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.

Notable cartoonists

• Charles Addams, macabre cartoons featured in The New Yorker and elsewhere
• Attila Adorjany
• Barry Appleby
• Sergio Aragonés, known for his contributions to Mad
• 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."
• Sumanta Baruah
• Niko Barun
• Darrin Bell, Candorville and Rudy Park
• Steve Bell, The Guardian (UK)
• Oscar Berger, Aesop's Foibles (1947); active 1920s–1960s
• Mark Beyer, Amy and Jordan, Agony
• 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
• Robert Crumb, Mr. Natural, Fritz the Cat, Keep on Truckin'
• Natalie d'Arbeloff
• Jack Davis
• Jim Davis, Garfield
• Abner Dean
• 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
• Robert W. Edgren, American political cartoonist known for his "Sketches from Death" from the Spanish–American War
• Will Eisner, The Spirit
• Otto Eppers
• Michael Esser, known for motorcycle and hot rod-related cartoons in American magazines such as Easyriders and American Iron Magazine
• 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
• 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 cards
• Jimmy Gownley, Amelia Rules! series, Simon & Schuster
• 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
• Watson Heston
• Stephen Hillenburg, SpongeBob SquarePants
• 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
• Mike Judge, Beavis and Butt-head, King of the Hill, The Goode Family
• Arja Kajermo
• Avi Katz
• Walt Kelly, Pogo
• Rik Kemp
• Molly Kiely
• Wyncie King
• Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid
• 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
• John Leech, 19th-century Punch cartoonist
• Michael Leunig, Australian
• Arnold Levin
• David Liljemark
• Jay Lynch
• 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
• Sasha Matthews, 12-year-old cartoonist
• 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
• Lorin Morgan-Richards
• Morris, Lucky Luke
• 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
• Amit Offir, author and illustrator; one of the world's fastest performing cartoonists
• Murray Olderman, sports columnist, author of 14 books, National Cartoonist Society Sports Cartoon Award for 1974 and 1978
• Bruce Ozella
• Paul Palnik, American Jewish cartoonist
• Trey Parker and Matt Stone, South Park
• 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
• 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
• Martin Rowson
• Øystein Runde
• Armando Salas
• Ronald Searle, St Trinians, Molesworth, The Rake's Progress, editorial work
• Elzie Crisler Segar, Popeye
• Sempé
• Claude Serre
• Lee Sheppard
• Shel Silverstein
• Posy Simmonds, The Silent Three of St Botolph's, Gemma Bovery
• Siné
• 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; co-editor of RAW magazine
• Dan Spiegle
• 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
• 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
• Prabhakar Thokal
• Lefred Thouron
• Morrie Turner, credited with the first multicultural syndicated cartoon strip
• Albert Uderzo, Asterix
• Willy Vandersteen, Spike and Suzy, De Rode Ridder
• Joan Vizcarra
• Vicco von Bülow, Loriot
• Arthur Watts
• Ben Wicks, Canadian cartoonist and illustrator: The Outsider, Wicks
• S. Clay Wilson, Zap Comix, Underground Comix
• Rhie Won-bok
• Art 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
• Jerry Bittle
• Boulet, pseudonym of French cartoonist Gilles Roussel
• Berkeley Breathed, Bloom County (1980s American social-political), 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
• Jaime Crespo, Tales from the Edge of Hell
• Max Crivello
• 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, a Mr. Potato Head comic strip
• Reginald Ben Davis
• Derf (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
• 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
• Bill Griffith, Zippy the Pinhead
• 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 illustrator
• Russell Johnson, Mister Oswald
• 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
• Virginio Livraghi
• 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
• Fred Negro, Pub Strip
• Chris Onstad, Achewood
• 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
• Leigh Rubin, Rubes
• 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, Young Pillars
• Caroll Spinney, Harvey
• Lee W. Stanley, The Old Home Town
• 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
• Milton Trajano, Lendas da Bola, Placar magazine
• Harry J. Tuthill, The Bungle Family
• Gustave Verbeek, The Upside Downs, The Terrors of the Tiny Tads
• Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes
• Bob Weber, Moose & Molly
• Monty Wedd, Ned Kelly
• Alex Williams, Queen's Counsel

Cartoonists of single-panel cartoons

• Charles Addams
• Gene Ahern
• Belsky
• Charles Boyce, Compu-Toon
• Sheree Bradford-Lea
• A.F. Branco
• Bo Brown
• Ivan Brunetti
• John Callahan
• Irwin Caplan
• Patrick Chappatte (Chappatte)
• Roz Chast
• Chumy Chúmez
• Chon Day
• Donelan
• Denise Dorrance
• Nick Downes
• Mort Drucker
• Vladimir Flórez
• Stanley Arthur Franklin
• Ben Garrison
• Carl Giles (Giles), Daily Express
• Ted Goff
• Sam Gross
• Dick Guindon
• Jessica Hagy
• Baron Halpenny
• Sidney Harris
• William Haselden
• Bill Hoest
• Judy Horacek
• Stan Hunt
• Hank Ketcham
• Ted Key
• Clyde Lamb
• Gary Larson
• Mel Lazarus
• Robert Leighton
• George Lichty
• Mike Lynch
• Fred Neher
• John Norment
• Don Orehek
• W. B. Park
• Virgil Partch
• Dave Pascal
• Mad Peck
• Matt Percival
• Martin Perscheid
• Josefina Tanganelli Plana
• Gardner Rea
• John Reiner
• Dan Reynolds
• Victoria Roberts
• Burr Shafer
• Vahan Shirvanian
• Chris Slane
• Dan Steffan
• James Thurber
• Jerry Van Amerongen
• H. T. Webster
• J. R. Williams, Out Our Way
• Gahan Wilson
• George Wolfe
• Kevin Woodcock
• Bill Yates
• ZAK, pseudonym of Belgian cartoonist Jacques Moeraert
• Zero

Cartoonists of comic books

• Carlo Ambrosini
• Jack Herbert
• Sergio Aragones, Mad; creator of Groo
• Daniel A. Baker
• Ken Battefield
• Bill Benulis, War is Hell
• Dawn Best
• Steve Bialik
• François Bourgeon, Le Cycle de Cyann
• Anna Brandoli
• Reg Bunn
• Ben Caldwell, creator of the Dare Detectives
• Aldo 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 novels
• Vince Deporter, DC Comics; Nickelodeon, Spirou (Belgium)
• Julie Doucet, creator of Dirty Plotte, My New York Diary
• Will Elder, Mad, Little Annie Fanny in Playboy
• Steve Fiorilla, mini-comics
• Andy Fish
• Brad W. Foster, creator of Mechthings mini-comics, The Mechthings, Adventures of Olivia mini-comics
• Chandra Free
• Al Gordon
• 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
• Tom Kurzanski
• Antonio Lara de Gavilán
• Selena Lin
• Craig McKay
• Mark Marderosian
• David Messer, adaptations of Macbeth and the Tempest
• Erika Moen
• Colonel Moutarde
• Art Nugent
• Gaman Palem
• Fung Chin Pang
• 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

Cartoonists of action/superhero comic books

• Kyle Baker, creator of Why I Hate Saturn
• 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

• Editorial cartoons
• Indian Institute of Cartoonists
• List of American comics creators
• List of animators
• List of editorial cartoonists
• List of illustrators
• List of newspaper comic strips
• List of manga artists
• List of comic strips