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Adam Ellis (artist)
Adam Ellis (adamtots), American cartoonist born 1986 in Montana, ex-BuzzFeed illustrator known for millennial webcomics and the viral 2017 "Dear David" ghost thread, author of the NYT bestseller Bad Dreams in the Night.
Adventure Comics
Adventure Comics, begun as New Comics in the late 1930s, is a long-running DC anthology series and home to Superboy, Supergirl, and the Legion of Super-Heroes.
Al Capp
Al Capp (Alfred Gerald Caplin, 1909–1979), American cartoonist, created the satirical comic strip Li'l Abner (1934–1977), set in Dogpatch; coined Sadie Hawkins Day and the Shmoo, reached 900-plus newspapers, and later faced scandal and political controversy.
Alan Davis
Alan Davis (born 1956) is an English comic book artist and writer from Corby, England, known for Captain Britain, Excalibur, The Uncanny X-Men, and the Eisner Award-winning JLA: The Nail.
Alberto Vargas
Alberto Vargas (Joaquin Alberto Vargas y Chávez, 1896–1982), Peruvian-born American pin-up illustrator of the Varga Girls and Vargas Girls, worked for Esquire during World War II and later Playboy, using watercolor and airbrush.
Alex Raymond
Alex Raymond (1909-1956), American comic strip artist, created Flash Gordon, Jungle Jim, Secret Agent X-9, and Rip Kirby for King Features; known for dry-brush realistic illustration, Marines service in 1944, and death in a 1956 Westport car crash.
Alfred E. Neuman
Alfred E. Neuman, the gap-toothed "What, me worry?" mascot of Mad magazine, first on its cover in December 1956 via Norman Mingo, with pre-Mad roots in 1890s advertising and a 1965 copyright lawsuit.
Alphonse Mucha
Alphonse Mucha (Alfons Maria Mucha, 1860–1939), Czech Art Nouveau painter and poster artist famous for Sarah Bernhardt posters like Gismonda, le style Mucha, and the Slav Epic.
Andrew Loomis
Andrew Loomis (William Andrew Loomis, 1892–1959), American commercial illustrator and art instructor of Chicago; creator of the ball-and-plane Loomis head method and six instructional books reissued by Titan Books from 2011.
Angelica Hicks
Angelica Hicks (born 1992), British illustrator known for pun-based fashion illustrations on Instagram; debut book Tongue in Chic (2017), Gucci t-shirt and mural collaboration, Rockefeller Center 2019 holiday art.
Art of the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fandom
Fan-created visual art of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (bronies fandom), spanning drawings, animation, comics, and crafts, centered on the Mane Six and organized through Equestria Daily, DeviantArt, Fimfiction, and conventions like BronyCon.
Arthur Rackham
Arthur Rackham (1867–1939), English book illustrator of the Golden Age of British illustration, known for Grimm's Fairy Tales, Rip Van Winkle, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, and Alice in Wonderland.
Aubrey Beardsley
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (1872–1898), British illustrator of the fin de siècle and English Art Nouveau, known for black-and-white line-block drawings for Le Morte Darthur, Wilde's Salome, The Yellow Book, and The Savoy.
Bob Layton
Bob Layton (born 1953), American comic book artist, writer, and editor; reinvented Marvel's Iron Man with David Michelinie, created Hercules: Prince of Power, co-founded Valiant Comics, and co-created War Machine and The Huntress.
Buster Brown
Buster Brown: American comic strip by Richard F. Outcault, debuting in the New York Herald May 4, 1902, starring the mischievous wealthy boy Buster, his dog Tige, and Mary Jane; famous for shoe-brand merchandising and newspaper rights battles.
Caldecott Medal
Caldecott Medal: annual ALA/ALSC award, established 1937, first given 1938, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children; distinct from the Newbery, which honors writing.
Carl Barks
Carl Barks (1901–2000), the anonymous 'Good Duck Artist', wrote and drew over 500 Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge Disney comics, created Scrooge McDuck and Duckburg, and was later honored as a Disney Legend.
Chris Van Allsburg
Chris Van Allsburg (born 1949, Grand Rapids, Michigan) is an American picture book author-illustrator, two-time Caldecott Medal winner for Jumanji and The Polar Express, known for surreal black-and-white pencil art and the hidden dog Fritz.
Dan DeCarlo
Dan DeCarlo (Daniel S. DeCarlo, 1919–2001), American cartoonist of Archie Comics who defined its house style, gave Betty her ponytail, and created Josie and the Pussycats and co-created Sabrina the Teenage Witch.
Don Rosa
Don Rosa (Keno Don Hugo Rosa, born 1951, Louisville, Kentucky) is an American Disney comics writer-artist, creator of The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck, two-time Eisner Award winner, and Carl Barks's most prominent successor.
E. H. Shepard
E. H. Shepard (Ernest Howard Shepard, 1879–1976), English illustrator and Punch cartoonist who drew the original Winnie-the-Pooh, modeled on his son's bear Growler, and The Wind in the Willows, and won the Military Cross in WWI.
Édouard-Henri Avril
Édouard-Henri Avril (Paul Avril), French painter-illustrator, 1849-1928, born Algiers, died Le Raincy; trained at the École des Beaux-Arts and known for about 46 erotic and galante book illustrations including De Figuris Veneris.
Edwin Austin Abbey
Edwin Austin Abbey (1852–1911), American illustrator and painter based in England, known for Shakespearean illustrations for Harper's, the Boston Public Library Holy Grail murals, and Pennsylvania Capitol murals.
Emily the Strange
Emily the Strange: goth girl character created in 1991 by Nathan Carrico for Santa Cruz skateboards, developed by Rob Reger's Cosmic Debris, with four black cats, Dark Horse comics, novels, and merchandise.
Erté
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff, Роман Петрович Тыртов), 1892–1990, Russian-born French Art Deco fashion illustrator and stage designer; 240+ Harper's Bazaar covers, Folies-Bergère and Hollywood costumes, late bronzes.
Eustace Tilley
Eustace Tilley is the top-hatted, monocled dandy drawn by Rea Irvin for the first issue of The New Yorker in February 1925, peering at a butterfly through his monocle.
Fawcett Comics
Fawcett Comics, the 1939–1953 comic book division of Fawcett Publications, created Captain Marvel (Shazam) and fought the twelve-year National Comics Superman copyright lawsuit before paying $400,000 and exiting comics in 1953.
Frank Frazetta
Frank Frazetta (1928–2010), American fantasy illustrator famous for his 1966 Conan the Adventurer cover, Death Dealer, and Tarzan paintings; his Man Ape Conan cover sold for $13.5 million in 2025.
Free Comic Book Day
Free Comic Book Day (FCBD), annual comic-industry giveaway on the first Saturday in May since 2002, founded by retailer Joe Field; 40+ million free comics given away; since 2026 split with Marvel's Comics Giveaway Day.
Gahan Wilson
Gahan Wilson (1930-2019), American macabre cartoonist whose single-panel gags appeared in Playboy from 1957 and The New Yorker from 1980; creator of the strip Nuts, designer of the World Fantasy Award's Lovecraft trophy, and World Fantasy Award winner.