A2CAF: Small + Indie Press 2025

A. T. Pratt 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, fold-outs and a variety of binding techniques. 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.

Abby Haywood / Craft Sanity CraftSanity is a mother-daughter creative studio specializing in independent zine publishing, illustration, and printmaking. Abby and Jennifer collaborate on many printmaking, podcasting, and publishing projects in their studio by a tiny pond near Grand Rapids.

Andrew Greenstone Andrew Greenstone is a cartoonist from New England living in Hollywood. He is most recently known for "Sid The Cat Magazine", "Starr Wars From Memory", "Shreknado!!!" and several other hilarious, thoughtful, and visually striking works in both fiction and nonfiction.

Alexa Arriaga Alexa Arriaga makes work that is very bright, colorful, and silly. Alexa's comics are made up of random stories, art zines, and textured paintings.

Angie Coe Angie Coe makes risograph-printed autobiographical comics that explore the tension between co-existing truths such as hope and grief, the joy and the mundane of everyday life. Her work intertwines empathetic reflections on the current state of the broader world and her individual experiences of motherhood.

Aquatic Panda Distro Aquatic Panda Distro is a small press comic and art zine distributor. Started by Chicago cartoonist Andrea Pearson in 2023, Aquatic Panda’s mission is to highlight artists of color as well as bring artists of all kinds together through comic and art anthologies.

Ash ThomasAsh Thomas is a mysterious fairy creature that occasionally emerges from the forest to release a comic book. She is a hyperactive feral clown with no accolades or formal art education.

Aster D'Amico A D’Amico is a Michigan based comic artist who loves all things tea, historical fashion, horror, and cats. Their work has run the gambit of subject matter from historical biographies in “Amazons, Abolitionists and Activists (2019)” to fantasy adventures in “Thorn the Unicorn” and conservation mixed with mythology in “The Weird Animal Hour (2024).

Athenaeum Comic Art Athenaeum Comic Art was started in 2021 by Sean Watkins, a lifetime comic book lover and original art collector. In his years of collecting, he noticed that many indie artists were not getting the attention that they deserved by the mainstream original art collecting world. It seemed that there was a need to help very busy artists sell their work to supplement their income and to help them better connect with their fans.

Audrey Jarrett Crablegs Comics is a cartoonist from Michigan. Their work includes auto biographical comics, semi auto biographical comics, riso prints, zines about activism, zines about feelings, and cussing worm stickers. They love biking, swimming, rock climbing, and running errands.

Ben Becker Ben Becker (he/him) is a cartoonist, art director, illustrator, designer, writer, and editor based in Illinois. Ben graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2021 with a BFA in Illustration and Minors in Sequential Art, Graphic Design and Creative Writing.

Ben Sears Ben Sears lives in Kentucky, where his cats watch him draw and play music.

BluRaven C. HouvenerA writer & illustrator from the Michigan area, BluRaven C. Houvener has always been a lover of comics and creating art. In 2019 after a 9 year run on his webcomic ‘It’s Just another day’, he started his comix/zine house BCH Comix! Since BCH Comix's inception, BluRaven has taken part in or personally released 90+ publications and growing.

Brandon Hankins Brandon Hankins is a comics creator and ink painter from Detroit, currently living in East Lansing, Michigan. He focuses on telling action-packed and meaningful fantasy stories, intent on affecting people positively and profoundly. A student of the Japanese art of ink painting, or sumi-e, Brandon strives to infuse every stroke of his brush with life, energy, and honesty.

Brian Canini Brian Canini is a cartoonist that lives with his significantly better half, Amy, and his three amazing kiddos in Sunbury, Ohio. Through his efforts in self-publishing, he has created the award-winning autobio graphic novels Fear of Flying and The Big Year, the critically acclaimed sci-fi comic Plastic People, the award-winning solo anthology Airbag, and is part of the team that produces the Eisner-nominated comics newspaper, The Columbus Scribbler.

Carmen Pizarro Carmen Pizarro's work consists of self-published risograph printed comics ranging from different genres horror, thriller, romance with queer undertones.

Clyde K. Clyde K. is a multidisciplinary artist from northeast Ohio. Her artwork is informed by his queer midwestern identity and displaced nostalgia.

Darya Foroohar Darya is a cartoonist who makes horror comics, autobio and autofiction, and political zines. She is interested in themes of misogyny, identity, and resistance to oppression.

Derek Marks Derek Marks is a Michigan-based cartoonist known for his comics Legendary Spirits, Nights & Weekends, and 120 Minutes: The Interview Sketches. His forthcoming collection, Darling, the collected Fabulous Topless Woman, will debut at A2CAF.

Derick Jones Derick Jones is a NYC based horror cartoonist.  He is currently writing and drawing Nose Bleed and painting your favorite super heroes ripping each other to pieces. 

