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Walt Kelly Pogo as drawn by Walt Kelly.  Copyright 1952, 2005 OGPI Topic Pogo  
Walter Crawford Kelly, Jr (August 25, 1913–October 18, 1973), known as Walt Kelly, was a cartoonist notable for his comic strip Pogo featuring characters that inhabited a portion of the Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia. Walter Crawford Kelly, Jr. was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. While he was still a child, his family moved to Bridgeport, Connecticut where his father worked in a munitions plant. After graduating from Warren Harding High School in 1930, Kelly worked a few odd jobs until...
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Charles M. Schulz Topic Peanuts  
Charles Monroe Schulz (November 26, 1922 – February 12, 2000) was a 20th-century 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 Carl Schulz, who was German, and Dena, who was Norwegian. His uncle nicknamed him "Sparky" after the horse Spark Plug in the Barney Google comic strip. Schulz loved drawing and sometimes drew his dog, Spike. Spike ate unusual things,...
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Jerry Holkins Mike Krahulik left and Jerry Holkins right Topic Penny Arcade Writer
Keith Gerald "Jerry" Holkins (born February 6,1976), is the writer of the webcomic Penny Arcade. Holkins goes by the pseudonym "Tycho Brahe". This is also the name of one of the two main characters of Penny Arcade, who is a cartoonized self-insertion of Holkins. However, as the character of Tycho was not originally meant to represent Holkins, the two have few physical similarities, where Holkins is somewhat corpulent and bald, Tycho is slim and endowed with a luxuriant head of hair; they are...
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Mike Krahulik Mike Krahulik left and Jerry Holkins right Topic Penny Arcade Illustrator
Mike Krahulik (born September 25 1977) is the artist who draws the popular webcomic Penny Arcade. He goes by the online moniker "John(athan) Gabriel" or "Gabe". He does not physically resemble his comic strip counterpart, as the character was not originally meant to represent him. Krahulik credits cartoonist Stephen Silver as a major influence on his drawing style. His style has become dramatically more stylised since he began drawing Penny Arcade in 1998. Many older comics have a visibly...
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Will Elder   Topic    
William "Will" Elder (September 22, 1921 – May 15, 2008) was an American illustrator and comic book artist who worked in numerous areas of commercial art, but is best known for a zany cartoon style that helped launch Harvey Kurtzman's Mad comic book in 1952. Mad publisher Bill Gaines approvingly called Elder "unquestionably the nuttiest guy who ever walked in the doors here." Playboy publisher Hugh Hefner said, "He was a zany, and a lovable one." Longtime Mad writer-cartoonist Al Jaffee...
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Jidéhem   Topic    
Jean De Mesmaeker (born December 21, 1935) known by the pseudonym Jidéhem, is a Belgian comics artist in the Marcinelle school tradition. A creator of his own series Sophie, and Ginger, and noted for his work with Starter and Uhu-man, he is perhaps best known for his collaborations and assistance to the work of André Franquin during a long career at the comics magazine Spirou, on Spirou et Fantasio, and Gaston Lagaffe on which he shared co-authorship for several years.
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Virgil Franklin Partch Topic    
Virgil Franklin Partch (October 17, 1916 - August 10, 1984) was one of the most prominent and prolific American magazine gag cartoonists of the 1940s and 1950s. His unusual style, surreal humor and familiar abbreviated signature (VIP) made his cartoons distinctive and eye-catching. Partch's cartoons expressed a dry, sardonic wit, and his characters were instantly recognizable by their lipless mouths, large triangular noses, thin ankles and thin wrists, and sometimes well-combed bangs. He was a...
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Zhang Leping Zhang Leping Topic    
Zhang Leping (, November 10, 1910 - September 27, 1992) was a comic artist born in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province, China. He played a key role in the development of modern manhua in China, and is mostly remembered for his work in Sanmao. In 1924 Zhang lived in extreme poverty and was unable to continue his primary school education. In the fall of 1927 his area was attacked by the Northern Expedition army. By 1928 at the age of 18 years old, with the support of relatives, he was recommended by the...
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Sindre Goksøyr   Topic    
Sindre Wexelsen Goksøyr (born 1975 in Oslo) is a comic artist. He also had a brief career as an undistinguished hardcore band musician. His strips have been published by Jippi Comics and Egmont Serieforlaget, as well as some magazine and newspaper. His comic strip Mor, which runs in the Bergen-based tabloid Bergens Tidende, caused some local attention when foul language and obscene content failed to be censored because the editor was away on holiday.
