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List of cartoonists
- See also: List of comic strips.
Notable cartoonists
Notable cartoonists include:
- Richard decker, under-recognized The New Yorker master
Charles Addams , macabre cartoons featured in The New Yorker and elsewhere- James Andrews, UK-based children's writer and cartoonist.
- Manik, cartoonist and illustrator of Daily newspaper Prothom Alo
- Ratan, cartoonist and illustrator of Daily newspaper Prothom Alo
- Jim Bamber, cartoonist of Autosport magazine, specialising in news relating to motor sport
- Darrin Bell, Candorville and Rudy Park
- Oscar Berger, Aesop's Foibles (1947); active 1920s - 1960s
- Mark Beyer, Amy and Jordan, Agony
- Wardell Brown, cartoonist and comic book artist, "Spifficated" and "The Nice Guy's Guide to Dating Women"
- Ed Brubaker
- Tom Bunk
Tom Cheney, Staff Cartoonist for The New Yorker
- Chester Commodore, African American political cartoonist
- Robert Crumb, Mr. Natural, Fritz the Cat, Keep on Truckin
- Jack Davis
- Abner Dean
- Joseph Farris featured in The New Yorker and elsewhere
- Will Eisner, The Spirit
- Lyonel Feininger, rare fine artist who did strips, The Kin-der-Kids and Wee Willie Winkie's World
- Steve Fiorilla
- André François
- André Franquin, Spirou et Fantasio, Gaston Lagaffe
- Yuliy Abramovich Ganf, Soviet Russian
- John Glashan, Genius
- Rube Goldberg, cartoons of complex and convoluted machines doing very simple tasks.
- Larry Gonick, The Cartoon History of the Universe series, Kokopelli & Company
- Alan Groening, The Amazing Adventures of Frank and Jolly,Flag Freedom
- Matt Groening, Life in Hell, The Simpsons, Futurama
- Martin Handford, Where's Wally?
- Henfil, Brazilian cartoonist
- Hergé, Tintin
- George Herriman, Krazy Kat
- Bill Holbrook, "On the Fastrack", "Safe Havens" and "Kevin & Kell"
Geoff "Jeff" Hook , Australian- Edgar P. Jacobs, "Blake and Mortimer"
- Mike Judge, "Beavis and Butt-Head", "King Of The Hill"
- Heinrich Kley
- B. Kliban
- Rick Law, Beyond the Veil
- John Leech, 19th-century Punch cartoonist.
- Michael Leunig, Australian
- R K Laxman, cartoonist for The Times of India, India.
- Loriot
- Jay Lynch
- Scott McCloud, Zot!, Understanding Comics
- Seth MacFarlane, Family Guy", American Dad
- Shigeru Mizuki, Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro, - Master of horror of Japanese manga
- Morris, Lucky Luke
- Paul Palnik, The God of Cartoons American Jewish cartoon prophet.
- Virgil Franklin Partch, known as "VIP," he was a leading American gag cartoonist from the 1940s to the 1980s
- Bob Penuelas, Wilbur Kookmeyer
- Bruce Petty
- Peyo, The Smurfs, Steven Strong, Johan and Peewit
- Ziraldo Alves Pinto; Brazilian cartoonist, creator of Menino Maluquinho
- Hugo Pratt, Corto Maltese
- Quino (Joaquín Salvador Lavado), Mafalda, often regarded as the foremost Latin-American cartoonist and a fierce social satirist
- W. Heath Robinson, British satirist famous for drawings of convoluted machines, similar to Rube Goldberg
- Ronald Searle, St Trinians, Molesworth, The Rake's Progress, editorial work and more
- Elzie Crisler Segar, Popeye
- Sempé
- Posy Simmonds, The Silent Three of St Botolph's, Gemma Bovery
- Siné
Art Spiegelman , author of Maus, co-editor of RAW (magazine)- Ralph Steadman, editorial cartoonist and book illustrator
- Uli Stein, Mice
- Saul Steinberg
- Howard Tayler, pioneered web-cartooning as a profession.
