Robert Graysmith – Cartoonist, Detective, Author
If you know me, you know I’m a huge fan of Chester Gould, and I have a number of Dick…
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741.5 Comic Chronicles
Once upon a time there was a lonely rich boy whose mother insisted on dragging him away from home to…
Scrawls is the Cartoonist, Not the Art Style
[I]f you were looking for a name for a cartoonist, you couldn’t do much better than Scrawls. And that’s…
Liza Donnelly: Cartoonist, Historian, Advocate
Young Liza had succeeded in fulfilling a lifelong dream. In 1979 Liza Donnelly joined three other women as the female…
Joe Martin, A Boffo Cartoonist
“My 50,000 comics would be at least 50 novels and 60 TV episodes worth of dialogue,” declares the syndicated illustrator…
Johnny Sampson, The Last Idiot Standing?
Johnny Sampson began his comics career with a sideways tribute to Al Jaffee. In Tru-ly MAD-ly, the Chicago illustrator gets…
Profiling – Cartoonist Chronicles210211
Antonio vs. Fidel and Spy vs. Spy But he was always careful that neither spy ever defeated the other because…
Peter Steiner: Fired by Paper, Hired by New Yorker
Stories about people getting fired before landing great success or fame are interesting to hear. As it turns out, The…
Cartoonists’ Profiles
© Grant Snider Grant Snider, whose newest collection “I Will Judge You By Your Bookshelf,” was nominated for a 2020…
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UW–Madison’s Lynda Barry is the recipient of the Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year, which is chosen by…
Charlie Daniel: The Gentle Eviscerator
Drawing cartoons on dicey political topics without being ugly just comes naturally, says Daniel, who was born in Richmond, Virginia….
Elizabeth Montague Profiled at Washington Post
In the first cartoon Elizabeth Montague published in the New Yorker, two black women stand on a rooftop that overlooks…