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Basil Wolverton Mad #11 (May 1954). Cover art by Wolverton in his trademark "spaghetti and meatballs" style Topic    
Basil Wolverton (July 9, 1909 – December 31, 1978) was an American cartoonist, comic book writer-artist, illustrator and professed "Producer of Preposterous Pictures of Peculiar People who Prowl this Perplexing Planet", whose many publishers included Marvel Comics and Mad Magazine. His unique, humorously grotesque drawings have elicited a wide range of reactions. Cartoonist Will Elder said he finds Wolverton's technique "outrageously inventive, defying every conventional standard yet...
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William Donahey   Topic    
William Donahey (19 October 1883 – 2 February 1970) was a U.S. cartoon artist and creator of the Teenie Weenies, a comic strip about two inch tall people living under a rosebush. The strip appeared in the Chicago Tribune for over 50 years. He drew the Teenie Weenies characters for a total of about 2100 strips. His work appeared in places all around the world. Donahey, being an introverted child, spent much of his childhood alone. One of his pastimes was imagining strange creatures in a small...
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Jef Mallett Jef Mallet By United Media Topic    
Jef Mallett (born 1962) is the creator and artist of the comic strip Frazz. He attended nursing school for a period of time before leaving to pursue his artistic interests. He has a longtime interest in the thrill and excitement of bicycling. He is married and lives in Lansing, Michigan. While in high school, Mallett created a comic strip for his local newspaper, the Big Rapids, Michigan, Pioneer. After becoming a graphic artist, he worked in that capacity for regional newspapers, the Grand...
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Johnny Hart Johnny Hart Topic    
Johnny Hart (February 18 1931 – April 7 2007) was an American cartoonist noted as the creator of the comic strip B.C. and co-creator of the strip The Wizard of Id. Hart was recognized with several awards, including five from the National Cartoonists Society, and the Swedish Adamson Award. In his later years, he sparked controversy by incorporating overtly Christian themes and messages into the strips. Hart's first published work was shown in Stars and Stripes while he served in Korea as an...
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Elliot Caplin   Topic    
Elliott Caplin (Dec 25, 1913-February 20, 2000 in Stockbridge, Massachusetts) was a comic strip writer best known for the soap opera strip The Heart of Juliet Jones (1953-2000), co-created with artist Stan Drake. He also co-created the strips Peter Scratch and Big Ben Bolt and served as writer for strips created by others, including Abbie and Slats, Long Sam, and Little Orphan Annie. He was the younger brother of Al Capp, the creator of the strip Li'l Abner.
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Bil Keane   Topic The Family Circus  
Bil Keane (born October 5 1922) is an American cartoonist best known for his work on the long-running newspaper comic The Family Circus, which began its run in 1960 and continues in syndication. Keane was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He taught himself to draw while attending Northeast Catholic High School by mimicking the style of the cartoons published in The New Yorker. His first cartoon was published on May 21 1936 on the amateur page of the Philadelphia Daily News. Keane served in...
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Alan Moore Film writer    
Alan Moore (born November 18, 1953 in Northampton) is an English writer most famous for his influential work in comics, including the acclaimed graphic novel Watchmen, V for Vendetta and From Hell. He has also written a novel, Voice of the Fire, and performs "workings" (one-off performance art/spoken word pieces) with The Moon and Serpent Grand Egyptian Theatre of Marvels, some of which have been released on CD. As a comics writer, Moore is notable for being one of the first writers to apply...
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Walter Berndt   Topic    
Walter Berndt (1899-1979) was a comic strip artist born in Brooklyn, New York. He worked as an office boy at the New York Journal, before starting his own career in comics. In 1924 he created the comic strip Smitty, which he continued on through 1973. He won the Reuben Award for 1969 for this strip. He also produced the comic strip Herby from 1938 through 1960.
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Dave Coverly   Topic    
Dave Coverly (born 1964) is the creator of the one panel comic Speed Bump. He grew up in Plainwell, Michigan and graduated from Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan with a degree in philosophy. At EMU, he worked for the student newspaper, the Eastern Echo. He went on to get a master's degree in English from Indiana University. He has been recognized for his work with the National Cartoonist Society Greeting Card Award for 1997 and another nomination for the same award for 1998...
