List of cartoonists

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This is a list of cartoonists, visual artists who specialize in drawing cartoons. This list includes only notable cartoonists and is not meant to be exhaustive.

Notable cartoonists[]

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  • Scott Adams, Dilbert
  • Charles Addams (1938-1988), macabre cartoons featured in The New Yorker and elsewhere
  • Attila Adorjany
  • Sarah Andersen, known for Sarah's Scribbles
  • Barry Appleby
  • Sergio Aragonés, known for his contributions to Mad
  • Graciela Aranis (1908-1996), Chilean painter, cartoonist
  • Arotxa (Rodolfo Arotxarena)
  • Jim Bamber, cartoonist of Autosport, magazine specialising in motor sports
  • Edgar Henry Banger
  • Carl Barks, inventor of Duckburg and many of its characters like Scrooge McDuck and Gladstone Gander; Fantagraphics Books called him "the Hans Christian Andersen of comic books."[1]
  • Sumanta Baruah
  • Aminollah Rezaei
  • Niko Barun
  • Darrin Bell, Candorville and Rudy Park
  • Steve Bell, The Guardian (UK)
  • Stephen Bentley, "Herb and Jamaal"
  • Oscar Berger, Aesop's Foibles (1947); active 1920s–1960s
  • Mark Beyer, Amy and Jordan, Agony
  • Brumsic Brandon Jr., "Luther"; with his daughter Barbara Brandon-Croft, first family of cartoonists (father/daughter) to each be nationally syndicated in the U.S. mainstream press
  • Barbara Brandon-Croft, "Where I'm Coming From"; first Black woman cartoonist to be nationally syndicated in the U.S. mainstream press
  • Berkeley Breathed, Bloom County and Outland
  • Frédéric-Antonin Breysse
  • Ed Brubaker
  • Tom Bunk, cartoonist for Mad
  • Mark Burrier
  • John Byrne
  • Al Capp, Li'l Abner
  • Tom Cheney, staff cartoonist for The New Yorker
  • Edgar Church
  • Chester Commodore, political cartoonist
  • George Cruikshank
  • Isaac Cruikshank
  • Isaac Robert Cruikshank
  • Robert Crumb, Mr. Natural, Fritz the Cat, Keep on Truckin'
  • Natalie d'Arbeloff
  • Jack Davis
  • Jim Davis, Garfield
  • Abner Dean
  • Arifur Rahman
  • Narayan Debnath, Indian cartoonist known for Handa Bhonda, Bantul the Great, and Nonte Phonte
  • Richard Decker, The New Yorker
  • Walt Disney, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck
  • Ralph Waddell Douglass
  • Stan Drake
  • George du Maurier, also the author of Trilby
  • Robert W. Edgren, American political cartoonist known for his "Sketches from Death" from the Spanish–American War
  • Will Eisner, The Spirit
  • Otto Eppers
  • Charles Evenden
  • Lyonel Feininger, rare fine artist who did strips, The Kin-der-Kids and Wee Willie Winkie's World
  • Rod Filbrandt
  • David Fletcher
  • Ellen Forney
  • André François
  • André Franquin, Spirou et Fantasio, Gaston Lagaffe, Marsupilami
  • Yuliy Abramovich Ganf, Soviet Russian
  • Eddie Germano
  • Denis Gifford, strips in Whizzer and Chips, Knockout, Marvelman
  • Carl Giles
  • James Gillray, called "the father of the political cartoon".
  • John Glashan, Genius
  • Rube Goldberg, cartoons of complex and convoluted machines doing very simple tasks.
  • Larry Gonick, The Cartoon History of the Universe series,
  • Cleven "Goodie" Goudeau, known for his pioneering Afrocentric images on greeting cards
  • Jimmy Gownley, Amelia Rules! series, Simon & Schuster
  • Bud Grace, "Ernie/Piranha Club"
  • , “The Adventures of Patsy”, “Secret Agent X-9
  • Matt Groening, Life in Hell, The Simpsons, Futurama
  • Sam Gross, for his The New Yorker work, plus many other magazines
  • Shekhar Gurera, well known for his accurate prick of quirky cartoons at India's political and social trends
  • Martin Handford, Where's Wally?
  • Steven Harris
  • Andrew Kennaway Henderson
  • Henfil, Brazilian cartoonist
  • Hergé, The Adventures of Tintin
  • George Herriman, Krazy Kat
  • Herblock American cartoonist
  • Watson Heston
  • Stephen Hillenburg (1961-2018), SpongeBob SquarePants
  • Bill Hinds, "Tank McNamara"
  • Dick Hodgins, Jr.
  • William Hogarth, English pictorial satirist and editorial cartoonist; credited with pioneering western sequential art; work ranged from realistic portraiture to comic strip
  • Bill Holbrook, On the Fastrack, Safe Havens, and Kevin and Kell
  • Nicole Hollander, Sylvia
  • John Holmstrom
  • Geoff "Jeff" Hook, Australian
  • George William Houghton, British golf cartoonist
  • Jim Hummel
  • Edgar Pierre Jacobs, Blake and Mortimer
  • Al Jaffee, Mad
  • Kirk Jarvinen
  • S. Jithesh, World's Fastest Performing Cartoonist
  • Herbert Johnson
  • Mike Judge, Beavis and Butt-head, King of the Hill, The Goode Family
  • Arja Kajermo
  • Avi Katz
  • Bil Keane, "Family Circus"
  • Jeff Keane. "Family Circus"
  • Walt Kelly, Pogo
  • Rik Kemp
  • Molly Kiely
  • Wyncie King
  • Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid
  • Rick Kirkman, "Baby Blues"
  • Heinrich Kley
  • B. Kliban
