Organizations and Institutions

Amateur and Professional Cartooning Association - Trade group for professional and aspiring artists.
perower.tripod.com/

Anonima Fumetti - Italian Cartoonists Society - Italian Cartoonists Society's and the Italian Comic Art Centre. In Italian and English.
www.fumetti.org/

The Association of Canadian Editorial Cartoonists - A professional association concerned with promoting the interests of staff, freelance and student editorial cartoonists in Canada.
www.canadiancartoonists.com/

Caroline and Erwin Swann Foundation - Contains information about the Swann Fellowship in Caricature and Cartooning as well as links to the Swann Gallery and Library of Congress exhibitions, collections, and resources.
www.loc.gov/rr/print/swann/swannhome.html

Cartoon Art Museum of San Francisco - A guide to this museum, contains information on exhibits. Also has an online store.
www.cartoonart.org

CartooNet - The Global Agency for Cartoonists, Illustrators and Animators. Cartoon and Comics Paradise: on-line comic shop, agency for artists, gallery, news, networking and links a plenty
www.illustration-agency.com/

The Cartoonists' Guild UK - Online member directory, organised alphabetically and according to their works.
www.cartoonistsguild.com/

The Comic Art Preservation Society (CAPS) - Dedicated to the preservation, study, and interpretation of fine comic, cartoon, and animation art with particular attention paid to artists of Western New York. Features a gallery of comic art, news, and links.
members.aol.com/wnycaps/caps.html

Comic Book Legal Defense Fund - Exists to fight censorship and defend the first amendment rights of comic book professionals throughout the United States.
www.cbldf.org/

Failure - A loose confederation of cartoonists who have one thing in common: an independent spirit. Contains message board and comics-related links.
www.failurecomics.com/

Friends of Lulu - National organization whose main purpose is to promote and encourage female readership and participation in the comic book industry.
www.friends-lulu.org/

Funtime Comics - A group of artists and enthusiasts from Christchurch, New Zealand who produce a regular comic anthology and work towards the promotion and discussion of the comics medium.
funtime.comics.org.nz

Harvey Awards - Honoring excellence in the Comics Industry since 1988. The only comics awards both nominated and selected by the full body of comics professionals.
www.harveyawards.org

Iranian Cartoonists on the Web - Biographies and sample cartoons for several cartoonists.
www.irancartoon.com/

London Cartoon Gallery - Devoted to contemporary British cartoons, newspaper strips, cartoonist biographies and related merchandise.
www.cartoongallery.co.uk/

The National Association of Comics Art Educators - An organization which supports educators and academic institutions seeking resources for teaching comics art in the classroom.
www.teachingcomics.org

National Cartoon Museum (NCM) - Presents a gallery of artists and their work, advice for aspiring artists and a peek into the Museum store.
www.cartoon.org/

National Cartooning Competition - Information on the competition for primary and secondary schools in Australia, teaching cartooning and creativity. By the Australian Black and White Artists' Club and L. J. Hooker Ltd.
www.stoplaughing.com.au/

National Cartoonists Society - Information on recent legal issues, the Rueben award, how to become a cartoonist. Also, biographical notes on famed cartoonists.
www.reuben.org/

SmallPressComics.com - Devoted to the creation, promotion, and distribution of small press comics. Features message boards, a weekly chat, and a database of small press creators.
smallpresscomics.com/