List of cartoonists
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. Note that the word 'cartoon' only took on its modern sense after its use in Punch magazine in the 1840s - artists working earlier than that are more correctly termed 'caricaturists',
Notable cartoonists
Scott Adams , Dilbert Charles Addams (1938–1988), macabre cartoons featured in The New Yorker Attila Adorjany Sarah Andersen , known for Sarah's Scribbles Barry Appleby Dan Piraro Sergio Aragonés , known for his contributions to Mad Graciela Aranis (1908–1996), Chilean painter, cartoonistPeter Arno (1904–1968), cartoons featured in The New Yorker Arotxa (Rodolfo Arotxarena)Jim Bamber , cartoonist of Autosport motor sports Edgar Henry Banger Carl Barks , inventor of Duckburg Scrooge McDuck Gladstone Gander Fantagraphics Books called him "the Hans Christian Andersen of comic books."[ 1] Sumanta Baruah Aminollah Rezaei Niko Barun Nancy Beiman , "FurBabies"Darrin Bell , Candorville Rudy Park Steve Bell , The Guardian (UK)Stephen Bentley , "Herb and Jamaal"Jim Benton , known for his cartoons on reddit, GoComics, and Instagram as well as It's Happy Bunny Dear Dumb Diary Franny K Stein Catwad Batman Squad Attack of the Stuff Oscar Berger , Aesop's Foibles (1947) ; active 1920s–1960sMark 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 pressBarbara Brandon-Croft , "Where I'm Coming From"; first Black woman cartoonist to be nationally syndicated in the U.S. mainstream pressBerkeley Breathed , Bloom County Outland Frédéric-Antonin Breysse Ed Brubaker Henry Bunbury 18th Century British caricaturistTom Bunk , cartoonist for Mad Stanley Burnside , Sideburns [ 2] 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 19th Century British caricaturistIsaac Cruikshank 18th Century British caricaturistIsaac Robert Cruikshank 19th Century British caricaturistRobert 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 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 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 RussianEddie Germano Denis Gifford , strips in Whizzer and Chips Knockout Marvelman Carl Giles James Gillray , 18th century British, 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, Kokopelli & Company Cleven "Goodie" Goudeau , known for his pioneering Afrocentric images on greeting cardsJimmy Gownley , Amelia Rules! series, Simon & Schuster Bud Grace , "Ernie/Piranha Club"Mel Graff , “The Adventures of Patsy ”, “Secret Agent X-9 ”Matt Groening , Life in Hell The Simpsons Futurama Sam Gross , for his The New Yorker Shekhar Gurera , well known for his quirky cartoons about India 's political and social trendsWilliam Haefeli Martin Handford , Where's Wally? Steven Harris Butch Hartman , The Fairly OddParents T.U.F.F. Puppy Danny Phantom Bunsen Is a Beast Andrew Kennaway Henderson Henfil , Brazilian cartoonistHergé , The Adventures of Tintin George Herriman , Krazy Kat Herblock American cartoonistWatson 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 Kevin and Kell Nicole Hollander , Sylvia John Holmstrom Geoff "Jeff" Hook , AustralianGeorge William Houghton , British golf cartoonistJim Hummel Edgar Pierre Jacobs , Blake and Mortimer Al Jaffee , Mad Kirk Jarvinen S. Jithesh , World's Fastest Performing CartoonistHerbert 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 Abril Lamarque 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 cartoonistJonathan Lemon , Alley