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Cartoonist
A cartoonist is a person who specializes in drawing cartoons. Traditionally much of this work was, and still is, humorous, and is intended primarily for entertainment purposes. Many traditional print cartoons are of the single-panel variety, and are published in print media of various kinds, for...
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Alan Moore
Alan Oswald Moore (born 18 November 1953 in Northampton) is an English writer known for work in comics, including the acclaimed comic book series Watchmen, V for Vendetta and From Hell. He wrote the novel, Voice of the Fire, and performs "workings" ...
Date of birth:
- Nov 18, 1953 (age 56 years)
Al Capp
Alfred Gerald Caplin (September 28, 1909 – November 5, 1979), better known as Al Capp, was an American cartoonist and humorist best known for the satirical comic strip Li'l Abner. He also wrote the comic strips Abbie an' Slats and Long Sam. He won...
Date of birth:
- Sep 28, 1909
Date of death:
- Nov 5, 1979 (age 70 years)
Bal Thackeray
Balasaheb Keshav Thackeray (Marathi: बाळासाहेब केशव ठाकरे) (born January 23, 1926), popularly known as Balasaheb Thackeray, is the founder and chief of the Shiv Sena, a Hindu nationalist, Marathi ethnocentric and populist party active mainly in the...
Date of birth:
- Jan 23, 1926 (age 83 years)
Bill Watterson
William B. "Bill" Watterson II (born July 5, 1958) is an American cartoonist and the author of the influential and popular comic strip Calvin and Hobbes. Bill is known for his controversial views on licensing and comic syndication, as well as for...
Date of birth:
- Jul 5, 1958 (age 51 years)
Chuck Jones
Charles Martin "Chuck" Jones (September 21, 1912 – February 22, 2002) was an American animator, cartoon artist, screenwriter, producer, and director of animated films, most memorably of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts for the Warner Bros....
Date of birth:
- Sep 21, 1912
Date of death:
- Feb 22, 2002 (age 89 years)
David Lynch
David Keith Lynch (born January 20, 1946) is an American filmmaker and visual artist. Lynch has received three Academy Award nominations for Best Director, for The Elephant Man (1980), Blue Velvet (1986), and Mulholland Drive (2001). He also...
Date of birth:
- Jan 20, 1946 (age 63 years)
Dr. Seuss
Theodor Seuss Geisel (pronounced /ˈɡaɪzəl/; March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991) was an American writer and cartoonist most widely known for his children's books written under the pen name Dr. Seuss. He published over 60 children's books, which were...
Date of birth:
- Mar 2, 1904
Date of death:
- Sep 24, 1991 (age 87 years)
Don Rosa
Keno Don Hugo Rosa (generally just called Don Rosa) (born June 29, 1951) is an American comic book writer and illustrator best known for his stories about Scrooge McDuck, Donald Duck and other Disney characters. He was born in Louisville, Kentucky,...
Date of birth:
- Jun 29, 1951 (age 58 years)
Garry Trudeau
Garretson Beekman "Garry" Trudeau (born July 21, 1948) is an American cartoonist, best known for the Doonesbury comic strip.
Trudeau was born in New York City, the son of Jean Douglas (née Moore) and Francis Berger Trudeau. He is the great-grandson...
Date of birth:
- Jul 21, 1948 (age 61 years)
W. Heath Robinson
William Heath Robinson (31 May 1872 – 13 September 1944) was an English cartoonist and illustrator, who signed himself W. Heath Robinson. He is best known for drawings of eccentric machines and "Heath Robinson" has entered the language (in British...
Date of birth:
- May 31, 1872
Date of death:
- Sep 13, 1944 (age 72 years)
Hergé
Georges Prosper Remi (22 May 1907 - 3 March 1983), better known by the pen name Hergé, was a Belgian comics writer and artist. "Hergé" (French pronunciation: [ɛʀʒe]) is the French pronunciation of "RG", his initials reversed. His best known and most...
