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Rob Hamm, Cat Glewwe, and Shannon Henry are the cartoonists who create Blue Crash Kit. Blue Crash Kit is an anthropomorphic (animals that are attributed human-like qualities), serial strip that follows the lives of a superhero trio. Blue, a panther/timber wolf hybrid, is impulsive and hardheaded, but this is probably due to his particular super powers. Blue goes by the superhero name Talon and has superhuman strength, agility, stamina, regenerative powers, toughened skin, and enhanced senses. Blue is the leader of the trio and often the first into battle, but a lot of the decisions are decided as a group. He lives in a house with his two mates, Crash and Kit. Crash, a tiger/Scottish wildcat/cheetah/? hybrid, who ends up being the voice of reason for the group, and sometimes has to act as a sort of mother for Blue and Kit. Crash is a psychic superhero by the name of Firecat, who can use her telekinetic powers to manipulate objects with her mind, fly, and use her pyrokinetic powers to create fire and bend it to her will. Crash spends a lot of her time working with computers and trying to write, but usually ends up getting dragged into Blue and Kit's random antics. Kit, a artic fox, is the youngest member of the trio, and acts as such, but behind her childlike antics is a great analytical mind that is constantly working. Kit goes by a wide variety of names, and constantly changes her superhero identity so often that the media finally gave up trying to keep up with her and dubbed her Enigma. Her powers are mystically based and allow her to change into any animal that she has observed in person. She enhances her abilities with martial arts and her uncle ha started training her with further developing her mystical powers. Kit throws herself headlong into life and enjoys everything to it's fullest, and if she could focus for long enough, she could become the strongest member of the team.

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Jennifer Boeke is the cartoonist who creates Catharsis. Catharsis is an anthropomorphic (animals that are attributed human-like qualities), serial strip that follows the life of a woman named Gwenivere Ivy Dahlgren and her strange collection of roommates. Gwen was originally in a relationship with a guy for whom she moved away from the big city, to a quiet suburban town. Not long after she moved, she ends up being dumped by the very same person who she moved to be with. This didn’t really leave her alone, as she always was with her stalwart companion, a Labrador-sized dragon named Rremly. Rremly was the runt of a clutch of dragons that was hatched over 400 years ago, and not long after he hatched, he was sent off to live in a castle, as it was the custom at the time. Rremly wasn’t so much used for his dragon prowess as he was more used as a playmate for the princess. Rremly grew up with the princess, and developed his loyal and carefree personality, which he maintains to this day. He continues to act silly and impulsively for the amusement of Gwen, as she is easily in touch with her inner child and can romp with Rremly whenever real life doesn’t intrude on their time together. On a whim, Rremly “adopted” a squirrel named Baxter, who continually puts up a sour front, in spite of which has come to care for his newfound friends, even if he doesn’t show it often. Of course Baxter has to be careful of random biting attacks from three sentient balls of dust named Romulus, Remus, and Bitey, or from stealthy ninja attacks from the newly acquired kitten named Aya.

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Michael Terracciano is the cartoonist who creates Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire. Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire is a serial strip that follows the life of a seer named Dominic Deegan. At an early age Dominic learned that he had the power to see the future, but he soon learned that this made him special, yet an outcast at the same time. As he grew up, Dominic uses his gift of second sight to divine futures for money. This has probably made him a little cynical; as many of his customers ask him questions they probably could have answered on their own. At times his second sight works without his prompting, showing him visions of an unaltered future (meaning that he could still change it if he wished) that might be of importance to him. It's through these visions that he becomes entangled with another lonely soul by the name of Luna Travoria. Luna was born with slight tusks, a rare human birth defect, indicating that orcs were located somewhere in the Travorian bloodline. This constant reminder of a secret shame, coupled with the fact that her mother prided herself on being the fetching beauty with lovely daughters, prompted Luna's mother to enact a terrible plot. If Luna would end up killing herself after a visit from a Royal Knight of Callan, then the Callanese government would owe Luna's mother recompense for the death of her daughter. Her plan of belittling and diminishing her daughter's self esteem almost worked, if not for the timely intervention of Dominic. Dominic not only foiled Luna's mother's plot, but also managed to save Luna's live twice in the process. Perhaps sensing a kindred spirit, or because his second sight lead him to her, Dominic allowed the now abandoned Luna, to become his apprentice and help him in his theories of magical research. Now they travel together, their lives enmeshed with one another, as they continue trying to find a place of peace and quiet, but only if Dominic's visions will allow him to do so.