  • John Kricfalusi, The Ren & Stimpy Show
  • Gary Larson, The Far Side
  • Rick Law, Beyond the Veil
  • R K Laxman, cartoonist for The Times of India, India
  • Mell Lazarus. "Momma, Miss Peach"
  • John Leech, 19th-century Punch cartoonist
  • Michael Leunig, Australian
  • Arnold Levin
  • David Low, New Zealand political cartoonist and caricaturist
  • David Liljemark
  • Neil Lonsdale (1907–1989), New Zealand editorial cartoonist
  • Jay Lynch
  • Trey Parker and Matt Stone, South Park
  • Seth MacFarlane, Family Guy, American Dad!, The Cleveland Show
  • Butch Hartman, The Fairly OddParents, T.U.F.F. Puppy, Danny Phantom, Bunsen Is a Beast
  • Manjul, India Today, The Economic Times and Daily News and Analysis
  • Bob Mankoff, The New Yorker
  • Jack Markow
  • Enrico Mazzanti
  • Scott McCloud, Zot!, Understanding Comics
  • Aaron McGruder, The Boondocks
  • Ronald Michaud
  • Yevgeniy Migunov
  • Mario Miranda, The Economic Times, India
  • Shigeru Mizuki, Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro, master of horror of Japanese manga
  • Guillermo Mordillo
  • Lorin Morgan-Richards
  • Morris, Lucky Luke
  • Joe Murray, Rocko's Modern Life and Camp Lazlo!
  • Rachel Nabors
  • Ogden Nash
  • Nigar Nazar, first female cartoonist of the Muslim world, creator of cartoon character "Gogi"
  • Roy Nelson
  • Mana Neyestani, Iranian cartoonist
  • Ajit Ninan, India Today and The Times of India
  • Floyd Norman
  • Murray Olderman, sports columnist, author of 14 books, National Cartoonist Society Sports Cartoon Award for 1974 and 1978
  • Jack Edward Oliver
  • Jackie Ormes, "Torchy Brown in 'Dixie to Harlem", "Candy", "Patty-Jo 'n' Ginger", "Torchy in 'Hearbeats'"; first Black woman cartoonist to be published nationally in the U.S. (not via syndication)
  • Bruce Ozella
  • Paul Palnik, American Jewish cartoonist
  • Gary Panter
  • Virgil Franklin Partch, known as "VIP;" leading American gag cartoonist from the 1940s to the 1980s
  • Alan Stuart Paterson, New Zealand cartoonist
  • Andrea Pazienza
  • René Pellos, French cartoonist
  • Bob Penuelas, Wilbur Kookmeyer
  • Camillus Perera
  • Bruce Petty
  • Peyo, The Smurfs, Steven Strong, Johan and Peewit
  • Shivram Dattatreya Phadnis
  • Ziraldo Alves Pinto; Brazilian cartoonist
  • Hugo Pratt, Corto Maltese
  • Ken Pyne
  • Quino (Joaquín Salvador Lavado), Argentine cartoonist and social satirist, known for Mafalda
  • Jacki Randall
  • Roy Raymonde, English cartoonist whose work appeared principally in Punch (magazine) and Playboy
  • W. Heath Robinson, British satirist known for drawings of convoluted machines, similar to Rube Goldberg
  • Christine Roche
  • Artie Romero
  • Ed "Big Daddy" Roth
  • Thomas Rowlandson
  • Martin Rowson
  • Øystein Runde
  • Malik Sajad Indian cartoonist, author of graphic novel Munnu - A Boy from Kashmir'
  • Armando Salas
  • Gerald Scarfe ( political)
  • Jerry Scott, "Baby Blues, Zits"
  • Ronald Searle, St Trinians, Molesworth, The Rake's Progress, editorial work
  • Elzie Crisler Segar, Popeye
  • Sempé
  • Claude Serre
  • James Affleck Shepherd
  • Lee Sheppard
  • Gilbert Shelton
  • Shel Silverstein
  • Posy Simmonds, The Silent Three of St Botolph's, Gemma Bovery
  • Siné
  • Jeff Smith, Bone, RASL, Shazam!: The Monster Society of Evil,
  • Mauricio de Sousa, Monica's Gang, Chuck Billy 'n' Folks, The Cavern Clan
  • Art Spiegelman, author of Maus; co-editor of RAW magazine
  • Dan Spiegle
  • George Sprod, Punch and other publications
  • Ralph Steadman, editorial cartoonist and book illustrator
  • Ralph Stein
  • Saul Steinberg
  • Jay Stephens
  • Matt Stone, with Trey Parker, co-creator of South Park
  • Jakob Martin Strid
  • Ed Subitzky, known for his National Lampoon work, also The New York Times
  • Joost Swarte, Dutch comic artist known for his ligne claire or clear line style of drawing
  • Betty Swords
  • Les Tanner, political cartoonist
  • Howard Tayler, pioneered web-cartooning as a profession
  • Raina Telgemeier
  • Osamu Tezuka, Astro Boy, Phoenix; known as the "God" of Japanese manga who defined modern Japanese cartooning
  • Bal Thackeray, formed a political party in India
  • Lefred Thouron
  • Morrie Turner, credited with the first multicultural syndicated cartoon strip
  • Albert Uderzo, Asterix
  • Jim Unger, Canadian cartoonist: Herman
  • Willy Vandersteen, Spike and Suzy, De Rode Ridder
  • Joan Vizcarra
  • Vicco von Bülow, Loriot
  • Keith Waite, New Zealand-born English editorial cartoonist
  • Mort Walker, Beetle Bailey, Hi and Lois
  • Arthur Watts
  • Ben Wicks, Canadian cartoonist and illustrator: The Outsider, Wicks
  • S. Clay Wilson, Zap Comix, Underground Comix
  • Shannon Wright
  • Rhie Won-bok
  • Bianca Xunise, "Six Chix"; first nonbinary cartoonist to be nationally syndicated in the U.S. mainstream press
  • Art Young
  • José Zabala-Santos
  • Zapiro

