List of cartoonists

See also: List of comic strips.

Notable cartoonists

In alphabetical order

Notable cartoonists include:

Henfil, Brazilian cartoonist
Hergé, Tintin
Loriot
Peyo, The Smurfs, Steven Strong, Johan and Peewit
Quino (Joaquín Salvador Lavado), Mafalda, often regarded as the foremost Latin-American cartoonist and a fierce social satirist
Siné
Charles Addams, macabre cartoons featured in The New Yorker and elsewhere
Ziraldo Alves Pinto; Brazilian cartoonist
Sergio Aragonés, known for his contributions to Mad Magazine
Jim Bamber, cartoonist of Autosport, magazine specialising in motor sports
Darrin Bell, Candorville and Rudy Park
Oscar Berger, Aesop's Foibles (1947); active 1920s - 1960s
Mark Beyer, Amy and Jordan, Agony
Ed Brubaker
Tom Bunk, cartoonist for Mad
Al Capp, Li'l Abner
Chester Commodore, African American political cartoonist
Crippen - Disabled cartoonist; probably the best disabled cartoonist in the world
Elzie Crisler Segar, Popeye
Robert Crumb, Mr. Natural, Fritz the Cat, Keep on Truckin
Abner Dean
Richard Decker, The New Yorker
Edgar P. Jacobs, "Blake and Mortimer"
Robert W. Edgren, American political cartoonist famous for his "Sketches from Death" from the Spanish-American War
Will Eisner, The Spirit
Lyonel Feininger, rare fine artist who did strips, The Kin-der-Kids and Wee Willie Winkie's World
Virgil Franklin Partch, known as "VIP," he was a leading American gag cartoonist from the 1940s to the 1980s
André Franquin, Spirou et Fantasio, Gaston Lagaffe
André François
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
Matt Groening, Life in Hell, The Simpsons, Futurama
Sam Gross, for his The New Yorker work, plus many other magazines
Martin Handford, Where's Wally?
George Herriman, Krazy Kat
William Hogarth, English pictorial satirist and editorial cartoonist who has been credited with pioneering western sequential art. His work ranged from realistic portraiture to comic strip
Bill Holbrook, "On the Fastrack", "Safe Havens" and "Kevin & Kell"
Geoff "Jeff" Hook, Australian
Jack Davis
Kirk Jarvinen
Burris Jenkins, Jr., sports and editorial cartoonist for the Hearst newspaper chain
Mike Judge, "Beavis and Butt-Head", "King Of The Hill", "The Goode Family"
R K Laxman, cartoonist for The Times of India, India.
John Leech, 19th-century Punch cartoonist.* Walt Kelly, Pogo
Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Heinrich Kley
B. Kliban
John Kricfalusi, The Ren & Stimpy Show
Rick Law, Beyond the Veil
Michael Leunig, Australian
Jason Love, Snapshots
Jay Lynch
Manik, cartoonist and illustrator of Daily newspaper Prothom Alo
Scott McCloud, Zot!, Understanding Comics
Aaron McGruder, The Boondocks
Mario Miranda, The Economic Times, India
Shigeru Mizuki, Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro, - Master of horror of Japanese manga
Morris, Lucky Luke
Ajit Ninan, India Today and The Times of India
Paul Palnik, American Jewish cartoonist.
Bob Penuelas, Wilbur Kookmeyer
Bruce Petty
Hugo Pratt, Corto Maltese
Ratan, cartoonist and illustrator of Daily newspaper Prothom Alo
Ronald Searle, St Trinians, Molesworth, The Rake's Progress, editorial work and more
Sempé
Jaiganesh Subramaniam, Indian Cartoonist
Posy Simmonds, The Silent Three of St Botolph's, Gemma Bovery
Mauricio de Sousa, Monica's Gang, Chuck Billy 'n' Folks, The Cavern Clan
Art Spiegelman, author of Maus, co-editor of RAW (magazine)
Ralph Steadman, editorial cartoonist and book illustrator
Saul Steinberg
Ed Subitzky, well-known mostly for his National Lampoon work, also The New York Times, etc
Joost Swarte, a Dutch comic artist known for his ligne claire or clear line style of drawing
Les Tanner-Political cartoonist (1927-2001)
Howard Tayler, pioneered web-cartooning as a profession
Osamu Tezuka, Astro Boy, Phoenix - Known as the "God" of Japanese manga who defined modern Japanese cartooning
Tom Cheney, Staff Cartoonist for The New Yorker
Albert Uderzo, Asterix
Willy Vandersteen, Spike and Suzy, De Rode Ridder
Walt Disney, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck
W. Heath Robinson, British satirist famous for drawings of convoluted machines, similar to Rube Goldberg
Ben Wicks, Canadian cartoonist and illustrator: The Outsider, Wicks