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Tim Dawson is the cartoonist who creates Dragon Tails. Dragon Tails is a daily serial comic that follows the lives of eight young dragons. Left alone to fend for themselves in their forest hideaway, the dragons survive and wait until the day that they will be fully-grown dragons. Being stuck in a forest is pretty boring to most of the baby dragons, and despite the leadership of the eldest of the siblings, Enigma, they get is all sorts of trouble. The dragons have to deal with problems ranging from Bluey’s inventions to going to the movies and dealing with the pesky humans, to a power-hungry squirrel who wants to take over the world.

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Dan Shive is the cartoonist who creates El Goonish Shive. El Goonish Shive is a serial strip that follows the lives of two best friends, Elliot and Tedd. Tedd isn’t your typical teenager, as looks are deceiving. Due to his feminine facial features, Tedd wears glasses at all times, to help better define his gender. Being an intellectual like his father, he is intensely curious with machines of all sorts. So you could imagine the types of things he could get his hands on since his father works for a branch of government that covers up paranormal events. Tedd particularly enjoys indulging his fetishes through a gun that can change a person’s very gender or even species. Elliot, being an athletic, outgoing kind of guy, looks after Tedd as well as has become best friends. Compared to Tedd, Elliot is an ordinary guy. If the ordinary guy took anime martial arts classes, and had strange battle aura driven fighting powers. Elliot is used to strange things happening around Tedd, as is his girlfriend Sarah. Sarah is a strong-willed individual who enjoys action movies, art, and spending time with Elliot. She tends to avoid confrontations, even though Elliot seems to look for them. They have become good friends with Tedd’s new houstguest, named Shade Tail, or preferably Grace. Grace used to be a lab experiment that was run by a secret group trying to make super soldiers. The idea was to be able to make people able to shape-shift into hybridized animal/human forms to increase battle prowess. Once one experiment decimated the lab, Grace ran off on her own, and eventually to Tedd’s father. Now hiding out from her fellow experiments, she has time to learn about the world around her and focus her affections on Tedd, much to his enjoyment.

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Ryan Smith is the cartoonist who creates Funny Farm. Funny Farm is an anthropomorphic (animals that are attributed human-like qualities), daily serial strip that follows the lives of six people who live in a small boarding house. Ront (a dog) and Mewn (a cat) are the co-owners of the boarding house. They have to deal with the eccentric lifestyles of their boarders and roommates. In addition to dealing with the boarders, they have to deal with all sorts of problems ranging from dealing with a shadowy corporation, to a sentient PC that takes over Finland and renames it Siliconoplis.

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Jeffrey T. Darlington is the cartoonist who creates General Protection Fault. General Protection Fault is a serial strip that focuses on the employees of GPF Software. Dwayne Duncan is the owner and lead software engineer of GPF Software, but spends the majority of his time charting out the progress for his company, rather than coding software. Dwayne is warm and open man, who is very trusting of his employees, so much so that he can be taken advantage of (and has been) from time to time. Jason (or Fooker as he prefers to be called) is the co-system administrator, who is a programming guru, but seems like he lacks much in interpersonal skills and basic hygiene habits. In addition to his duties for GPF software, Jason used to moonlight as a secret agent for a covert US agency called the UGA (Undisclosed Government Agency), and had become a top agent before his cover was blown and had to lie low for a while. After growing tired of his double-life, Jason switched places with his twin-brother (who was supposed to be the one to become a secret agent in the first place), and re-inserted himself back into society. Ki is a software programmer as well as the head of the DBA for the company. Ki is a self-proclaimed geek, who acts like one of the guys, fitting in well with the rest of her co-workers. While she maintains a tough-independent woman in public, she still maintains her connection to her feminine side, which makes her a bit of a romantic. Nick is a software programmer who has a talent for creating innovative devices due to his "inventor's gene," but sometimes doesn't test them through for safety. Nick is usually shy around women and people he doesn't know, due to his fascination with all things "geeky", and often tries to view the good in people and takes them at their word. Sharon is the other co-administrator, and is every bit the counterpart to Fooker. She is an expert programmer and computer geek, who is being sought after by a cult of computer programmers who believe she is going to be the one to bring balance to the world.

