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| title | full_name | born | died | nationality | occupation | url |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Tapper | Jacob Paul Tapper | 1969 | n/a | American | journalist, author, and cartoonist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Tapper |
| Rube Goldberg | Reuben Garrett Lucius Goldberg | 1883 | 1970 | American | cartoonist, sculptor, author, engineer, and inventor | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rube_Goldberg |
| Shel Silverstein | Sheldon Allan Silverstein | 1930 | 1999 | American | writer, poet, cartoonist, songwriter, and playwright | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shel_Silverstein |
| Art Spiegelman | Art Spiegelman | 1948 | n/a | American | cartoonist, editor, and comics advocate best known for his graphic novel Maus | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Spiegelman |
| Martin Landau | Martin James Landau | 1928 | 2017 | American | actor, acting coach, producer, and editorial cartoonist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Landau |
| Paul Frank | Paul Frank | 1967 | n/a | American | cartoonist, artist and fashion designer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Frank |
| Will Eisner | William Erwin Eisner | 1917 | 2005 | American | cartoonist, writer, and entrepreneur | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Eisner |
| Friz Freleng | Isadore "Friz" Freleng | 1905 | 1995 | American | animator, cartoonist, director, producer, and composer known for his work at Warner Bros | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friz_Freleng |
| Harvey Kurtzman | Harvey Kurtzman | 1924 | 1993 | American | cartoonist and editor | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Kurtzman |
| Eli Valley | Eli Valley | null | null | American | cartoonist and author | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_Valley |
| Jacob Burck | Jacob "Jake" Burck | 1907 | 1982 | Polish | Jewish-American painter, sculptor, and award-winning editorial cartoonist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Burck |
| Al Capp | Alfred Gerald Caplin | 1909 | 1979 | American | cartoonist and humorist best known for the satirical comic strip Li'l Abner, which he created in 1934 and continued writing and (with help from assistants) drawing until 1977 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Capp |
| Nina Paley | Nina Carolyn Paley | 1968 | n/a | American | cartoonist, animator, and free culture activist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Paley |
| Jules Feiffer | Jules Ralph Feiffer | 1929 | n/a | American | cartoonist and author, who was considered the most widely read satirist in the country | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Feiffer |
| Daniel Clowes | Daniel Gillespie Clowes | 1961 | n/a | American | cartoonist, graphic novelist, illustrator, and screenwriter | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Clowes |
| Judd Winick | Judd Winick | 1970 | n/a | American | cartoonist, comic book writer and screenwriter, as well as a former reality television personality | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judd_Winick |
| Lee Falk | Lee Falk | 1911 | 1999 | American | cartoonist, writer, theater director and producer, best known as the creator of the popular comic strips Mandrake the Magician (1934–2013) and The Phantom (1936–present) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Falk |
| William Steig | William Steig | 1907 | 2003 | American | cartoonist, illustrator and writer of children's books, best known for the picture book Shrek!, which inspired the film series of the same name, as well as others that included Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, Abel's Island, and Doctor De Soto | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Steig |
| Tuli Kupferberg | Naphtali "Tuli" Kupferberg | 1923 | 2010 | American | counterculture poet, author, singer, cartoonist, pacifist anarchist, publisher, and co-founder of the band The Fugs | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuli_Kupferberg |
| Trina Robbins | Trina Robbins | 1938 | n/a | American | cartoonist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trina_Robbins |
| Darrin Bell | Darrin Bell | 1975 | n/a | null | Pulitzer Prize-winning American editorial cartoonist and comic strip creator known for the syndicated comic strips Candorville and Rudy Park | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darrin_Bell |
| Zach Weinersmith | Zachary Alexander Weinersmith | 1982 | n/a | American | cartoonist and writer, best known for his webcomic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal (SMBC) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zach_Weinersmith |
