Famous Cartoonists

• Anderson, Brad

  The creator of the comic Marmaduke

• Bechdel, Alison

   The cartoonist who did Fun Home

• Caniff, Milton

  The creator of "Terry and the Pirates"

• Chick, Jack T.

  Creator of those little Christian comic books

• Clowes, Daniel

  He did Ghost World and Art School Confidential

• Crumb, R.

  Creator of Mr. Natural and "Keep on Truckin'"

• Eisner, Will

  Creator of the comic The Spirit

• Groening, Matt

  Creator of The Simpsons

• Hart, Johnny

  Creator of the strip B.C.

• Hernandez, Jaime

  The illustrator who co-created Love and Rockets

• Hokinson, Helen

  Cartoonist of urban matrons for The New Yorker

• Jaffee, Al

  The cartoonist who does MAD magazine fold-ins

• Johnson, Crockett

  The author of Harold and the Purple Crayon

• Johnston, Lynn

  Creator of the comic strip For Better or For Worse

• Kamen, Jack

  Cover artist for EC Comics

• Keane, Bil

   The creator of the comic strip 'The Family Circus'

• Ketcham, Hank

  Creator of Dennis the Menace

• McCay, Winsor

  Creator of the comic strip Little Nemo in Slumberland

• McGruder, Aaron

  Creator of the comic The Boondocks

• Messick, Dale

  The creator of comic-strip heroine Brenda Starr

• Nast, Thomas

  19th century cartoonist who drew Santa

• Outcault, R.F.

  Creator of The Yellow Kid and Buster Brown

• Ripley, Robert L.

  Founder of Ripley's Believe It Or Not!

• Schulz, Charles

  The creator of Charlie Brown and Peanuts

• Silverstein, Shel

  Author of Where the Sidewalk Ends

• Tezuka, Osamu

  The godfather of Japanese animation

• Thurber, James

  Author of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

• Toles, Tom

  Editorial cartoonist for the Washington Post (2002- )

• Watterson, Bill

  Creator of the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes

• Williams, Gluyas

  The witty cartoonist who illustrated Robert Benchley's writings

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