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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 * Scott Adams, ''Dilbert'' * Charles Addams (1938-1988), macabre cartoons featured in ''The New Yorker'' and elsewhere * Attila Adorjany * Sarah Andersen, known for '' Sarah's Scribbles'' * Barry Appleby * Sergio Aragonés, known for his contributions to '' Mad'' * Graciela Aranis (1908-1996), Chilean painter, cartoonist * 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 * Aminollah Rezaei * Niko Barun * Darrin Bell, ''Candorville'' and ''Rudy Park'' * Steve Bell, ''The Guardian'' (UK) * Stephen Bentley, "Herb a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cartoon
A cartoon is a type of visual art that is typically drawn, frequently animated, in an unrealistic or semi-realistic style. The specific meaning has evolved over time, but the modern usage usually refers to either: an image or series of images intended for satire, caricature, or humor; or a motion picture that relies on a sequence of illustrations for its animation. Someone who creates cartoons in the first sense is called a '' cartoonist'', and in the second sense they are usually called an '' animator''. The concept originated in the Middle Ages, and first described a preparatory drawing for a piece of art, such as a painting, fresco, tapestry, or stained glass window. In the 19th century, beginning in ''Punch'' magazine in 1843, cartoon came to refer – ironically at first – to humorous artworks in magazines and newspapers. Then it also was used for political cartoons and comic strips. When the medium developed, in the early 20th century, it began to refer to animate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edgar Henry Banger
Edgar Henry Banger (27 February 1897 – 1968), also known as Harry Banger, was a cartoon illustrator most proficient during the 1930s. His colourful characters were included in comics such as ''Rattler'', '' Dazzler'', ''Slick Fun, Cute fun,'' ''Rocket'' and ''Bouncer''. Also producing a rare seen Koko the Pup in some publications. Not only did he operate from Wood Street Norwich prior to this during the war he worked from his studio in his home on Grapes hill, this house no longer exists. Early life He was the son of a Norfolk photographer, also called Edgar Henry Banger. Career Banger's most famous was Koko the Pup for DC Thomson's ''Magic'', and also Dully Duckling which appeared in Sunny Stories through late 40s and into the 50s. His artwork was also well recognised through Norfolk, being a regular cartoonist for the local papers such as ''The Eastern Daily Press'' and the ''Evening News''. He was a Norwich City Football Club and contributed to their paper ''The Pink ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Bell (cartoonist)
Steven William Maclean Bell (born 26 February 1951) is an English political cartoonist, whose work appears in ''The Guardian'' and other publications. He is known for his left-wing views. Early life Born in Walthamstow and raised in Slough, Bell moved with his family in 1968 to North Yorkshire, where he trained as an artist at the Teesside College of Art. He graduated in film-making and art from the University of Leeds in 1974 and trained as an art teacher at St Luke's College, Exeter (now St Luke's Campus at the University of Exeter), in 1975. He taught art for one year in Birmingham, before resigning to become a freelance cartoonist in 1977. Cartoonist While still teaching, Bell did unpaid work providing the magazine ''Birmingham Broadside'' with illustrations, including a comic strip featuring ''Maxwell the Mutant'' who changed into someone different every time he drank a pint of mild. He had been a friend at university with another student, Kipper Williams, who had becom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudy Park
''Rudy Park'' is a syndicated comic strip created by Theron Heir and Darrin Bell. It ran from 2001 to 2018, when it merged with Bell's other strip '' Candorville''. Publication history Before being syndicated, ''Rudy Park'' was published in the late 1990s in the ''San Jose Mercury News''' former Sunday magazine, ''SV'', and other high-tech magazines. It was picked up for syndication by United Feature Syndicate in 2001. Around 2011 it switched syndicates to The Washington Post Writers Group (which also distributes '' Candorville''). Theron Heir a.k.a. Matt Richtel, wrote the strip from 2001–2012, when he announced he was taking a year-long sabbatical to focus on other projects. Illustrator Bell at that point took over the writing duties. Although the intention was Heir would return to writing the strip after the one year sabbatical, there is no indication he has done so and Bell has continued the writing and illustrating duties. ''Rudy Park'' and ''Candorville'' exist in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candorville
''Candorville'' is a Print syndication, syndicated newspaper comic strip written and illustrated by Darrin Bell. Launched in September 2003 by The Washington Post Writers Group, ''Candorville'' features young black and Latino characters living in the inner city. Using the vehicle of humor, ''Candorville'' presents social and political commentary as well as the stories of its protagonists. Publication history ''Candorville'' grew out of a comic strip called ''Lemont Brown'', which appeared in the student newspaper of UC Berkeley, ''The Daily Californian'', from 1993 to 2003. It still appears in the ''Daily Californian'' under its new title, and it is that newspaper's longest-running comic strip. ''Candorville'' appears in most of United States, America's largest newspapers. It also runs in Spanish-language newspapers where it is translated by the author's wife, Laura Bustamante. ''Candorville'' and Bell's other strip, ''Rudy Park'', exist in a shared universe. For a period in 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darrin Bell