Oop Michael Leunig , AustralianArnold Levin David Liljemark Neil Lonsdale (1907–1989), New Zealand editorial cartoonistDavid Low , New Zealand political cartoonist and caricaturistJay Lynch Trey Parker and Matt Stone , South Park Seth MacFarlane , Family Guy American Dad! The Cleveland Show Manjul , India Today The Economic Times 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 , IndiaShigeru Mizuki , Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro manga Guillermo Mordillo Arthur Moreland Lorin Morgan-Richards Morris , Lucky Luke Joe Murray , Rocko's Modern Life Camp Lazlo! Rachel Nabors Ogden Nash Nigar Nazar , first female cartoonist of the Muslim world, creator of cartoon character "Gogi"Roy Nelson Richard Newton , 18th century British caricaturistMana Neyestani , Iranian cartoonistAjit Ninan , India Today The Times of India Floyd Norman Murray Olderman , sports columnist, author of 14 books, National Cartoonist Society Sports Cartoon Award for 1974 and 1978Jack 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 cartoonistGary Panter Virgil Franklin Partch , known as "VIP;" leading American gag cartoonist from the 1940s to the 1980sAlan Stuart Paterson , New Zealand cartoonistAndrea Pazienza René Pellos , French cartoonistBob Penuelas , Wilbur Kookmeyer Camillus Perera Bruce Petty Peyo , The Smurfs Steven Strong Johan and Peewit S. D. Phadnis , Indian cartoonistZiraldo Alves Pinto , Brazilian cartoonistHugo Pratt , Corto Maltese Ken Pyne Quino (Joaquín Salvador Lavado), Argentine cartoonist and social satirist, known for Mafalda Jacki Randall Roy Raymonde , 20th Century English cartoonist whose work appeared principally in Punch (magazine) and Playboy Bob Rich , American award-winning cartoonistW. Heath Robinson , British satirist known for drawings of convoluted machines, similar to Rube GoldbergChristine Roche Artie Romero Ed "Big Daddy" Roth Thomas Rowlandson 18th Century British caricaturistMartin Rowson British political cartoonistØystein 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 Elzie Crisler Segar , Popeye Sempé Claude Serre James Affleck Shepherd Lee Sheppard Gilbert Shelton Mahmoud Shokraye Shel Silverstein Posy Simmonds , The Silent Three of St Botolph's , Gemma Bovery Siné Vishavjit Singh Jeff Smith , Bone RASL Shazam!: The Monster Society of Evil Little Mouse Gets Ready Mauricio de Sousa , Monica's Gang Chuck Billy 'n' Folks The Cavern Clan Art Spiegelman , author of Maus RAW Dan Spiegle George Sprod , Punch Ralph Steadman , editorial cartoonist and book illustratorRalph 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 The New York Times Joost Swarte , Dutch comic artist known for his ligne claire or clear line style of drawingBetty Swords Les Tanner , political cartoonistHoward Tayler , pioneered web-cartooning as a professionRaina Telgemeier Osamu Tezuka , Astro Boy Phoenix manga who defined modern Japanese cartooningBal Thackeray , formed a political party in IndiaLefred Thouron Morrie Turner , credited with the first multicultural syndicated cartoon stripAlbert 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 cartoonistMort 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 pressArt Young José Zabala-Santos Zapiro
Cartoonists of comic strips