| Roland Topor | Roland Topor | 1938 | 1997 | French | illustrator, cartoonist, comics artist, painter, novelist, playwright, film and TV writer, filmmaker and actor, who was known for the surreal nature of his work | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Topor |
| Martin Nodell | Martin Nodell | 1915 | 2006 | American | cartoonist and commercial artist, best known as the creator of the Golden Age superhero Green Lantern | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Nodell |
| Al Jaffee | Allan Jaffee | 1921 | n/a | American | cartoonist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jaffee |
| Boris Yefimov | Boris Yefimovich Yefimov | none | 2008 | Soviet | political cartoonist best known for his critical political caricatures of Adolf Hitler and other Nazis produced before and during the Second World War, and was the chief illustrator of the newspaper Izvestia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Yefimov |
| Kim Deitch | Kim Deitch | 1944 | n/a | American | cartoonist who was an important figure in the underground comix movement of the 1960s, remaining active in the decades that followed with a variety of books and comics, sometimes using the pseudonym Fowlton Means | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Deitch |
| Lisa Hanawalt | Lisa Hanawalt | 1983 | n/a | American | illustrator, writer, and cartoonist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Hanawalt |
| William Gropper | William "Bill" Gropper | 1897 | 1977 | null | U.S. cartoonist, painter, lithographer, and muralist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gropper |
| Georges Wolinski | Georges David Wolinski | 1934 | 2015 | French | cartoonist and comics writer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Wolinski |
| Aaron Freeman | Aaron Freeman | 1956 | n/a | American | journalist, stand-up comedian, author, cartoonist, and blogger | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Freeman |
| Irwin Hasen | Irwin Hasen | 1918 | 2015 | American | cartoonist best known as the creator (with Gus Edson) of the Dondi comic strip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irwin_Hasen |
| Bedřich Fritta | Bedřich Fritta | 1906 | 1944 | Czech | Jewish artist and cartoonist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedřich_Fritta |
| Milt Gross | Milt Gross | 1895 | 1953 | American | cartoonist and animator | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milt_Gross |
| Roz Chast | Rosalind "Roz" Chast | 1954 | n/a | American | cartoonist and a staff cartoonist for The New Yorker | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roz_Chast |
| Jerry Iger | Samuel Maxwell "Jerry" Iger | 1903 | 1990 | American | cartoonist and art-studio entrepreneur | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Iger |
| Syd Hoff | Syd Hoff | 1912 | 2004 | American | cartoonist and children's book author, best known for his classic early reader Danny and the Dinosaur | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syd_Hoff |
| Drew Friedman (cartoonist) | Drew Friedman | null | null | American | cartoonist and illustrator who first gained renown for his humorous artwork and "stippling"-like style of caricature, employing thousands of pen-marks to simulate the look of a photograph | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Friedman_(cartoonist) |
| Ben Katchor | Ben Katchor | 1951 | n/a | American | cartoonist and illustrator best known for his critically acclaimed comic strip Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Katchor |
| Anthony Haden-Guest | Anthony Haden-Guest | 1937 | n/a | British | writer, reporter, cartoonist, art critic, poet, and socialite who lives in New York City and London | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Haden-Guest |
| Dave Berg (cartoonist) | Dave Berg | 1920 | 2002 | American | cartoonist, most noted for his five decades of work in Mad of which The Lighter Side of | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Berg_(cartoonist) |
| Justin Green (cartoonist) | Justin Considine Green | 1945 | n/a | American | cartoonist who is known as the "father of autobiographical comics | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Green_(cartoonist) |
| Michael Kupperman | Michael Kupperman | 1966 | n/a | American | cartoonist and illustrator | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Kupperman |
| Edward Sorel | Edward Sorel | 1929 | n/a | American | illustrator, caricaturist, cartoonist, graphic designer and author | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Sorel |
| Mell Lazarus | Melvin Lazarus | 1927 | 2016 | American | cartoonist, best known as the creator of two comic strips, Miss Peach (1957–2002) and Momma (1970–2016) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mell_Lazarus |