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Lloyd Piper   Topic    
Lloyd Piper (1923-1983) was an Australian cartoonist and art teacher, who drew Wolf for the Sunday Telegraph and later, Ginger Meggs.
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Jimmy Hatlo Jimmyhatlo Topic    
Jimmy Hatlo (1897-1963) was an America sports cartoonist who created the long-running comic strip They'll Do It Every Time in 1929. He worked on the strip until his death in 1963.His supplemental panel, The Hatlo Inferno, ran from 1953 to 1958 in tandem with They'll Do It Every Time. Hatlo's other strip, Little Iodine, was adapted into a feature-length movie in 1946. Hatlo was recognized for his work with the National Cartoonist Society Newspaper Panel Cartoon Award for 1957 and 1959. Hatlo...
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Cabu   Topic    
Cabu (real name Jean Cabut, born January 13, 1938, Châlons-en-Champagne, France) is a French comic strip artist and carticaturist. He started out studying art at the École Estienne in Paris and his drawings were first published by 1954 in a local newspaper. The Algerian War forced him to be conscripted in Army for over two years, where his talent was used in the army magazine Bled and in Paris-Match. His time in the army caused him to become a strident anti-militarist and adopt a slightly...
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Wiley Miller NonSequitur Topic    
David Wiley Miller (born 1951), an American cartoonist whose work is characterized by wry wit and trenchant social satire, is best known for his comic strip Non Sequitur, which he signs Wiley. Non Sequitur is the only cartoon to win National Cartoonists Society Reuben Awards in both the comic strip and comic panel categories, and Miller is the only cartoonist to win a Reuben in his first year of syndication. A California native, Wiley studied art at Virginia Commonwealth University and worked...
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Jen Sorensen   Topic    
Jen Sorensen (born September 28, 1974) is an American cartoonist who authors ''Slowpoke'', a weekly comic strip that often focuses on current events and college life (at the University of Virginia) from a liberal perspective. The comic generally makes use of three recurring characters: Mr. Perkins, Little Gus, and Drooly Julie. Sorensen was born and raised in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She enrolled in University of Virginia, where she drew a daily comic strip, Li'l Gus, for its student newspaper...
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George Gately George Gately Gallagher Topic    
George Gately Gallagher (December 21, 1928 – September 30, 2001), better known as George Gately, was born in Queens Village, Queens. He is best known as the creator of the popular comic character Heathcliff. Gately was born into a family of comic lovers. His father was an amateur doodler and his elder brother John was also a cartoonist. He grew up and went to school in Bergenfield, New Jersey. Later he studied art at the Pratt Institute in New York City. After graduating, he worked at an...
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Alex Kotzky   Topic    
Alex Kotzky was a cartoonist who for many years drew the comic strip Apartment 3-G. He received the National Cartoonist Society Story Comic Strip Award for 1968 for his work on the series. He died in 1996. Kotzky, Alex
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Frederick Burr Opper   Topic    
Frederick Burr Opper (January 2, 1857 - August 27, 1937). is considered one of the pioneers of U.S. newspaper comic strips and in his time was considered a leader in the creation of comic characters appealing to popular culture. His prototypical characters in magazine gag cartoons and covers, political cartoons, and comic strips were featured for fifty-eight years. Born to Austrian-American immigrants Lewis and Aurelia Burr Oppers in Madison, Ohio, Frederick was the eldest of three children....
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Lyonel Feininger Stamp, Germany 2002 Topic The Kin-der-Kids Illustrator and Writer
Lyonel Charles Feininger (July 17 1871 – January 13 1956); was a German-American painter and caricaturist. Feininger was born to parents of German descent and grew up in New York City. He moved to Berlin, in 1887, to study at the Königliche Akademie Berlin under Ernst Hancke and art schools in Berlin with Karl Schlabitz and in Paris with sculptor Filippo Colarossi. He started working as a caricaturist for several magazines including Harper's Round Table, Harper's Young People, Humoristische...
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Mike Peters   Topic    
Michael Bartley Peters (born October 9, 1943, St. Louis, Missouri), better known as Mike Peters, is an American cartoonist. He draws the popular comic strip Mother Goose and Grimm, as well as syndicated editorial cartoon that appear in papers all over the United States. He won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning. His home paper is the Dayton Daily News in Dayton, Ohio. As a joke, he once stood on the building ledge outside the Daily News building for thirty minutes wearing a Superman...
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Noel Sickles   Topic