Arts and Music
Cartoonists
Though political cartoons have been around since the 16th century, nonpolitical cartoons and comic strips did not appear until the late 19th century.
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Art Spiegelman (born 1948)
American cartoonist.
- Raw; Maus
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Berkely Breathed (born 1957)
American cartoonist.
- Bloom County; Outland
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Bill Mauldin (born 1921)
American cartoonist.
- Depicted GI life in World War II
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Doug Marlette (born 1949)
American cartoonist.
- Editorial cartoonist; Kudzu
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Garry Trudeau (born 1948)
American cartoonist.
- Doonesbury
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James Thurber (born 1894, died 1961)
American humorist.
- New Yorker cartoonist
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Jay N. ''Ding'' Darling (born 1876, died 1962)
American cartoonist.
- Political cartoonist
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John T. McCutcheon (born 1870, died 1949)
American cartoonist.
- Depicted Midwestern rural life
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Mike Peters (born 1943)
American cartoonist.
- Editorial cartoons; Mother Goose and Grimm
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Paul Conrad (born 1924)
American cartoonist.
- Political cartoonist
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Rollin Kirby (born 1875, died 1952)
American cartoonist.
- Political cartoonist
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Walt Disney (born 1901, died 1966)
American pioneer of cinematic animation.
- Created Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; produced animated cartoons including the full-length feature Fantasia
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Saul Steinberg (born 1914, died 1999)
American cartoonist.
- Known for his New Yorker covers
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Charles M. Schulz (born 1922)
American cartoonist.
- Creator of Peanuts
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Walter Lantz (born 1900, died 1994)
American cartoonist.
- Woody Woodpecker
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Jules Feiffer (born 1928)
- Satirical Village Voice cartoonist
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Chuck Jones (born 1912)
American cartoonist.
- Animator of Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig and Daffy Duck
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Frederick Burr Opper (born 1857, died 1937)
American cartoonist.
- Happy Hooligan
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James M. Flagg (born 1877, died 1960)
American cartoonist.
- Creator of the Uncle Sam ''''I Want You'''' recruiting poster used in WWI
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Charles Addams (born 1912, died 1988)
American cartoonist.
- The Addams Family
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Peter Arno (born 1904, died 1968)
American cartoonist.
- New Yorker cartoonist
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George Baker (born 1915, died 1975)
American cartoonist.
- The Sad Sack
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Jim Berry (born 1932)
American cartoonist.
- Berry''s World
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Al Capp (born 1909, died 1979)
American cartoonist.
- Li''l Abner
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Billy DeBeck (born 1890, died 1942)
American cartoonist.
- Barney Google
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Bud Fisher (born 1884, died 1954)
American cartoonist.
- Mutt and Jeff
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Max Fleischer (born 1883, died 1972)
American cartoonist.
- Betty Boop; Popeye
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Hal Foster (born 1892, died 1982)
American cartoonist.
- Tarzan; Prince Valiant
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Rube Goldberg (born 1883, died 1970)
American cartoonist.
- Boob McNutt
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Chester Gould (born 1900, died 1985)
American cartoonist.
- Dick Tracy
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Matt Groening (born 1954)
American cartoonist.
- Life Is Hell; The Simpsons
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Joseph Barbera (born 1911)
American cartoonist.
- Animator of Tom and Jerry, Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear, and the Flintstones
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John Held, Jr. (born 1889, died 1958)
American cartoonist.
- "Jazz Age" cartoonist
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Al Hirschfeld (born 1903)
American cartoonist.
- New York Times theater caricaturist famous for hiding the name ''''Nina'''' in his drawings
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Bob Kane (born 1916)
American cartoonist.
- Batman
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Walt Kelly (born 1913, died 1973)
American cartoonist.
- Pogo
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Ted Key (born 1912)
American cartoonist.
- Hazel
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Frank King (born 1883, died 1969)
American cartoonist.
- Gasoline Alley
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Jack Kirby (born 1917, died 1994)
American cartoonist.
- Fantastic Four
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Edward Koren (born 1935)
American cartoonist.
- Known for his contributions to New Yorker magazine
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Gary Larson (born 1950)
American cartoonist.
- The Far Side
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Jeff MacNelly (born 1947)
American cartoonist.
- Political cartoonist; Shoe
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George McManus (born 1884, died 1954)
American cartoonist.
- Bringing Up Father
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Dick Moores (born 1909, died 1986)
American cartoonist.
- Gasoline Alley
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Pat Oliphant (born 1935)
American cartoonist.
- Political cartoonist
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Alex Raymond (born 1909, died 1956)
American cartoonist.
- Flash Gordon; Jungle Jim
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Art Sansom (born 1920, died 1991)
American cartoonist.
- The Born Loser
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Joe Shuster (born 1914, died 1992)
American cartoonist.
- Superman
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Sydney Smith (born 1887, died 1935)
American cartoonist.
- The Gumps
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William Steig (born 1907)
American cartoonist.
- New Yorker cartoonist
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Bob Thaves (born 1924)
American cartoonist.
- Frank and Ernest
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Mort Walker (born 1923)
American cartoonist.