Date of birth:
- May 22, 1907
Date of death:
- Mar 3, 1983 (age 75 years)
Jan Berglin
Jan Berglin (born March 24, 1960) is a Swedish cartoonist who made his debut in the Uppsala student newspaper Ergo in 1985. After completing his studies, Berglin has been living in Gävle where he works as a teacher of Swedish and religion. He...
Date of birth:
- Mar 24, 1960 (age 49 years)
James Thurber
James Grover Thurber (December 8, 1894 – November 2, 1961) was an American author, cartoonist and celebrated wit. Thurber was best known for his contributions (both cartoons and short stories) to The New Yorker magazine.
Thurber was born in Columbus...
Date of birth:
- Dec 8, 1894
Date of death:
- Nov 2, 1961 (age 66 years)
Jack Kirby
Jacob Kurtzberg (August 28, 1917 – February 6, 1994), better known by the pen name Jack Kirby, was an American comic book artist, writer and editor. Growing up poor in New York City, Kurtzberg entered the nascent comics industry in the 1930s. He...
Date of birth:
- Aug 28, 1917
Date of death:
- Feb 6, 1994 (age 76 years)
Lyonel Feininger
Lyonel Charles Feininger (July 17, 1871 – January 13, 1956) was a German-American painter and caricaturist.
Lyonel Feininger was born to parents of German American descent and grew up in New York City. He moved to Berlin in 1887 to study at the...
Date of birth:
- Jul 17, 1871
Date of death:
- Jan 13, 1956 (age 84 years)
Matt Groening
Matthew Abram "Matt" Groening (pronounced /ˈɡreɪnɪŋ/, GRAY-ning; born February 15, 1954) is an American cartoonist, screenwriter and producer. He is the creator of the comic strip Life in Hell and the television series The Simpsons and Futurama....
Date of birth:
- Feb 15, 1954 (age 55 years)
Peter David
Peter Allen David (born September 23, 1956), often abbreviated PAD, is an American writer, known for his work in comic books and Star Trek novels, as well as in television, movies, and video games.
David often jokingly describes his occupation as ...
Date of birth:
- Sep 23, 1956 (age 53 years)
Pat Mills
Pat Mills, nicknamed 'the godfather of British comics', is a comics writer and editor who, along with John Wagner, revitalised British boys comics in the 1970s, and has remained a leading light in British comics ever since.
His comics are notable...
Rube Goldberg
Reuben Lucius Goldberg (July 4, 1883 – December 7, 1970) was an American cartoonist, sculptor, author, engineer and inventor. Goldberg is best known for a series of popular cartoons he created depicting complex devices that perform simple tasks in...
Date of birth:
- Jul 4, 1883
Date of death:
- Dec 7, 1970 (age 87 years)
Romano Scarpa
Romano Scarpa (September 27, 1927, Venice - April 23, 2005, Málaga) was one of the most famous Italian creators of Disney comics.
Growing up in Venice he developed a particular love for American cartoons and Disney comics, that, at the time, were...
Date of birth:
- Sep 27, 1927
Date of death:
- Apr 23, 2005 (age 77 years)
Scott Adams
Scott Raymond Adams (born June 8, 1957) is the American creator of the Dilbert comic strip and the author of several nonfiction works of satire, commentary, business, and general speculation.
Scott Adams was born in Windham, New York in 1957, and...
Date of birth:
- Jun 8, 1957 (age 52 years)
Stan Lee
Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber; December 28, 1922) is an American comic book writer, editor, and the former president and chairman of Marvel Comics.
With several artist co-creators, most notably Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, he co-created Spider...
Date of birth:
- Dec 28, 1922 (age 86 years)
Steve Ditko
Stephen J. Ditko (born November 2, 1927) is an American comic book artist and writer best known as the co-creator of the Marvel Comics heroes Spider-Man and Doctor Strange.
He was inducted into the comics industry's Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1990,...
Date of birth:
- Nov 2, 1927 (age 82 years)
Sergio Aragonés
Sergio Aragonés Domenech (born September 6, 1937, San Mateo, Castellón, Spain) is a cartoonist and writer best known for his contributions to Mad Magazine and creator of the comic book Groo the Wanderer.