Scott Adams , Dilbert Alex Akerbladh Bill Amend , FoxTrot George Baker , Sad Sack Tom Batiuk , Funky Winkerbean Murray Ball , Footrot Flats Darrin Bell , Candorville Rudy Park Stephen Bentley , "Herb and Jamaal"Jerry Bittle Boulet , pseudonym of French cartoonist Gilles RousselBrumsic Brandon Jr. , "Luther"Barbara Brandon-Croft , "Where I'm Coming From"Berkeley Breathed , Bloom County Outland Opus Dave Breger , Mister Breger Dik Browne , Hi and Lois Hägar the Horrible Ernie Bushmiller , Nancy Milton Caniff , Terry and the Pirates Steve Canyon Al Capp , Li'l Abner Ad Carter , Just Kids Jok Church , You Can With Beakman and Jax Francis Cleetus , It's Geek 2 Me Mitch Clem , Nothing Nice to Say San Antonio Rock City Darby Conley , Get Fuzzy Joan Cornellà Dave Coverly , Speed Bump Max Crivello Alex Raymond , Flash Gordon Jungle Jim Rip Kirby Stan Cross , The Potts Stacy Curtis , Cul de Sac Lyman Dally , Max Rep Harry Grant Dart Lou Darvas Jim Davis , Gnorm Gnat Garfield U.S. Acres Mr. Potato Head Reginald Ben Davis Derf Backderf (John Backderf)Brad Diller J. C. Duffy , The Fusco Brothers Edwina Dumm Frank Dunne Benita Epstein , Six Chix Larry Feign , The World of Lily Wong Norm Feuti , Retail George Fett , Sniffy and Norbert Charles Fincher , creator of Thadeus & Weez and The Daily Scribble Bud Fisher , Mutt and Jeff Ham Fisher , Joe Palooka Evelyn Flinders , The Silent Three Harold Rudolf Foster , Prince Valiant Tarzan J.D. Frazer , User Friendly David Füleki , 78 Tage auf der Straße des Hasses Paul Gilligan , Pooch Cafe Erich von Götha de la Rosière Chester Gould , Dick Tracy Bud Grace , "Ernie/Piranha Club", "Babs and Aldo"Mel Graff , “The Adventures of Patsy ”, “Secret Agent X-9 ”Bill Griffith , Zippy the Pinhead Milt Gross Cathy Guisewite , Cathy Nicholas Gurewitch , Perry Bible Fellowship Alex Hallatt Johnny Hart , B.C. The Wizard of Id Bill Hinds , Tank McNamara Cleats Buzz Beamer Bill Holman , Smokey Stover Daniel Hulet Billy Ireland Tatsuya Ishida , Sinfest Tove and Lars Jansson , The Moomins Ferd Johnson , Moon Mullins Kerry G. Johnson , Harambee Hills , caricaturist and children's book illustratorRussell Johnson , Mister Oswald Lynn Johnston , For Better or For Worse Eric Jolliffe , Andy Bil Keane , Family Circus Jeff Keane , Family Circus Walt Kelly , Pogo James Kemsley , Ginger Meggs Hank Ketcham , Dennis the Menace Kazu Kibuishi , Copper Frank King , Gasoline Alley Rick Kirkman , "Baby Blues "Keith Knight , The K Kronicles Charles Kuhn , Grandma Fred Lasswell , Barney Google Mell Lazarus , "Momma, Miss Peach"Virginio Livraghi Les Lumsdon , "Basil", "Nipper", "Caspar"Edgar Martin Clifford McBride , Napoleon Winsor McCay , Little Nemo Patrick McDonnell , Mutts Brian McFadden , Big Fat Whale Aaron McGruder , creator of the controversial strip The Boondocks George McManus , Bringing Up Father Caesar Meadows
Dale Messick , Brenda Starr Tim Molloy Bill Murray , Sonny Boy Fred Negro , Pub Strip Chris Onstad , Achewood Jackie Ormes , "Torchy Brown in 'Dixie to Harlem'", "Torchy in 'Heartbeats'"Phil Ortiz Frode Øverli , Pondus Nina Paley , Nina's Adventures , Fluff , The Hots Brant Parker , The Wizard of Id Stephan Pastis , Pearls Before Swine Charles Peattie and Russell Taylor , Alex Mike Peters , Mother Goose & Grimm Keats Petree Stan Pitt , Larry Flynn, Detective Vic Pratt Dariush Ramezani John Rivas , Bonzzo Valentina Romeo , Jonathan Steele Dylan Dog Morgan Lost , Nathan Never Leigh Rubin , Rubes Warren Sattler , Grubby Billy the Kid Yang , as well as contributing artist for Barnaby The Jackson Twins Bringing Up Father