| Vanessa Davis | Vanessa Davis | null | null | American | illustrator, humorist, and cartoonist of alternative comic books | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_Davis |
| Terry LaBan | Terry LaBan | 1961 | n/a | null | alternative/underground cartoonist and newspaper comic strip artist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_LaBan |
| Ariel Schrag | Ariel Schrag | 1979 | n/a | American | cartoonist and television writer who achieved critical recognition at an early age for her autobiographical comics | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_Schrag |
| Philip Zec | Philip Zec | 1909 | 1983 | British | political cartoonist and editor | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Zec |
| Hilda Terry | Theresa Hilda D’Alessio | 1914 | 2006 | American | cartoonist who created the comic strip Teena | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilda_Terry |
| Victor Weisz | Victor Weisz | 1913 | 1966 | German | political cartoonist, drawing under the name of Vicky | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Weisz |
| Harry Hershfield | Harry Hershfield | 1885 | 1974 | American | cartoonist, humor writer and radio personality | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Hershfield |
| Zapiro | Jonathan Shapiro | 1958 | n/a | South African | cartoonist, known as Zapiro, whose work appears in numerous South African publications and has been exhibited internationally on many occasions | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zapiro |
| Sam Gross | Sam Gross | 1933 | n/a | American | cartoonist, specializing in single-panel cartoons | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Gross |
| Mel Calman | Melville Calman | 1931 | 1994 | British | cartoonist best known for his "little man" cartoons published in British newspapers including the Daily Express (1957–63), The Sunday Telegraph (1964–65), The Observer (1965-6), The Sunday Times (1969–84) and The Times (1979–94) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Calman |
| Murray Olderman | Murray Olderman | 1922 | 2020 | American | sports cartoonist and writer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Olderman |
| Dave Breger | Irving David Breger | 1908 | 1970 | American | cartoonist who created the syndicated Mister Breger (1945–1970), a gag panel series and Sunday comic strip known earlier as Private Breger and G.I. Joe | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Breger |
| Hy Eisman | Hy Eisman | 1927 | n/a | American | cartoonist, active since the 1950s, who writes and draws the Sunday strips for Popeye and (until the strip went into reruns in 2006) The Katzenjammer Kids | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hy_Eisman |
| Dudu Geva | Dudu Geva | 1950 | 2005 | Israeli | cartoonist, illustrator, and comic book creator | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudu_Geva |
| Mort Gerberg | Mort Gerberg | null | null | null | multi-genre American cartoonist and author whose work has appeared in magazines, newspapers, books, online, home video, film and television | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mort_Gerberg |
| Neil Kleid | Neil Kleid | 1975 | n/a | null | U.S. cartoonist raised in Oak Park, Michigan, now living in New Jersey | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Kleid |
| Allan Neuwirth | Allan Charles Neuwirth | 1956 | n/a | American | screenwriter, producer, author, designer, and cartoonist known for his work in film, television, and print, as co-creator of the syndicated comic strip Chelsea Boys | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Neuwirth |
| Ranan Lurie | Ranan R. Lurie | 1932 | n/a | Israeli | political cartoonist and journalist, a senior associate at the CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies) since 1990, a member of the United Nation Correspondents Association, founder and Editor-in-Chief of Cartoonews, a current events educational magazine | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranan_Lurie |
| Leela Corman | Leela Corman | null | null | American | cartoonist and illustrator | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leela_Corman |
| Hal Sherman | Hal Sherman | 1911 | 2009 | null | gag cartoonist and a Platinum Age and Golden Age comic book artist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Sherman |
| Horst Rosenthal | Horst Sigmund Rosenthal | 1915 | 1942 | German | cartoonist of Jewish descent | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_Rosenthal |
| Zlatko Bourek | Zlatko Bourek | 1929 | 2018 | Croatian | Jewish film director, screenwriter, production designer, cartoonist and expert on Jewish culture | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zlatko_Bourek |