- Les Tanner-Political cartoonist (1927-2001)
- Osamu Tezuka, Astro Boy, Phoenix - Known as the "god" of Japanese manga, who practically defined modern Japanese cartooning
- Albert Uderzo, Asterix
- Willy Vandersteen, Spike and Suzy, De Rode Ridder
- Ben Wicks, well known Canadian cartoonist and illustrator. Strips include The Outsider, Wicks
Cartoonists in animation
- Prriya Raj, - Management Cartoonist
- Tex Avery
- Art Babbitt
- Frédéric Back
- Ralph Bakshi
- Joseph Barbera
- Don Bluth
- Tim Burton
- Bob Clampett
- Les Clark
- Gabor Csupo
- Shamus Culhane
- Arthur Davis
- Marc Davis
- Gene Deitch
- Andreas Deja
- Walt Disney
- Ed Emshwiller
- Norm Ferguson
- Friz Freleng
- Eric Goldberg
- Dave Hand
- William Hanna
- Rudolf Ising
- Wilfred Jackson
- Ollie Johnston
- Chuck Jones
- Milt Kahl
- Glen Keane
- Ward Kimball
- John Kricfalusi
- Kutty
- Eric Larson
- John Lasseter
- John Lounsbery
- Ham Luske
- Winsor McCay
- Robert McKimson
- Fred Moore
- Joe Murray
- Grim Natwick
- Bill Plympton
- Wolfgang "Woolie" Reitherman
- Herbert "Herbie" Ryman
- Ben Sharpsteen
- Tom Sito
- Frank Tashlin
- Richard Taylor Green Springs Cartoons
- Frank Thomas
- Bill Tytla
- Richard Williams
- Mark O'Hare
Cartoonists of comic strips
- Aaron McGruder, African-American creator of the controversial strip The Boondocks
- Scott Adams, Dilbert
- Bill Amend, FoxTrot
- John Backderf, aka Derf, Derf City
- George Baker, Sad Sack
- Murray Ball, Footrot Flats
- Darrin Bell, Candorville, Rudy Park
- Jack Berrill, Gil Thorp
- Berke Breathed, Bloom County (1980's American social-polticial), Outland, Opus
- David Breger, G.I. Joe
- Dik Browne, Hi and Lois, Hagar the Horrible
- Ernie Bushmiller, Nancy
- Milt Caniff, Terry and the Pirates, Steve Canyon
- Al Capp, Lil Abner
- Dave Coverly, Speed Bump
- Stan Cross, The Potts and Wally and the Major
- Jim Davis, Garfield
- Norm Feuti, Retail
- Bud Fisher, Mutt and Jeff
- Ham Fisher, Joe Palooka
- J.D. Frazer, User Friendly
- Chester Gould, Dick Tracy
- Bill Griffith, Zippy the Pinhead
- Cathy Guisewite, Cathy
- Nicholas Gurewitch, Perry Bible Fellowship
- Tove and Lars Jansson, The Moomins
- Lynn Johnston, For Better or For Worse
- Eric Jolliffe, Andy
- Walt Kelly, Pogo
- Kemsley, Ginger Meggs
- Hank Ketcham, Dennis the Menace
- Frank King, Gasoline Alley
- Keith Knight, The K Kronicles
- Fred Lasswell, Barney Google
- Winsor McCay, Little Nemo
- Patrick McDonnell, Mutts
- Malcolm McGookin, Blacknose, The Pirate, Eve
- George McManus, Bringing up Father
- Dale Messick, Brenda Starr
- Steve Nease, Pud
- Fred Negro, Pub Strip
- Chris Onstad, Achewood
- Charles Peattie and Russell Taylor, Alex
- Stan Pitt, Larry Flynn, Detective
- Warren Sattler, Grubby, Billy the Kid, Yang, Fightin' Army, Fightin' Marines and Swamp Brats as well as contributing artist for Barnaby daily, The Jackson Twins, Bringing Up Father, Comics for Kids and Hi and Lois.
- Charles M. Schulz, Peanuts
- Caroll Spinney, Harvey
- Garry Trudeau, Doonesbury
- Gustave Verbeek, The Upside Downs, The Terrors of the Tiny Tads
- Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes
- Monty Wedd, The Scorpion, Bert and Ned, Tod Trail, Kirk Raven, Ned Kelly, Sword and Sabre, Captain Justice, Ben Hall and The Making of a Nation
- Jeff Wilson, The Avridge Farm
- KC Green, Droop, Anger Pauly, and Horribleville
Cartoonists of single panel cartoons (gag cartoons)
- Prriya Raj (Management Cartoonist)
Charles Addams - Jerry Van Amerongen
- Ivan Brunetti
- John Callahan, Callahan
- Irwin Caplan
- Dick Cavalli
- Patrick Chappatte (Chappatte)
- Roz Chast
- Doug Davis
- Chon Day
- John Dempsey
- Nick Downes
- Mort Drucker
- Joseph Farris
- Dana Fradon
- Carl Giles (Giles)
- Grea
- Sidney Harris
- Bill Harrison
- Ray Helle
- Tom Henderson
- Ned Hilton
- Judy Horacek
- Stan Hunt
- Al Johns
- Jeff Keate
- Hank Ketcham
- Ted Key
- Bill King
- Nick D. Kim (Nick)
- Vlad Kolarov
- Gary Larson
- Mel Lazarus
- Bill O'Malley
- Larry Miller III
- Frank Owen
- Larry Reynolds
- Salo
- Vahan Shirvanian
- Chris Slane
- Ton Smits
- Syverson
- James Thurber
- Don Tobin
- Walt Wetterberg
- Herb Williams
- Gahan Wilson
- George Wolfe
- Kevin Woodcock
- Zero
Political cartoonists
American
- Darrin Bell, political cartoonist and comic strip cartoonist
- Ruben Bolling, Tom the Dancing Bug
- William Charles (1776–1820), (Scottish immigrant who also worked in London)
- Jay Norwood Darling, editorial cartoonist (two time Pulitzer Prize winner), also designed the first Federal Duck Stamp
- Mark Fiore
- Herblock, full name Herbert Block, longtime cartoonist for the Washington Post, 3 times Pulitzer Prize winner
- Tim Jackson, social commentary cartoonist.[1]
- Kerry G. Johnson, African American caricaturist and illustrator
- Ted Rall, contemporary political cartoonist.