Hi and Lois Charles M. Schulz , Peanuts Young Pillars Jerry Scott , "Baby Blues, Zits, Nancy"Caroll Spinney , Harvey Lee W. Stanley , The Old Home Town Cliff Sterrett , Polly and Her Pals Kris Straub , Starslip Crisis Checkerboard Nightmare Henry Matthew Talintyre Harold Tamblyn-Watts Russell Taylor and Charles Peattie , Alex Richard Thompson , Cul de Sac Jim Toomey , Sherman's Lagoon Harry J. Tuthill , The Bungle Family Gustave Verbeek , The Upside Downs , The Terrors of the Tiny Tads Mort Walker , Beetle Bailey Hi and Lois Bill Watterson , Calvin and Hobbes Bob Weber , Moose & Molly Monty Wedd , Ned Kelly Alex Williams , Queen's Counsel Tom Wilson , Ziggy
Cartoonists of single-panel cartoons
Cartoonists of comic books
Carlo Ambrosini Jack Herbert Sergio Aragonés , Mad Groo the Wanderer Daniel A. Baker Ken Battefield Jim Benton , Catwad Batman Squad Attack of the Stuff Bill Benulis , War is Hell Steve Bialik François Bourgeon , Le Cycle de Cyann Anna Brandoli Reg Bunn Ben Caldwell , creator of the Dare DetectivesAldo Capitanio Onofrio Catacchio Domitille Collardey Carlo Cossio , Dick Fulmine Jason Craig Hugleikur Dagsson Dame Darcy , creator of Meat Cake Patryck de Froidmont Gianni De Luca , Commissario Spada Dan DeCarlo , Archie Josie and the Pussycats Sabrina, the Teenage Witch Kim Deitch creator of Waldo the Cat and comic novelsVince Deporter , DC Comics; Nickelodeon, Spirou (Belgium)Julie Doucet , creator of Dirty Plotte , My New York Diary Will Elder , Mad Little Annie Fanny Playboy Steve Fiorilla , mini-comicsAndy Fish Brad W. Foster , creator of Mechthings mini-comics, The Mechthings , Adventures of Olivia mini-comicsChandra Free Vernon Grant , creator of The Love Rangers Dick Hafer Marc Hansen , creator of Ralph Snart Los Bros Hernandez , creators of Love and Rockets Don Hillsman II Yvonne Hutton Al Jaffee , Mad Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions Robyn E. Kenealy Helena Klakocar Andrea Kruis Harvey Kurtzman , founding editor of Mad Antonio Lara de Gavilán Selena Lin Craig McKay Mark Marderosian David Messer , adaptations of Macbeth Tempest Erika Moen Colonel Moutarde Art Nugent Gaman Palem Fung Chin Pang Power Paola Eduardo Vañó Pastor Craig Phillips Darren Sanchez Seth , creator of Palookaville Ravi Shankar Pran Kumar Sharma , Chacha Chaudhary Jeff Smith , Bone Book Cal Sobrepeña Fermín Solís Hans Steinbach Kazimir Strzepek Ramon Torrents Przemysław Truściński Jhonen Vasquez , Johnny the Homicidal Maniac , Squee! , I Feel Sick , Everything Can be Beaten , Fillerbunny , Bad Art Collection , Happy Noodle Boy Wally Wood , Mad Chao Yat Carlos Zéfiro Laura Zuccheri , Ken Parker Julia-le avventure di una criminologa
Kyle Baker , creator of Why I Hate Saturn Barry Bradfield , Batman: The Animated Homepage 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 graphic novel 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 comicsErik Larsen , creator of Savage Dragon Rob Liefeld , creator of Deadpool Youngblood Jim McDermott Todd McFarlane , creator of Spawn 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 Whilce Portacio Humberto Ramos Roberto Raviola , creator of La Compagnia della Forca Shelby Robertson Alberto Saichann Tim Sale Horacio Sandoval Marc Silvestri , creator of Cyberforce The Darkness Dave Sim , creator of Cerebus Jeff Smith , creator of Bone Ed Tourriol Alain Voss
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