Cartoonists of comic strips[]

Cartoonists of single-panel cartoons[]

Cartoonists of comic books[]

Cartoonists of action/superhero comic books[]

  • Kyle Baker, creator of Why I Hate Saturn
  • Barry Bradfield, Batman: The Animated Homepage
  • Greg Brooks
  • Jack Cole, creator of Plastic Man, later set the style for cartoons in Playboy
  • Alan Davis, creator of ClanDestine
  • Steve Ditko, creator of many Marvel Comics, including Spider-Man and Doctor Strange, with editor Stan Lee
  • Will Eisner, creator of The Spirit, teacher, publisher, one of the first to popularize the term graphic novel, in his book A Contract with God
  • Bob Kane, creator of The Batman with writer Bill Finger
  • Jack Kirby, creator of Captain America with his partner Joe Simon, and many other comics
  • Erik Larsen, creator of Savage Dragon
  • Jim McDermott
  • Shawn McManus
  • Mike Mignola, creator of Hellboy
  • Frank Miller, creator of Sin City
  • James O'Barr, creator of The Crow
  • Paul Palnik, creator of The God of Cartoons
  • Roberto Raviola, creator of La Compagnia della Forca
  • Shelby Robertson
  • Alberto Saichann
  • Horacio Sandoval
  • Dave Sim, creator of Cerebus
  • Jeff Smith, creator of Bone
  • Ed Tourriol
  • Alain Voss

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ A Timeless Classic For All Ages - Fantagraphics Books
  2. ^ Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association, Austin, Texas. https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook
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