Among his peers and fans, Aragonés is widely...
Date of birth:
- Sep 6, 1937 (age 72 years)
Will Eisner
William Erwin Eisner (March 6, 1917 – January 3, 2005) was an acclaimed Jewish-American comics writer, artist and entrepreneur. He is considered one of the most important contributors to the development of the medium and is known for the cartooning...
Date of birth:
- Mar 6, 1917
Date of death:
- Jan 3, 2005 (age 87 years)
Charles M. Schulz
Charles Monroe Schulz (November 26, 1922 – February 12, 2000) was an American cartoonist best known worldwide for his Peanuts comic strip.
Charles Monroe Schulz was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and grew up in Saint Paul. He was the only child of...
Date of birth:
- Nov 26, 1922
Date of death:
- Feb 12, 2000 (age 77 years)
J. Michael Straczynski
Joseph Michael Straczynski (born July 17, 1954), known professionally as J. Michael Straczynski and informally as Joe Straczynski or JMS, is an American writer/producer. He works in a variety of media, including films, television series, novels,...
Date of birth:
- Jul 17, 1954 (age 55 years)
René Goscinny
René Goscinny (14 August 1926 – 5 November 1977) was a French author, editor and humorist, who is best known for the comic book Astérix, which he created with illustrator Albert Uderzo, and for his work on the comic series Lucky Luke with Morris ...
Date of birth:
- Aug 14, 1926
Date of death:
- Nov 5, 1977 (age 51 years)
Edmond Hamilton
Edmond Moore Hamilton (October 21, 1904 - February 1, 1977) was a popular author of science fiction stories and novels during the mid-twentieth century. Born in Youngstown, Ohio, he was raised there and in nearby New Castle, Pennsylvania. Something...
Date of birth:
- Oct 21, 1904
Date of death:
- Feb 1, 1977 (age 72 years)
Alfred Bester
Alfred "Alfie" Bester (December 18, 1913 – September 30, 1987) was an American science fiction author, TV and radio scriptwriter, magazine editor and scripter for comic strips and comic books. Though successful in all these fields, he is probably...
Date of birth:
- Dec 18, 1913
Date of death:
- Sep 30, 1987 (age 73 years)
Tove Jansson
Tove Marika Jansson ( pronunciation (help·info); 9 August 1914 – 27 June 2001) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish novelist, painter, honorary Professor of Philosophy, illustrator, and comic strip author. She was the author of, among other works, the...
Date of birth:
- Aug 9, 1914
Date of death:
- Jun 27, 2001 (age 86 years)
Willie Rushton
William George Rushton, commonly known as Willie Rushton (18 August 1937 in Chelsea, London–11 December 1996 Cromwell Hospital, Kensington, London) was an English cartoonist, satirist, comedian, actor and performer who co-founded the Private Eye...
Date of birth:
- Aug 18, 1937
Date of death:
- 1996 (age 58 years)
Hermann Huppen
Hermann Huppen (born July 17, 1938) is a Belgian comic book artist. He is better known under his pen-name Hermann. He is most famous for his post-apocalyptic comic Jeremiah which was made into a television series.
Hermann was born in 1938 in Bévercé...
Date of birth:
- Jul 17, 1938 (age 71 years)
Charles Addams
Charles Samuel Addams (7 January 1912 – 29 September 1988) was an American cartoonist known for his particularly black humor and macabre characters. Some of the recurring characters, who became known as The Addams Family, became the basis for two...
Date of birth:
- Jan 7, 1912
Date of death:
- Sep 29, 1988 (age 76 years)
Kevin Smith
Kevin Patrick Smith (born August 2, 1970) is an American screenwriter and director, as well as a comic book writer, author, and actor. He is also the co-founder, with Scott Mosier, of View Askew Productions and owner of Jay and Silent Bob's Secret...