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Ali Graham is the cartoonist who creates HOUSD. HOUSD is a serial strip that follows the lives of the actors who star in the online comic, HOUSD. Craig lives in one house together with Neil, Jess (or at least she is over enough to seem like she is), and an anthropomorphic (animals that are attributed human-like qualities) penguin named Cubert. Craig is the main focus of the comic, and without him, the cartoonist, Ali (the cartoon version), wouldn't be able to create the comic effectively (beyond his normal drunken ramblings). Craig spends a lot of his time playing video games or getting into different problems, which usually end up with him getting hurt. Craig can be awkward at times, not usually using common sense when finding something to do, due to his impulsive nature. Craig and Neil end up often playing pranks on one another. Neil can be very accident-prone and often finds himself being taken advantage of because of his naiveté. Neil can often with simple reasoning skills, but claims to possess many deadly fighting arts, but doesn't yet get to display them. Jess often has to be the bastion of sanity in the household as she feels like she is the only levelheaded one in the house. Jess doesn't actually stop any of the things that Craig or Neil does, but just enjoys the events as they unfold. Jess does have a quick temper, especially where her sister is concerned. Jess often has to beat Craig and Neil due to the various things they say or do, but is quite used to it, since she went to high school together with them (and they haven't changed much). Cubert is a very intelligent penguin that can talk, and often gets the guys into trouble with his sarcastic comments and weird plans. Cubert, like everyone else, is in for himself, and often does things at their expense.

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David Morgan-Mar is the cartoonist who creates Irregular Webcomic. Irregular Webcomic is a serial strip that features a medium of Lego pieces to convey the story, and focuses on several different themed storylines. Cliffhangers follows the life of Dr. Montana “Monty” Jones in the 1930’s, and his run-ins with the Nazi army as he tries to keep them from plundering the world’s archeological treasures. Death follows the dealings of the deaths assigned to collecting souls that died in various ways, and their troubles involved in the collection. Espionage follows the life of British secret agent 0x0A, James Stud, as he tries to save the world from evil masterminds bent on conquering the world. Fantasy follows the lives of a adventuring group and their explorations and interactions with the Game Master. Harry Potter is based on the works of J.K. Rowling and follows the lives of students at Hogwart’s Academy. Imperial Rome is set in the Roman era, and follows the lives of a senator, Marcus, and an aspiring senator named Julius. Martians follows the lives of three Martians who try to take over the world, but have to deal with inept plans and The Men In Black. Mythbusters follows the lives of the cast of the television show, Mythbusters, as they try to find out the truth about various urban myths. Nigerian Finance Minister follows the cast of the finance ministry of Nigeria and their various plans to try and raise money for various purposes. Pirates follows the life of Captain Long Tom Short and his crew of dastardly pirates. Shakespeare follows the life of Will(iam) Shakespeare if he was born in the modern era and the influences it has on his writing. Space follows the lives of a crew of explorers and their adventures in space and cyberspace. Star Wars follows the lives of the casts of all of the Star Wars movies that were created by George Lucas and their adventures and insights about their experiences in the Star Wars universe. Steve and Terry follows the lives of the crocodile hunter, Steve Erwin and his exploration of the natural and supernatural world. Finally, Supers follows the lives of The League of Good Guys, starring: Captain Spatula, Dino Boy, Refractive Man, and the Worm Master. They fight against the Axis of Antagonists, which is comprised of: The Hippo, The Sea Dog, Aqualich, and The Bug.

