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Aaron McGruder
Aaron McGruder, also known as Aaron Vincent McGruder, is an American cartoonist born in Chicago in 1974, best known for The Boondocks, a satirical comic strip syndicated from 1999 and later an Adult Swim animated series.
Adam Kay (writer)
Adam Kay (born 1980, Brighton) is a British author, comedian and former NHS junior doctor in obstetrics and gynaecology, known for the memoir This Is Going to Hurt, its BAFTA-winning BBC adaptation, and bestselling children's books such as Kay's Anatomy.
Ai Yazawa (矢沢あい)
Ai Yazawa (矢沢あい), Japanese manga artist born 1967 in Hyogo; Ribon debut 1985 with "Ano Natsu"; creator of Tenshi Nanka Ja Nai, Gokinjo Monogatari, Paradise Kiss, and the 50-million-copy NANA, on hiatus since 2009 illness.
Aka Akasaka (赤坂 アカ)
Aka Akasaka (赤坂アカ) is the pen name of a Japanese manga writer and illustrator, born 1988 in Niigata, known for Kaguya-sama: Love Is War (65th Shogakukan Manga Award) and as story author of Oshi no Ko with artist Mengo Yokoyari; since 2022 he works only as an original creator.
Alan Moore
Alan Moore, also known as Curt Vile, is a British comics writer born in 1953 in Northampton, England, best known for Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
Alison Bechdel
Alison Bechdel (born 1960) is an American cartoonist, creator of Dykes to Watch Out For (1983–2008), author of Fun Home, and namesake of the Bechdel test for gender representation in film.
Art Spiegelman
Art Spiegelman (born 1948, Stockholm) is an American cartoonist and author of Maus, the first graphic novel to win a Pulitzer Prize (1992). He co-founded RAW magazine with Françoise Mouly and created Breakdowns and In the Shadow of No Towers.
Bill Finger
Bill Finger (Milton Finger, 1914-1974), American comics writer, uncredited co-creator of Batman with Bob Kane: named Bruce Wayne and Gotham City, wrote the Detective Comics #27 debut script, co-created the Joker, later honored by the Bill Finger Award.
Bill Jemas
Bill Jemas (born 1958) is an American media entrepreneur and comics executive who co-led Marvel Comics' turnaround and created the Ultimate Marvel and MAX imprints.
Bill Mantlo
Bill Mantlo, American comic book writer of Marvel's 1970s-1980s Bronze Age, co-creator of Rocket Raccoon, Cloak and Dagger, and Marvel's Micronauts; later a public defender, disabled by a 1992 hit-and-run.
Brad Meltzer
Brad Meltzer is an American novelist, comic book writer, and television host known for bestselling thrillers, Identity Crisis, and the Ordinary People Change the World books.
Brian K. Vaughan
Brian K. Vaughan, born 1976 in Cleveland, Ohio, is an American comic book writer and screenwriter known for creator-owned series including Saga and Y: The Last Man.
Brian Michael Bendis
Brian Michael Bendis (born 1967, Cleveland) is an American comics writer, creator of Jinxworld, co-creator of Miles Morales, Jessica Jones, and Riri Williams, writer of Ultimate Spider-Man, New Avengers, and Action Comics 1000, and five-time Eisner winner.
Charles Addams
Charles Samuel Addams (1912–1988), American New Yorker cartoonist of macabre single-panel cartoons; creator of the unnamed characters who became The Addams Family in the 1964 ABC television series.
Chris Claremont
Chris Claremont is a British-born American comic book writer, noted for his record sixteen-year run on Marvel's Uncanny X-Men (1975–1991), which included defining stories like "The Dark Phoenix Saga."
Clamp (manga artists)
CLAMP (クランプ) is the all-female four-member Japanese manga collective of Satsuki Igarashi, Nanase Ohkawa, Nekoi, and Mokona; 1989 RG Veda debut, over 100 million copies sold, creators of Cardcaptor Sakura and xxxHOLiC.
Craig Thompson
Craig Thompson, born in Michigan in 1975 and based in Portland, Oregon, is an American graphic novelist whose books include Blankets, Habibi, and Ginseng Roots.
Deniz Camp
Deniz Camp is an American comic book writer, born in the Philippines to Turkish and Filipina immigrants, known for 20th Century Men, The Ultimates, and Absolute Martian Manhunter, and an Eisner Award winner.
Dennis O'Neil
Dennis "Denny" O'Neil (1939–2020), American comic book writer and editor, also spelled Denny O'Neil; defined the socially conscious Green Lantern/Green Arrow run with Neal Adams, reinvented Batman, co-created Ra's al Ghul, and edited DC's Batman line 1986–2000.
Doug Moench
Doug Moench (born 1948, Chicago) is an American comic book writer, co-creator of Moon Knight, Deathlok, and Black Mask, and writer of two major Batman runs and Knightfall.
Dwayne McDuffie
Dwayne McDuffie (1962-2011), American comic and animation writer, co-founded Milestone Media (Static, Icon, Hardware) and shaped Justice League Unlimited, Static Shock, and Ben 10.
Edward Gorey
Edward St. John Gorey (1925–2000), American writer and pen-and-ink illustrator of macabre Victorian chapbooks like The Gashlycrumb Tinies and The Doubtful Guest; Harvard graduate, Doubleday Anchor cover artist, Tony-winning Dracula designer.
Eiichiro Oda (尾田栄一郎)
Eiichiro Oda (尾田栄一郎) is a Japanese manga artist from Kumamoto, creator of One Piece (1997, Weekly Shonen Jump); over 600 million copies, Guinness record for a single-author comic, executive producer of Netflix's live-action series.
Frank Miller
Frank Miller (born 1957) is an American comic book writer and artist known for Daredevil, Ronin, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Sin City, and 300, whose noir style helped bring mature themes into mainstream superhero comics.
Fujiko Fujio (藤子不二雄)
Fujiko Fujio (藤子不二雄) was the joint pen name of Japanese manga artists Hiroshi Fujimoto and Motoo Abiko, who worked together from 1951 to 1987 and created Doraemon, Perman, and Obake no Q-taro.
Gail Simone
Gail Simone (born 1974) is an American comics writer, creator of the Women in Refrigerators website, known for Birds of Prey, Secret Six, Wonder Woman, Batgirl, Deadpool, Red Sonja, and Uncanny X-Men.
Garth Ennis
Garth Ennis (born 1970, Holywood, Northern Ireland) is a comics writer, creator of Preacher, The Boys, Hitman, and Crossed, known for Hellblazer, Punisher, and war comics such as War Stories and Battlefields.
Gege Akutami (芥見下々)
Gege Akutami (芥見下々) is the pseudonymous Japanese manga artist, born 1992, who wrote Jujutsu Kaisen (呪術廻戦), the 150-million-copy dark fantasy serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump from 2018, later spinoff Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo with Yuji Iwasaki.
Geneviève Castrée
Geneviève Castrée (Geneviève Gosselin, 1981–2016), Quebec-born cartoonist and musician, creator of the graphic memoir Susceptible, who recorded as Woelv and Ô Paon and lived in Anacortes, Washington.
George DiCaprio
George Paul DiCaprio, born in 1943 in New York, is an American writer of underground comix who was a leading figure in the 1970s West Coast comix scene.