Date of birth:
- Aug 2, 1970 (age 39 years)
Samuel R. Delany
Samuel Ray "Chip" Delany, Jr. (born April 1, 1942, New York City) is an American author, professor and literary critic. His work includes a number of novels, many in the science fiction genre, as well as memoir, criticism, and nonfiction essays on...
Date of birth:
- Apr 1, 1942 (age 67 years)
Tamora Pierce
Tamora Pierce (born December 13, 1954) is an author of fantasy literature for young adults. She is an alumna of the University of Pennsylvania. Best known for writing stories involving young heroines, she made a name for herself with her first...
Date of birth:
- Dec 13, 1954 (age 55 years)
Patricia Highsmith
Patricia Highsmith (January 19, 1921 - February 4, 1995) was an American crime writer known for her psychological thrillers, which have led to more than two dozen film adaptations. Strangers on a Train has been adapted for the screen three times,...
Date of birth:
- Jan 19, 1921
Date of death:
- Feb 4, 1995 (age 74 years)
Chester Gould
Chester Gould (November 20, 1900 – May 11, 1985) was a U.S. cartoonist and the creator of the Dick Tracy comic strip, which he wrote and drew from 1931 to 1977. Gould was known for his use of colorful, often monstrous, villains.
Chester Gould was...
Date of birth:
- Nov 20, 1900
Date of death:
- May 11, 1985 (age 84 years)
Jack Chick
Jack Thomas Chick (born April 13, 1924) is an American publisher, writer and comic book artist, and has been called the most published comic book author in the world. His company, Chick Publications, claims to have sold over 750 million comic-style...
Date of birth:
- Apr 13, 1924 (age 85 years)
Humphrey Lyttelton
Humphrey Richard Adeane Lyttelton (23 May 1921 – 25 April 2008), also known as Humph, was an English jazz musician and broadcaster, and chairman of the BBC radio programme I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue. He was a cousin of the 10th Viscount Cobham and a...
Date of birth:
- May 23, 1921
Date of death:
- Apr 25, 2008 (age 86 years)
Floyd Gottfredson
Arthur Floyd Gottfredson (May 5, 1905—July 22, 1986) was an American cartoonist best known for his defining work on the Mickey Mouse comic strip. He has probably had the same impact on the Mickey Mouse comics as Carl Barks had on the Donald Duck...
Date of birth:
- May 5, 1905
Date of death:
- Jul 22, 1986 (age 81 years)
Jim Shooter
James Shooter (born September 27, 1951, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American writer, occasional fill-in artist, editor, and publisher for various comic books. He is most notable for his successful and controversial run as Marvel Comics' ninth...
Date of birth:
- Sep 27, 1951 (age 58 years)
Max Allan Collins
Max Allan Collins (born March 3, 1948) is an American mystery writer who has been called "mystery's Renaissance man". He has written novels, screenplays, comic books, comic strips, trading cards, short stories, movie novelizations and historical...
Date of birth:
- Mar 3, 1948 (age 61 years)
Leonardo Ortolani
Leonardo Ortolani (born January 14, 1967), better known as Leo, is an Italian comics author, creator of the popular comic strip series Rat-Man and Venerdì 12.
He was born in Pisa.
Date of birth:
- Jan 14, 1967 (age 42 years)
John Byrne
John Lindley Byrne (born July 6, 1950) is a British-born Canadian-American author and artist of comic books. Since the mid-1970s, Byrne has worked on nearly every major American superhero.
Byrne's best-known work has been on Marvel Comics’ X-Men and...
Date of birth:
- Jul 6, 1950 (age 59 years)
Ted Osborne
Ted Osborne (February 6, 1900 or 1901–March 12, 1968) was an American writer of comics, radio shows and animated films, remembered for his contributions to the creation and refinement, during the 1930s, of Walt Disney cartoon characters.
Ted Osborne...
Date of birth:
- 1900
Date of death:
- Mar 12, 1968 (age 68 years)
Albert Uderzo
Albert Uderzo (born 25 April 1927) is a French comic book artist, and scriptwriter. He is best known for his work on the Astérix series, but also drew other comics such as Oumpah-pah, also in collaboration with René Goscinny.