| George Molnar | George Molnar | 1910 | 1998 | null | born in Nagyvárad, Austria-Hungary and came to Australia in 1939, where he practiced as a cartoonist and architecture lecturer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Molnar |
| David George Plotkin | David George Plotkin AKA "David George Kin" | 1899 | 1968 | American | poet, cartoonist, novelist, and ghostwriter who was reputed author of My Sister and I (memoir attributed to the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche) and author of The Plot Against America: Senator Wheeler and the Forces Behind Him | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_George_Plotkin |
| Yossi Abulafia | Yossi Abulafia | 1944 | n/a | Israeli | writer and illustrator of children's books, as well as a graphic artist, cartoonist, director and screenwriter of animation films | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yossi_Abulafia |
| Maitena Burundarena | Maitena Burundarena | 1962 | n/a | Argentine | cartoonist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maitena_Burundarena |
| Jay Irving | Jay Irving | 1900 | 1970 | American | cartoonist notable for his syndicated strip Pottsy about an overweight, goodnatured, dutiful New York police officer, Pottsy, who often came into conflict with his stricter and less imaginative sergeant, known only as "Sarge | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Irving |
| Michel Kichka | Michel Kichka | 1954 | n/a | Israeli | cartoonist and illustrator of Belgian origin | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Kichka |
| Kariel Gardosh | Kariel Gardosh | 1921 | 2000 | Israeli | cartoonist and illustrator known by his pen name Dosh () | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kariel_Gardosh |
| Diana Raznovich | Diana Raznovich | 1945 | n/a | Argentine | playwright and cartoonist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Raznovich |
| Harry Mayerovitch | Harry Mayerovitch | 1910 | 2004 | Canadian | architect, artist, illustrator, author and cartoonist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Mayerovitch |
| Yosl Cutler | Yosl Cutler | 1896 | 1935 | null | Yiddish-American cartoonist, poet, satirist and founder of the first Yiddish puppet theatre in the United States | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yosl_Cutler |
| Hilary B. Price | Hilary B. Price | 1969 | n/a | American | cartoonist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilary_B._Price |
| Avrom Yanovsky | Avrom Yanovsky | 1911 | 1979 | Canadian | graphic artist and editorial cartoonist, whose work appeared in a variety of leftist publications | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avrom_Yanovsky |
| Zuni Maud | Zuni Maud | 1891 | 1956 | null | Yiddish-American cartoonist, satirist, calligrapher and co-founder of the first Yiddish-language puppet theatre in the United States | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuni_Maud |
| Albertine Randall | Albertine Randall Wheelan | 1863 | 1954 | American | illustrator, cartoonist, and costume designer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albertine_Randall |
| Shmuel Katz (artist) | Shmuel Katz | 1926 | 2010 | Israeli | artist, illustrator, and cartoonist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shmuel_Katz_(artist) |
| Paul Peter Porges | Paul Peter Porges | 1927 | 2016 | American | cartoonist whose work appeared in many places, including The New Yorker, Mad magazine, Playboy, Harper's, Look and the Saturday Evening Post | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Peter_Porges |
| Ivan Saidenberg | Ivan Saidenberg | 1940 | 2009 | Brazilian | comics artist, writer and cartoonist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Saidenberg |
| D. L. Ghilchik | David Louis Ghilchik | 1892 | 1972 | Romanian | painter, and cartoonist for Punch Magazine and the Daily Sketch | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._L._Ghilchik |
| Lenn Redman | Lenn Redman | 1912 | 1987 | null | artist, caricaturist, animator, author, poet, illustrator, entertainer, cartoonist and civil rights activist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenn_Redman |
| Nat Falk | Nat Falk | 1898 | 1989 | American | illustrator and cartoonist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_Falk |
| Meir Ronnen | Meir (Mike) Ronnen | 1926 | 2009 | Israeli | journalist, political cartoonist, art critic, and illustrator | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meir_Ronnen |
| Friedel Stern | Friedel Stern | 1917 | 2006 | null | German- born Israeli cartoonist and illustrator | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedel_Stern |