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Bill Holbrook is the cartoonist who creates Kevin and Kell. Kevin and Kell is an anthropomorphic (animals that are attributed human-like qualities), serial strip that follows the lives of the Dewclaw family. The Dewclaw family came together when a rabbit named Kevin Kindle and a wolf named Kell Dewclaw fell in love from their frequent online chats. There was a little bit of turbulence when they realized how different they really were, but managed to overcome the traditional predator and prey relationship and build a marriage together. From his previous marriage, Kevin brought with him his adopted daughter, a hedgehog named Lindesfarne, and Kell brought her son, a wolf named Rudy. In order to stay as much out of public scrutiny as possible, they moved to the suburban town of Domain, which bordered the great Wild, where animals still held the traditional ways. Kevin started up his Internet Service Provider, Hare-Link, and Kell continued to work as an executive for Herd Thinners, a company that specializes in products made from prey species as well as trimming down the prey species population. Together, they had a child, a carnivorous rabbit named Coney, who looks just like a rabbit, but behaves like and has the same diet as a wolf. As for humanity as a whole, they are only known to most people as an online comic that Rudy draws in his spare time, but the various bird species knows of the existence of humans in another dimension, and provides a barrier between the two worlds.

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Isabel Gonzalez-Marks is the cartoonist who creates Namir Deiter. Namir Deiter is an anthropomorphic (animals who take on human-like qualities), serial strip that follows the lives of four girls. Tipper, a white and light orange cat, the youngest of the four, she is used to “benefiting” from the other girls advice, if she wants it or not! Tipper struggles through high school trying to find the right person to fall in love with, but hasn’t had any luck as of so far. Fortunately, she has her sister, Snickers to help with her problems. Snickers Namir, a purple cat, is the oldest of the Namir sisters, and is one of the most levelheaded and responsible people around. She usually gets flack for sticking to the rules and tendencies toward mothering her younger sister, but she surprised them all when she married her boyfriend, Twix. Twix, a white and orange spotted cat, is eccentric in that he takes his mannerisms and manners from an earlier age of wearing tails and a top hat. He ended up taking the Namir name (much to his surprise) and moved into the Namir home when Snickers and Tipper’s mother left the country on an open-ended trip. This amuses Blue Deiter, a blond cat with blue hair, to no end, because she gladly verbally spars with Twix from time to time. Blue is a free spirit, enjoying the moment, and the company of boys, but without the commitment. This stems from having come from a broken home, and running off to live with the woman she believes is her older sister. Fortunately, she has friends like Joy Satu, a formerly pink rabbit (now white), to amuse herself with. Joy loves computers, but is a shy person, as she felt self-conscious about the fact her fur would turn white in the winter. She is growing to accept this fact, but she seems to meet with several setbacks ranging from her longtime boyfriend leaving her and her friend Mallory having betrayed her. At least the others can take comfort in that she is getting better.

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Stephan Pastis is the cartoonist who creates Pearls Before Swine. Pearls Before Swine is an anthropomorphic (animals who take on human-like qualities), daily serial strip that follows the lives of two best friends: a rat named Rat and a pig named Pig. Rat is very enterprising, being ever on the look out for ways to get rich, meet women, and acquire fame. He feels himself as sort of an intellectual, but also feels that his plans and ideas are wasted on his friend Pig. Pig is pretty naïve, and a little slow witted, but he is quite happy with his current lot in life. Rat will get infuriated with Pig's little questions and his games with various people and objects, like his fruit club. So Rat tends to spend more and more time showing he is above those games and showing that he is better than Pig.

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Scott Kurtz is the cartoonist who creates PvP: Player vs Player. PvP is a daily serial comic strip that follows the lives of the staff of PvP magazine. The PvP staff is as follows: Cole Richards, the owner and administrative head of PvP; Brent Sienna PvP's creative director; Jade Fontaine, a staff writer who writes about women's point of view toward the video game industry; Francis Ottoman, a staff writer who knows all there is to know about gaming; Robbie and Jase, two “sports writers” who critique sports games, but end up doing more playing than working; and finally, a large blue troll named Skull who has become PvP's unofficial mascot. PvP deals with topics from the gaming industry to relationships by using intellectual humor mixed in with slapstick.