Uderzo was born Alberto...
Date of birth:
- Apr 25, 1927 (age 82 years)
Mark Evanier
Mark Stephen Evanier (born March 2, 1952) is an American comic book and television writer, particularly known for his humor work.
Evanier is of ethnic Jewish heritage. He chose to be a writer after witnessing the misery his father felt from working...
Date of birth:
- Mar 2, 1952 (age 57 years)
Todd McFarlane
Todd McFarlane (born March 16, 1961) is a Canadian cartoonist, writer, toy designer and entrepreneur, best known for his work in comic books, such as the fantasy series Spawn.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, McFarlane became a comic book...
Date of birth:
- Mar 16, 1961 (age 48 years)
Elliot S! Maggin
Elliot S. Maggin, also spelled Elliot S! Maggin (born 1950), is an American writer of comic books, film, television and novels. He was a main writer for DC Comics during the Bronze and early Modern ages of comics in the 1970s and 1980s. He is...
Date of birth:
- 1950 (age 59 years)
Winsor McCay
Winsor McCay (September 26, 1867(?) – July 26, 1934) was an American cartoonist and animator.
A prolific artist, McCay's pioneering early animated films far outshone the work of his contemporaries, and set a standard followed by Walt Disney and...
Date of birth:
- 1867
Date of death:
- 1934 (age 67 years)
Edward Gorey
Edward St. John Gorey (ca. February 22, 1925 – April 15, 2000) was an American writer and artist noted for his macabre illustrated books.
Edward St. John Gorey was born in Chicago. His parents, Helen Dunham Garvey and Edward Lee Gorey, divorced in...
Date of birth:
- Feb 22, 1925
Date of death:
- Apr 15, 2000 (age 75 years)
Gary Larson
Gary Larson (born August 14, 1950) is the creator of The Far Side, a single-panel comic strip which appeared in many newspapers for fourteen years until Larson's retirement on January 1, 1995.
Larson was born and raised in University Place,...
Date of birth:
- Aug 14, 1950 (age 59 years)
Hal Foster
Harold ("Hal") Rudolf Foster (August 18, 1892 in Halifax, Nova Scotia – July 25, 1982 in Winter Park, Florida) was a Canadian-American cartoonist most famous as the creator of the comic strip Prince Valiant.
Foster worked as a staff artist for the...
Date of birth:
- Aug 18, 1892
Date of death:
- Jul 25, 1982 (age 89 years)
William Van Horn
William Van Horn (born February 15, 1939) has been a Disney comics artist and writer since 1988. He draws mostly Donald Duck, Uncle Scrooge, and he has also written and/or illustrated stories based on the animated series DuckTales. Some of these...
Date of birth:
- Feb 15, 1939 (age 70 years)
John Lustig
John Lustig (born January 25, 1953) is an American comics writer (former journalist) principally known for his comic book scripts featuring Donald Duck and other members of Disney's Duck family. Lustig's scripts have been illustrated by William Van...
Date of birth:
- Jan 25, 1953 (age 56 years)
Noel Van Horn
Noel Van Horn (born July 6, 1968) is a comics artist and writer born in the United States and living in Canada. He does mainly Disney comics starring Mickey Mouse. He is the son of William Van Horn, a comics artist as well.
Noel Van Horn was born on...
Date of birth:
- Jul 6, 1968 (age 41 years)
Robert Crumb
Robert Dennis Crumb (born August 30, 1943), often credited simply as R. Crumb, is an American artist and illustrator recognized for the distinctive style of his drawings and his critical, satirical, subversive view of the American mainstream. He...
Date of birth:
- Aug 30, 1943 (age 66 years)
Enki Bilal
Enki Bilal (born Enes Bilal on October 7, 1951) is a French comic book creator, comics artist and film director.
Born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, to a Slovak mother and a Bosnian father who had been Tito's tailor, he moved to Paris at the age of 9. ...
Date of birth:
- Oct 7, 1951 (age 58 years)