- Tom Tomorrow, This Modern World contemporary political cartoonist.
- J. Winburn, satirical cartoonist of alternative humor & social commentary
Australian
- Dean Alston
- Patrick Cook
- Stan Cross
- David Ditchburn
- William Ellis Green
- Arthur Horner
Geoff "Jeff" Hook - Bill Leak
- Michael Leunig
- Stewart McCrae
- Alan Moir
- George Molnar
- Peter Nicholson
- Pat Oliphant, Pulitzer Prize winner, longtime contemporary American cartoonist originally from Australia
- Ward O'Neill
- Bruce Petty
- Geoff Pryor
- Paul Rigby, principally associated with News Corporation newpapers
- John Spooner
- Cathy Wilcox, political cartoonist and illustrator
Canadian
- Aislin, cartoonist for the Montreal Gazette
- Andy Donato, cartoonist for the [Sun] newspaper chain.
Indian
Palestinian
- Naji al-Ali, Palestinian cartoonist assassinated in 1987
Russian
- Michael Zlatkovsky
Turk
- Cem Kiziltug Zaman Daily Newspaper
Other
- Steve Bell, contemporary British political cartoonist
- Bordalo Pinheiro, Rafael - (1846-1905), Portuguese, creator of Zé Povinho
- Paco Calderón Mexican
- Peter Clark, British political cartoonist for The Guardian.
- Paul Conrad, political cartoons
- Predrag Koraksic Corax, contemporary Serbian political cartoonist.
- William Hogarth, 18th century British political cartoonist
- Richard Horne - English Political cartoonist, author and illustrator.
- John Kent - Varoomshka, New Zealand
- David Low, political cartoonist in Britain between the World Wars, characters included Colonel Blimp.
- Bill Mauldin, Pulitzer Prize winner, gained fame as "soldiers' cartoonist" in World War 2 with his "dogfaces" Willie and Joe
- Thomas Nast, first drew Republican elephant and Democratic donkey, Tammany Hall tiger, set the pattern for the modern Santa Claus
- Paul Palnik American, Jewish, Kabbalistic, Spiritual, Cartoons.
- Dan Russell
- Jim Russell
- SanjeevKD, Caricaturist, Cartoonist, Illustrator from Delhi, India
- Dr. Seuss (Theodore Geisel), Was a political and advertising cartoonist before and during World War II before becoming a children's author
- Clive Uptton (1911-2006) - British
- Vicky, full name Victor Weisz (1913-66) British Socialist cartoonist, born in Berlin, of Hungarian Jewish extraction. Originated Supermac sobriquet applied to Harold Macmillan.
- Carlos Latuff - Brazilian political cartoonist, comics creator, illustrator, focusing U.S. and Middle East affairs.
- Rytis Daukantas, Lithuanian political cartoonist.
Cartoonists of comic books
- Sergio Aragones, MAD, also the creator of GROO.
- Ben Caldwell, famous creator of the Dare Detectives.
- Dan DeCarlo, Archie, Josie and the Pussycats, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
- Kim Deitch creator of Waldo The Cat and comic novels
- Bill Elder, MAD comics, Little Annie Fanny in Playboy
- Vernon Grant, creator of The Love Rangers
- Marc Hansen, creator of Ralph Snart
- Harvey Kurtzman, first editor of MAD, one of the most influential comic artists of all time
- Pran Kumar Sharma, Chacha Chaudhary
Jhonen Vasquez , Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, Squee!, I Feel Sick, Everything can be Beaten, Fillerbunny, Bad art Collection, Happy Noodle Boy- Wally Wood, Mad, both comic book and magazine
- Vince Deporter, DC Comics; Nickelodeon, Spirou (Belgium)
Cartoonists of action/superhero comic books
- Kyle Baker, creator of Why I Hate Saturn
- Elito V. Circa, Pantabangan Folk Artist
- Jack Cole, creator of Plastic Man, later set the style for cartoons in Playboy Magazine
- 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, many other comics through the years
- Erik Larson, creator of Savage Dragon
- M.Rasheed, creator of Monsters 101
- Mike Mignola, creator of Hellboy
- Frank Miller, creator of Sin City
- Paul Palnik, creator of The God of Cartoons
- James O'Barr - creator of The Crow
Dave Sim - creator ofCerebus - Jeff Smith, creator of Bone
See also
- Editorial cartoons
- List of editorial cartoonists
- Illustrator
- mangaka (list of Japanese cartoonists)
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