DnA Artists DnA is a collaboration between Dana Amundsen and Alex O’Keefe, midwest-based zinesters, illustrators, and comic artists. Dana draws girls with swords (and cats), while Alex draws whimsical comics (and bunnies). They’ve been drawing together since 2010 no matter how far apart they find themselves.

Drew B. Hall Drew B. Hall is a cartoonist living in Columbus, Ohio. He is very sorry.

Edanur Kuntman Edanur Kuntman is an Eisner-nominated Turkish cartoonist based in New York City. Her work explores grief and uncanny emotions through experimentation that brings together drawing, narrative, and bookmaking. She enjoys playing with storytelling structures that blur the line between comics, visual poetry, and fine art.

Emma Jayne Emma Jayne is the Ignatz and Prism Award-winning cartoonist and creator of LSBN and The Other Jay & Eve.

Erin Roseberry Erin Roseberry is a cartoonist and risograph printer based in NYC. Her comics work has previously appeared in Iron Circus Comics anthologies, ShortBox Comics Fair, and in a plethora of self-published riso minicomics. She mostly makes comics about sad animals.

Felix McKenna Felix McKenna is a cartoonist and animator from Ann Arbor, MI. They make comics about weird little animals stumbling their way through life and relationships, and about learning to find magic in the mundane.

Finnian Brooke and Mimi Chuang Finn and Mimi are a cartoonist and printmaker duo based in Pittsburgh. Finnian Brooke is a screen printer who creates experimental comics blending his unique otherworldly style of drawing with autobiographical storytelling. Mimi makes interactive comics about climate change and sustainability.

Gabriel Howell Gabe Howell is an Ignatz nominated cartoonist, illustrator, and tattooer based in Chicago, IL. His solo graphic novels have been published by Secret Acres, Bred Press, Entropy Editions, Cold Cube Press, and Reptile House Comix.

Georgie Correa Acosta Georgie Correa is a cartoonist from Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. Their work mainly consists of autobiographical comics, exploring identity as it shifts with time.

Jason Douglas Jason Douglas is a Northville based, Plymouth raised, MSU educated,  Michigan author of comics, stage plays, and prose.

Jay Jay is a multimedia illustrator and comic artist with a love of creepy crawlies and cartoons. Their style is bright and inviting with a focus on bold linework and vivid colors. They make sketchbook zines, spooky comics, and funky stickers.

Jeff Lilly Jeff Lilly is a writer, editor, and educator. To his great surprise, he’s been writing fiction and comics for over three decades. Jeff also writes screenplays and teleplays with Imaginos Workshop and teaches classes about comic writing and editing at convention panels and online.

Jessi Zabarsky Jessi Zabarsky makes graphic novels and self publish shorter comics. Her work is mostly YA, for kids, or all ages. Her subject matter ranges from fantasy to autobio, with dips into recipe comics and other how-to's.

John Greiner John Greiner is a cartoonist and illustrator from Cleveland. He has self-published an array of comics and art zines ranging from Tales to Demystify (autobio comics often about living with a disability) to The Fearless Heart of Frankenstein (semi-autobio Frankensetin erotica) to Shee and The Valley of Wonder (a post-apocalyptic adventure).

Joseph Kelley Jake Kelly is a Cleveland-based artist and author. For the last thirty years he has created elaborate posters and fliers for local clubs and national touring bands, dozens of murals across the country for small businesses, and was the co-creator of the comic series The Lake Erie Monster with fellow Clevelander John G. For the last five years his main focus has been on his ongoing comic series Death, Destruction, Vice, and Sleaze, a work of graphic nonfiction that is part True Crime, part Underground History, and tells the story of Cleveland in the 1960s and 1970s.

Keith Knight Keith Knight, "Gentleman Cartoonist," is an acclaimed artist known for comic strips like The K Chronicles and The Knight Life. Blending humor, satire, politics, and race, his work reflects his experiences as an African-American man, often dealing with social injustices. Knight is also a rapper, social activist, and co-creator of the Hulu series "Woke", based on his life and comics.

Kevin Huizenga Comics published by Drawn and Quarterly and others, self-published zines, zines about teaching comics.

Kirsten Stevens Snoozzzes is a cartoonist and comic artist from the Midwest. They make two ongoing webcomics; Buttermilk & Yoyo and Dead or Alive. While not drawing cute things and cowboys, they like to read, play video games, collect Pokemon cards, and pet their dog.

Leo Covault Leo Covault is a printmaker and zinester exploring gender through the lens of historical fashion and folklore. He creates risograph zines, paper doll and three dimensional set comics, and linocut prints. His work as a library Reference Associate influences his goal of making history accessible and interesting for modern readers. His comic The Harpist, a transgender fairy tale told in paper dolls, debuted in 2024.