- Beetle Bailey
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Russ Westover (born 1887, died 1966)
American cartoonist.
- Tillie the Toiler
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Brad Anderson (born 1924)
American cartoonist.
- Marmaduke
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Tex Avery (born 1908, died 1980)
American cartoonist.
- Animator of Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig and Daffy Duck
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Herbert Block (Herblock) (born 1909)
American cartoonist.
- Political cartoonist
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George Booth (born 1926)
American cartoonist.
- New Yorker cartoonist
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Ernie Bushmiller (born 1905, died 1982)
American cartoonist.
- Nancy
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Milton Caniff (born 1907, died 1988)
American cartoonist.
- Terry and the Pirates; Steve Canyon
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Roy Crane (born 1901, died 1977)
American cartoonist.
- Captain Easy; Buz Sawyer
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Robert Crumb (born 1943)
American cartoonist.
- Fritz the Cat; Mr. Natural
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Jack Davis (born 1926)
American cartoonist.
- Mad magazine
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Rudolph Dirks (born 1877, died 1968)
American cartoonist.
- The Katzenjammer Kids
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Steve Ditko (born 1927)
American cartoonist.
- Spiderman
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Mort Drucker (born 1929)
American cartoonist.
- Mad magazine
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Harold Gray (born 1894, died 1968)
American cartoonist.
- Little Orphan Annie
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William Hanna (born 1910)
American cartoonist.
- Animator of Tom and Jerry, Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear, and the Flintstones
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Johnny Hart (born 1931)
American cartoonist.
- B.C.; The Wizard of Id
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Jimmy Hatlo (born 1898, died 1963)
American cartoonist.
- Little Iodine
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George Herriman (born 1881, died 1944)
American cartoonist.
- Krazy Kat
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Harry Hershfield (born 1885, died 1974)
American cartoonist.
- Abie the Agent
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Hank Ketcham (born 1920)
American cartoonist.
- Dennis the Menace
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Harvey Kurtzman (born 1921, died 1993)
American cartoonist.
- Mad magazine
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Stan Lee (born 1922)
American cartoonist.
- Known for his work for Marvel Comics
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David Levine (born 1926)
American cartoonist.
- Known for his caricatures in the New York Review of Books
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Don Martin (born 1931)
American cartoonist.
- Mad magazine
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Winsor McCay (born 1872, died 1934)
American cartoonist.
- Little Nemo
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Dale Messick (born 1906)
American cartoonist.
- Brenda Starr
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Norman Mingo (born 1896, died 1980)
American cartoonist.
- Mad magazine; creator of Alfred E. Neuman
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Bob Montana (born 1920, died 1975)
American cartoonist.
- Archie
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Willard Mullin (born 1902, died 1978)
American cartoonist.
- Sports cartoonist who created the Brooklyn Dodgers ''''Bum'''' and New York Mets ''''Kid''''
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Russell Myers (born 1938)
American cartoonist.
- Broom Hilda
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Thomas Nast (born 1840, died 1902)
American cartoonist.
- Political cartoonist who created the Democratic donkey and Republican elephant
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Richard Outcault (born 1863, died 1928)
American cartoonist.
- Yellow Kid; Buster Brown
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Jerry Siegel (born 1914, died 1996)
American cartoonist.
- Helped create Superman; sold his rights to the superhero for $130 in 1938
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Otto Soglow (born 1900, died 1975)
American cartoonist.
- Little King; Canyon Kiddies
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James Swinnerton (born 1875, died 1974)
American cartoonist.
- Little Jimmy
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Paul Terry (born 1887, died 1971)
American cartoonist.
- Animator of Mighty Mouse
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Bill Watterson (born 1958)
American cartoonist.
- Calvin and Hobbes
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Frank Willard (born 1893, died 1958)
American cartoonist.
- Moon Mullins
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Tom Wilson (born 1931)
American cartoonist.
- Ziggy
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Art Young (born 1866, died 1943)
American cartoonist.
- Political radical and satirist
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Scott Adams (born 1957)
American cartoonist.
- Dilbert
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Stanley Albert Drake (born 1921)
American cartoonist
- The Heart of Juliet Jones
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Scott Raymond Adams (born 1957)
American cartoonist.
- Dilbert
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Dik Browne (born 1917, died 1989)
American cartoonist.
- Hagar the Horrible; Hi and Lois
Cartoonists
Though political cartoons have been around since the 16th century, nonpolitical cartoons and comic strips did not appear until the late 19th century.
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Clare Briggs (born 1875, died 1930)
American cartoonist.
- Mr. and Mrs.
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Marjorie Buell (born 1904, died 1993)
American cartoonist.
- Little Lulu
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Roz Chast (born 1954)
American cartoonist.
- New Yorker cartoonist
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Cathy Guisewite (born 1950)
American cartoonist.
- Cathy
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Nicole Hollander (born 1939)
American cartoonist.
- Sylvia
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Helen Hokinson (born 1900, died 1949)
American cartoonist.
- Satirized clubwomen
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Lynn Johnston (born 1947)
Canadian cartoonist.
- For Better or for Worse
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