Organizations and Institutions

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

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.
http://www.harveyawards.org

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

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

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

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

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.
http://www.stoplaughing.com.au/

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

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.
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/swann/swannhome.html

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

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

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

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

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.
http://funtime.comics.org.nz

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

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