Cartoonists in animation

In alphabetical order

Cartoonists of comic strips

In alphabetical order

Scott Adams, Dilbert
Bill Amend, FoxTrot
John Backderf, aka Derf
Murray Ball, Footrot Flats
Darrin Bell, Candorville, Rudy Park
Jack Berrill, creator of Gil Thorp
Boulet, pseudonym of french cartoonist Gilles Roussel
Biff
Berke Breathed, Bloom County (1980's American social-polticial), Outland, Opus
Dave Breger, Mister Breger
Dik Browne, Hi and Lois, Hagar the Horrible
Teresa Burritt, Frog Applause
Ernie Bushmiller, Nancy
Al Capp, Lil Abner
Mitch Clem, Nothing Nice to Say, San Antonio Rock City
Darby Conley, Get Fuzzy
Dave Coverly, Speed Bump
Stan Cross, The Potts
David Gilbert, Buckles
Lyman Dally, "Max Rep: Mr. Astrotitan 2206
J. C. Duffy, The Fusco Brothers
Edwina Dumm
Norm Feuti, Retail
Bud Fisher, Mutt and Jeff
Ham Fisher, Joe Palooka
J.D. Frazer, User Friendly
David Füleki, 78 Tage auf der Straße des Hasses
George Baker, Sad Sack
Paul Gilligan, Pooch Cafe
Chester Gould, Dick Tracy
Bill Griffith, Zippy the Pinhead
Cathy Guisewite, Cathy
Nicholas Gurewitch, Perry Bible Fellowship
Mark Heath, Spot the Frog
Bill Hinds, Tank McNamara, Cleats, Buzz Beamer
Bill Holman, Smokey Stover
Billy Ireland
Tatsuya Ishida, Sinfest
Jeff Wilson, The Avridge Farm
Jim Davis, Gnorm Gnat, Garfield, U.S. Acres, a Mr. Potato Head comic strip
Kerry G. Johnson, Harambee Hills
Ferd Johnson, Moon Mullins
Lynn Johnston, For Better or For Worse
Eric Jolliffe, Andy
Bil Keane, Family Circus
Walt Kelly, Pogo
James Kemsley, Ginger Meggs
Hank Ketcham, Dennis the Menace
Kazu Kibuishi, Copper
Frank King, Gasoline Alley
Keith Knight, The K Kronicles
Charles Kuhn, Grandma
Fred Lasswell, Barney Google
Cliifford McBride
Winsor McCay, Little Nemo
Patrick McDonnell, Mutts
Aaron McGruder, African-American creator of the controversial strip The Boondocks
George McManus, Bringing Up Father
Dale Messick, Brenda Starr
Milt Caniff, Terry and the Pirates, Steve Canyon
Fred Negro, Pub Strip
Chris Onstad, Achewood
Nina Paley, Nina's Adventures, Fluff, The Hots
Stephan Pastis, Pearls Before Swine
Charles Peattie and Russell Taylor, Alex
Mike Peters, Mother Goose & Grimm
Stan Pitt, Larry Flynn, Detective
Warren Sattler, Grubby, Billy the Kid and Yang, as well as contributing artist for Barnaby daily, The Jackson Twins, Bringing Up Father and Hi and Lois
Charles M. Schulz, Peanuts
Caroll Spinney, Harvey
Kristopher Straub, Starslip Crisis, Checkerboard Nightmare
Richard Thompson, Cul de Sac
Jim Toomey, Sherman's Lagoon
Tove and Lars Jansson, The Moomins
Garry Trudeau, Doonesbury
Gustave Verbeek, The Upside Downs, The Terrors of the Tiny Tads
Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes, one "Critters" cartoon
Monty Wedd, The Scorpion, Ned Kelly and Ben Hall
Frode Øverli, Pondus

Cartoonists of single-panel cartoons (gag cartoons)

In alphabetical order

Adam Green
Charles Addams
Charles Boyce
Ivan Brunetti
Irwin Caplan
Patrick Chappatte (Chappatte)
Roz Chast
Chon Day
Nick Downes
Mort Drucker
Oliver Gaspirtz
George Wolfe
Carl Giles (Giles) Daily Express
Sam Gross
Dick Guindon
Baron Halpenny
Bill Hoest
Judy Horacek
Stan Hunt
J. R. Williams, Out Our Way
John Callahan, Callahan
Hank Ketcham
Ted Key
Thom Tapp (Cartoonist - Church of the Covered Dish)
Vlad Kolarov
Gary Larson
Mel Lazarus
Dan Reynolds
Vahan Shirvanian
Sidney Harris
John Reiner
Chris Slane
Dan Steffan
James Thurber
Jerry Van Amerongen
Virgil Partch
H. T. Webster
Gahan Wilson
Kevin Woodcock
Bill Yates
Zero

Political cartoonists

Cartoonists of comic books

In alphabetical order

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
Vince Deporter, DC Comics; Nickelodeon, Spirou (Belgium)
Will Elder, Mad, Little Annie Fanny in Playboy
Steve Fiorilla, mini-comics
Brad W. Foster, creator of "Mechthings", mini-comics
Vernon Grant, creator of The Love Rangers
Marc Hansen, creator of Ralph Snart
Al Jaffee, Mad, Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions.
Pran Kumar Sharma, Chacha Chaudhary
Harvey Kurtzman, founding editor of Mad, one of the most influential comic artists of all time
Jhonen Vasquez, Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, Squee!, I Feel Sick, Everything can be Beaten, Fillerbunny, Bad art Collection, Happy Noodle Boy
Brad W. Foster, "The Mechthings", "Adventures of Olivia",mini-comics
Wally Wood, Mad
Jeff Smith, Bone Book

Cartoonists of action/superhero comic books

In alphabetical order

Kyle Baker, creator of Why I Hate Saturn
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
Frank Miller, creator of Sin City
Jack Cole, creator of Plastic Man, later set the style for cartoons in Playboy
Jeff Smith, creator of Bone
Jim McDermott
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 Larsen, creator of Savage Dragon
Shawn McManus
Mike Mignola, creator of Hellboy
James O'Barr - creator of The Crow
Paul Palnik, creator of The God of Cartoons
Dave Sim - creator of Cerebus
Elito V. Circa, Pantabangan Folk Artist