinger.^[6]
• Chicken Wings supports Stefan Strasser.^[7]
• Ctrl+Alt+Del supports Tim Buckley.^[8]
• Dinosaur Comics supports Ryan North.^[9]
• Dominic Deegan: Oracle For Hire supports Michael "Mookie" Terracciano^[10]
• Goats supports Jonathan Rosenberg.^[11]
• Misfile supports Chris Hazelton. ^[12]
• PvP supports Scott Kurtz.^[13]
• Questionable Content supports Jeph Jacques.^[14]
• Scary Go Round supports John Allison.^[15]
• Schlock Mercenary supports Howard Tayler.^[16]
• Sheldon supports Dave Kellett.^[17]
• Shortpacked! supports David Willis.^[18]
• The Wotch supports Anne Onymous.^[19]
• xkcd supports Randall Munroe.^[20]

Although webcomics are extremely common, ones that becomes successful enough to produce a significant stream of income to support their creators are very rare. Often a webcomic creator is lucky if the comic can even support its own hosting bills.

1. ^ Glenn, Joshua (July 11, 2004). "This American Elf". The Boston Globe, p. D2.
2. ^ Brenner, Lynn (February 27, 2000). "What People Earn: How Did You Do This Year?". Parade Magazine, p. 9.
3. ^ Redding, Alesia I. (April 11, 2003). "Success of strip fortified on Web". South Bend Tribune (Indiana), p. C1.
4. ^ MacDonald, Heidi (December 19, 2005). "Web Comics: Page Clickers to Page Turners; It's like manga five or six years ago". Publishers Weekly, p. 24.
5. ^ Hoffman, Allan (June 18, 2003). "Paying Pals Keep Free Web Sites Going". Newhouse News Service
6. ^ http://www.nuklearpower.com/8bitdonatefaq.php
7. ^ http://www.chickenwingscomics.com/about.php
8. ^ http://ctrlaltdel-online.com/index.php/faq
9. ^ http://www.qwantz.com/about.html
10. ^ http://www.digitalstrips.com/2006/08/interview-with-mookie.html
11. ^ http://goats.com/about/
12. ^ http://www.misfile.com/?menu=donations
13. ^ http://www.pvponline.com/about
14. ^ http://www.questionablecontent.net/faq.php
15. ^ http://scarygoround.com/about.php
16. ^ http://www.schlockmercenary.com/blog/index.php/2006/06/17/technical-difficulties-and-thank-you/
17. ^ http://www.comixpedia.com/the_community_interview_with_blank_label_comics
18. ^ http://www.silverbulletcomics.com/news/story.php?a=4056
19. ^ http://www.thewotch.com/?epDate=2004-12-13
20. ^ http://xkcd.com/about/