Leslie Perrine Leslie Perrine is an artist living in Saint Paul, Mn. She loves creating stories about creatures and the worlds in which they live. She likes to explore different book arts forms to tell stories such as pop ups, tunnel books and hand bound books. Her work is friendly towards all ages and creatures.

Marjorie Gaber Marj makes comics and zines about gay vampires, little dogs who go to art schools, albums they're obsessed with, and whatever else crosses their fancy.

Max Huffman Max Huffman is a Chicago-based humor cartoonist.

Muchen Wang Muchen Wang makes Non Fiction autobiographical comics and zines; subjects around growing up and saying good byes, raise discussion about love, grief and queerness. With relatable scenarios and intimate visual representation they try to create a safe space to every viewer to explore their own emotions and find solace in the idea that they are not alone in their struggles.

Narciso Espiritu. Narciso has made images and designs for editorial, advertising, toy/apparel production, comics, and album/poster art for a few bands. His work is described as kinetic, saturated, and “menacing” (by a British publication that he can no longer remember the name of).

Nate Powell Nate Powell is a National Book Award-winning cartoonist who began self-publishing as an Arkansas teenager in 1992. His newest work includes the graphic novel, Fall Through and a comics adaptation of James Loewen’s Lies My Teacher Told Me, as well as Save It For Later, civil rights icon John Lewis’s March trilogy, Come Again, Two Dead and more. Powell’s next graphic novel, Diana, will be released in 2026.

Nib Rot Nib Rot is a new comics anthology produced by the conspiracy of librarian cartoonists Rimki (Champaign, IL), Ryan Edge (Seattle, WA), and Scott Witmer (Ann Arbor, MI), and featuring drawings by fine artists Paul Nudd (Berwyn, IL) and William Crook Jr. (Springfield, IL).

Nicholas T Offerman Nicholas Offerman is a cartoonist from New Jersey. He graduated from SVA in 2011. In 2014 he was nominated for an Ignatz Award in the Promising New Talent category. He won MoccaFest Awards of Excellence in 2013 & 2019. His comic Do Geese See God was named one of the 50 Best New Comics of 2024 for Adults by the New York Public Library

Rachel Dukes Rachel Dukes is the creator of the cat-centric webcomic Frankie Comics (Oni Press, 2020) and the co-creator of the comics The Wizerd (Oni Press, 2020) and The Secret Life of Shapes (in Hullabaloo magazine) with Michael Sweater. Rachel lives with several invisible illnesses and is currently making the best of things somewhere in the American Southwest. They are thankful for fresh air, good friends, and readers like you

Rachel Hays Taxonomy Press is a risograph micropress in Detroit run by Rachel Hays with a rotating crew of collaborators. We publish, among other things,  the quarterly "Floral Observer", a seasonal newspaper all about interacting with nature. 

Ria Ma FAUST graduated with a BFA from the University of Michigan in 2025 with a focus on sequential illustration but has been drawing and telling stories for as long as they can remember. They love weird horror, bright colors, and silly premises. You can find their work on Bluesky as @shantywolf and on Instagram as @sylphadex."

Rose Bousamra Rose Bousamra is a cartoonist and illustrator mostly working in graphic novels. Her first graphic novel, Frizzy, with author Claribel A. Ortega, won an Eisner award in 2023 for best in kid's publication. Since then Rose has worked on comic covers, their own personal comics, as well as their solo debut graphic novel, an epic fantasy YA called Gutless, with First Second Books.

Sam Szabo Sam Szabo is a cartoonist and printmaker from the North Shore of Boston, now based in Chicago. Her work runs the gamut from autobio to gag cartoons, but almost all of it revolves around my life experiences as a transgender woman. My first graphic novel, "Enlightened Transsexual Comix," was published by Silver Sprocket in 2023.

Shaun Manning Shaun Manning is a writer, publishing professional, and the co-founder and former co-owner of Booksweet, an independent bookstore in Ann Arbor. His comics work includes the graphic novels Macbeth: The Red King, Interesting Drug, and Hell, Nebraska, and his latest series Cole City, as well as short stories for Star Wars Adventures, Edgar Allan Poe's Snifter of Blood, and others.

Steve Schaberg Steve Schaberg is a cartoonist and print-maker with a bunch of small-run screen-printed zines made of his own comics, illustrations, abstract art, and doodles. They come in a variety of different shapes and sizes, and incorporate different kinds of foldout sections and bindings. Steve also has a few issues of short story comics ("One Man Dust Bowl") and a collection of digitally printed dream comics.

Teo Suzuki Teo Suzuki is an independent cartoonist based in New York City. He is the co-founder of the collective Epic Wayne Press, a distributor for the work of both him and his friends. His ongoing comic CULTURAL RESET was nominated for a 2025 Minicomic Award, with the second issue currently being released.