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The Cartoonist known as Bleedman creates The PowerPuff Girls Doujinshi (an unofficial, amateur produced manga based upon successful, well established manga or anime series) is a serial strip that follows the lives of the PowerPuff Girls (as seen on Cartoon Network). Professor Utonium created the PowerPuff Girls in an effort to create the perfect girls, and due to accidental addition of Chemical X, they became super-powered girls, who “fight crime just before bedtime”. After moving from Townsville to Megaville, the PowerPuff Girls enroll into Megaville Elementary and enter the first grade. Blossom is the leader of the PowerPuff Girls. She is cool under high pressure and makes all of their plans. Bubbles is the soft-spoken member of the group, preferring to enjoy life as a little girl, and remains naive of most of the adult-level issues the girls deal with every day. Buttercup is the impulsive one, preferring to quickly answer all challenges in her life with a show of force and hates to lose. Immediately after joining the class, Buttercup comes at odds with a fellow classmate, Dexter, Boy Genius (also seen on Cartoon Network), as his haughty attitude irritates her. Blossom on the other hand, is strangely attracted to Dexter, as his loner lifestyle and high intelligence gives her someone whom she can talk to and might relate to her own experiences. However, she notices that a dark cloud seems to follow Dexter, and seems to dampen his creative spirit, causing him to obsess over trying to recreate his lost sister, DeeDee. Of course, Megaville is not without peril, as MoJo JoJo has followed the PowerPuff girls, determined to break them as he views the girls as is only obstacle to ruling the world. He receives help from an unknown source, who seems to be a figure pulling the strings of the various super-villains of Megaville, and who seems keenly interested in Dexter and the PowerPuff Girls.

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Pete Abrams is the cartoonist who creates Sluggy Freelance. Sluggy Freelance is a serial strip that follows the lives of two friends, Riff (Riffington) and Torg. Riff is an inventor and mechanical genius that is able to create new technologies sometimes utilizing mundane equipment. While Riff can create a lot of wonderful inventions, they often lack a lot of practical planning or are not followed through upon, which sometimes results in trouble. He has difficulties with his mother, a famous talk show host who goes by the name of Dr. Lora, who takes out a lot of her personal anger over her divorce on her callers, often breaking them down to tears. Torg loves to sit back and take life as it comes, treating every day like he used to as a child, fully enjoying life. He prefers to not work, but does have the necessary skills required to be a web designer, and sometimes offers his services over the Internet. Torg really is the last person who someone can call as being responsible, but lately the rest of the housemates have noticed a distinct change in Torg's demeanor, due to his experiences in an alternate reality. The source of a lot of Torg's change is one of the other housemates and his good friend, Zoë. Zoë is practically the sole source of reason in the household, as she finds that Torg and Riff's schemes are often silly or ill conceived, and she often has to bear the brunt of the financial responsibilities for maintaining the house. Torg and Zoë have developed a close friendship that could blossom into romance if they could have a sane moment together, and provided that Torg didn't do something to ruin the moment. Gwynn, the other human roommate, is a practicing witch, through the book of E-Ville, a terrible book that she promised not to work with, but hasn't strictly enforced. Since a lot of accidents end up coming her way, she takes out a lot of her anger on Torg and Riff, but can usually be mollified through bribes of video games. Kiki (a hyperactive anthropomorphic ferret with a problem keeping her mind on something for a long enough period of time) and Bun Bun (an often psychotic, switchblade-wielding, anthropomorphic mini-lop) usually also reside in the house, often causing their own brands of trouble.

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Chris Crosby is the cartoonist who creates Superosity. Superosity is a serial strip that follows the life of a guy named Chris and his sentient board-like creature he aptly named Boardy. Chris lives with his brother Bobby and Boardy in Super City Apartments. Chris is almost childlike in his naiveté, and at times has irrational dislikes or hatred for things. He has the ability to find the good in most people and focus on that aspect, assuming that everyone likes him, and that they are all good friends. He relies on Boardy for the majority of his needs, and spends his time seeking things that he enjoyed in his childhood or having Boardy cater to his every whim or fancy. Boardy has no memories of his past and is constantly trying to find out who and what he is. Unfortunately, his search is often interrupted by the constant demands that Chris has of him, but doesn't mind helping his friend, since Chris did find and help him when he needed it. Chris's brother, Bobby, is about the exact opposite of Chris. Bobby is constantly irritated with his cheerful brother and despite any threats of violence or verbal abuse; Chris still sticks with Bobby, much to his annoyance. Bobby hates about everyone and everything, but constantly attempts to concoct plans that will enable him to take over the world, so he could run things his way. Chris's fiancé, Arcadia, is a kindred spirit and shares his childlike innocence, but loves being a lawyer. Arcadia caters to her brother and grandmother's wishes, but rebelled against their decision and decided to marry Chris. She enjoys going on Chris's wacky adventures as typically they are exciting, and usually nothing bad happens (thanks to Boardy's constant vigilance).