Darrin Bell (born January 27, 1975) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American editorial cartoonist and comic strip creator known for the syndicated comic strips '' Candorville'' and '' Rudy Park''. He is a syndicated editorial cartoonist with King Features. (His editorial cartoons were formally syndicated by The Washington Post Writers Group.) Bell is the first African-American to have two comic strips syndicated nationally. He is also a storyboard artist. Bell engages in issues such as civil rights, pop culture, family, science fiction, scriptural wisdom, and nihilist philosophy, while often casting his characters in roles that are traditionally denied them. Biography Bell, who is black and Jewish, was born in Los Angeles, California. He started drawing when he was three. He attended the University of California, Berkeley, graduating with a BA in Political Science in 1999. While at Cal, Bell became the editorial cartoonist for ''The Daily Californian''. Bell's freelance editoria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niko Barun
Niko Barun (born 1965) is a Croatian cartoonist and illustrator. He experiments with different styles, so one of his works may be distinctly different from other art by him. His comics include '' Krapinjonci'', ''Pipo'', ''Small History of Money'', and many more. Works His 200 caricatures and over 300 illustrations have appeared in the following books, journals and magazines: "Trojica u trnju" "Samoborski list, "Naš Samobor", "Sraka", "Glas Slavonije", "Večernji list", "Slobodna Dalmacija". "Moja domovina Hrvatska", "Fun to Learn", "Junior Achievement", "Povratak profesora Baltazara", "Filipove bebe". To date, he has over 400 of comic pages in journals, including: "Gespenster", "Click-Clack", album "Mala povijest novca", "Striporama". Barun has had three exhibitions: "Barokna strip alternativa" in Varaždin (1994), "Sferakon" in Samobor (1996), and "Gag strip" in Zagreb Zagreb ( , , , ) is the capital and largest city of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aminollah Rezaei
Aminollah Rezaei (March 22, 1936 in Hamedan - 2004 in Tehran) was an Iranian painter, designer and poet. He was the first person to introduce Surrealist painting to Iran. For this reason, he has been called the father of Iranian surrealist painting. Rezai's paintings range from surreal and symbolic works to black and thoughtful humorous cartoons. Political themes, the precise and elaborate anatomical form, the combination of human and animal limbs, and the deformation of the body are all seen in his paintings. Hence, he was the first person in Iran to paint in the field of surrealism. Life He was born on Sunday, March 22, 1936 in Hamedan. Due to his father's job and changes in his place of residence, he was born in Kuhin, on the slopes of Alvand Mountain. From an early age, he became interested in painting, literature, poetry, music, and calligraphy, and despite his father's religious strictures, he diligently continued painting and music. However, his grandmother was not unaf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sumanta Baruah
Sumanta Baruah is a cartoonist from India. His cartoons have been published in Current Science, Science Reporter, Resonance, Vigyan Jeuti, Drishti, Satsori, Journal of Assam Science Society, Prantik, Gonit Sora, Enajori and xahitya.org. His cartoons have been exhibited in two International Cartoon Festivals: 3rd Rhodes International Cartoon Exhibition, Greece (2006) and International Cartoon Festival, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ... (2006). Creations Sumanta draws cartoons on various topics of science, environment, mathematics, politics and society. References Indian cartoonists Writers from Assam Living people Year of birth missing (living people) External links Sumanta Baruah's TEDx talk "Cartoons for Science, Society and Change"Article by '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen ( , ; 2 April 1805 – 4 August 1875) was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, he is best remembered for his literary fairy tales. Andersen's fairy tales, consisting of 156 stories across nine volumes and translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally embedded in the West's collective consciousness, readily accessible to children but presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well. His most famous fairy tales include " The Emperor's New Clothes", " The Little Mermaid", " The Nightingale", " The Steadfast Tin Soldier", " The Red Shoes", "The Princess and the Pea", " The Snow Queen", "The Ugly Duckling", "The Little Match Girl", and " Thumbelina". His stories have inspired ballets, plays, and animated and live-action films. Early life Hans Christian Andersen was born in Odense, Denmark on 2 April 1805. He had a stepsister named Karen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantagraphics Books
Fantagraphics (previously Fantagraphics Books) is an American publisher of alternative comics, classic comic strip anthologies, manga, magazines, graphic novels, and the erotic Eros Comix imprint. History Founding Fantagraphics was founded in 1976 by Gary Groth and Michael Catron in College Park, Maryland. The company took over an adzine named ''The Nostalgia Journal'', which it renamed ''The Comics Journal''. As comics journalist (and former Fantagraphics employee) Michael Dean writes, "the publisher has alternated between flourishing and nearly perishing over the years." Kim Thompson joined the company in 1977, using his inheritance to keep the company afloat.Dean, Michael"Comics Community Comes to Fantagraphics' Rescue," ''The Comics Journal'', Posted July 11, 2003. (He soon became a co-owner.) The company moved from Washington, D.C. to Stamford, Connecticut, to Los Angeles over its early years, before settling in Seattle in 1989.Matos, Michelangelo"Saved by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gladstone Gander
Gladstone Gander is a cartoon character created in 1948 by The Walt Disney Company. He is an anthropomorphic gander (male goose) who possesses exceptional good luck that grants him anything he desires as well as protecting him from any harm. This is in contrast to his cousin Donald Duck, who is often characterized for having bad luck. Gladstone is also a rival of Donald for the affection of Daisy Duck. Gladstone dresses in a very debonair way, often in a suit; wearing a bow-tie, fedora, and spats. He has a wavy hairstyle which is depicted either as white or blonde. In the story "Luck of the North" (December, 1949) he is described as having a brassy voice. Origin Gladstone Gander first appeared in "Wintertime Wager" in ''Walt Disney's Comics and Stories'' #88 (January 1948), written and drawn by Carl Barks. In that story he arrives at Donald Duck's house during a freezing cold Christmas Day to remind him of a wager Donald made the previous summer; that he could swim in the F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