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Patrick Shaughnessy is the cartoonist who creates Triangle and Robert. Triangle and Robert is a serial strip that follows the lives of two geometric shapes, a triangle named triangle, and a rhombus named Robert. Triangle and Robert exist on a world that was similar to ours, but the human race itself was considered the “fourth race”. Currently the dominant life forms on the planet are geometric shapes and clip art. A mysterious being named “The Cartoonist” came and started exerting his influence on their world, now their world went from a graphically rendered geometric world to a bleak white world, with basic colors and lines to compose themselves. Triangle and Robert get involved in many wacky adventures ranging from getting rid of cursed artifacts, to getting all the united states senators to sign a fish, to even a battle with the pudding watcher, Orpuddex. In fact, they get involved in so many wacky adventures that they opened up a business that specializes in wacky and zany adventures.

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J. D. "Illiad" Frazer is the cartoonist who creates User Friendly. User Friendly is a serial strip that follows the lives of the employees of Columbia Internet, a medium sized Internet service provider. Columbia Internet is run by a man known to his employees as simply The Chief. The Chief, like some managers, is sometimes out of the loop of what his employees do, and this is due to either trusting him employees too much or not paying enough attention to their activities. Assisting him in financial decisions is the employee known simply as The Smiling Man. The Smiling Man is known as such due to his constant gleeful smile, even when he is delivering bad news to the employees. Pitr Dubovich is the administrator who is slowly trying to take over the world and become a true evil dictator. Mike Floyd is the system administrator and the person who everyone first comes to when something goes wrong with the network. The stress causes Mike to have a fierce caffeine addiction due to the fact that has to not only put up with the customers crashing the network, but also the blunders of Stef Murky, the Corporate Sales Manager. Stef doesn't really work well with computers, but feels that his position is far superior to the computer technician's position, so if anything goes wrong, he is more than happy to let them know. Stef's constant crashing of the network causes problems for Greg Flemming, the help desk technician a lot of problems as well, as he is the front-line support with the customers. To help handle all of the downtime, The Chief hired an additional technician, Miranda Cornielle, to keep the servers up and running. Finally, the last employee, A.J. Garrett, is the web technician who is in charge of maintaining the website and graphical content of Columbia Internet.

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Isabel and Terrence Marks are the cartoonists who create You Say it First. You Say it First is an anthropomorphic (animals that are attributed human-like qualities), serial strip that builds on the story of a budding couple, a hedgehog named Brisbane Adams and a rabbit named Kimberly Taylor from Unlike Minerva. Brisbane is very shy and has trouble expressing his feelings, and ends up spending a lot of time worrying about how is perceived by others. Kimberly is almost the complete opposite of Brisbane, as she always needs to be moving, occupying her time, and always looks at the bottom line of things. Both are taking their relationship slowly as they have both had difficulty in previous relationships, and they don't want to ruin this relationship. They moved in together through a twist of fate when the Minerva Theater closed, and their relationship has slowly started to blossom. Of course, like many couples, they do have difficulties. They have underlying trust issues due to previous experiences, and Kimberly's former High School friend, a squirrel named Emily Pritchard. Emily and Kimberly drifted apart after High School, until Emily decided to renew their contact five years later. She and Kimberly have always had a little friendly rivalry going, and Emily dislikes the idea of sharing Kimberly with Brisbane and ends up trying to find ways to break them apart. This causes friction between Kimberly and Emily, as Kimberly doesn't really feel that Emily is her friend when they didn't stay in contact the entire time Emily went off to college. The stress from this situation ends up causing friction between Brisbane and Kimberly, but so far they have managed to weather through the rough spots.