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Patrick Nagel
Patrick Nagel (1945-1984), American illustrator of stylized Art Deco-influenced women for Playboy; created Duran Duran's 1982 Rio cover, from a Vogue Paris photo of Marcie Hunt identified in 2024.
Paul Pope
Paul Pope (born 1970) is an American cartoonist and designer in New York City, creator of THB, Heavy Liquid, 100%, Batman: Year 100, and Battling Boy; Reuben and Eisner Award winner, distinct from the British photographer Paul Pope of Birmingham.
Penny Arcade
Penny Arcade, the gaming webcomic by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik launched in 1998, starring Tycho Brahe and Gabe; basis of PAX conventions and Child's Play charity.
Peppermint Patty
Peppermint Patty (Patricia Reichardt) is a fictional character in Charles M. Schulz's comic strip Peanuts, first appearing in 1966. She is the strip's standout athlete and a chronically struggling student.
Pia Guerra
Pia Guerra is a Canadian American comics artist and editorial cartoonist, born in 1971, known as co-creator of Y: The Last Man and a 2023 Pulitzer Prize finalist.
Pol Anglada
Pol Anglada (born 1991, Manlleu, Barcelona) is a Spanish queer illustrator and Paris-based fashion designer, senior designer at Loewe and later Dior, founder of the FreeTime fanzine, and creator of erotic pencil drawings shown in the 2022 Hole exhibition.
Professor Calculus
Professor Calculus (Professeur Tryphon Tournesol) is the deaf, absent-minded inventor in Hergé's Tintin comics, debuting in Red Rackham's Treasure and modeled on Auguste Piccard and Paul Eydt.
Publication history of Batman
Publication history of Batman: the DC Comics character created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger, debuting in Detective Comics #27 (May 1939 cover date, on sale March 30), gaining his own title Batman #1 in 1940, and running continuously through Golden, Silver, Bronze, and Modern Ages, reboots, and the 2015 Finger co-creator credit.
Quentin Blake
Quentin Blake (born 1932, Sidcup) is the British illustrator of over 500 books, famous for Roald Dahl's titles, first Children's Laureate 1999-2001, knighted 2013, founder of the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration.
R. K. Laxman (ராசிபுரம் கிருஷ்ணசுவாமி லட்சுமண்)
R. K. Laxman (Rasipuram Krishnaswamy Laxman, 1921-2015), Indian political cartoonist of The Times of India, creator of the iconic silent 'Common Man' in the daily pocket cartoon 'You Said It'; Padma Vibhushan and Ramon Magsaysay laureate.
Rakshasa Street (镇魂街)
Rakshasa Street (镇魂街) is Xu Chen's Chinese fantasy action manhua, serialized on U17 from 2010 to 2025, about spirit host Cao Yanbing and guardian spirits, adapted into donghua, live action, and games.
Ralph Bakshi
Ralph Bakshi (born 1938, Haifa) is an American animator and director, pioneer of adult animation with Fritz the Cat (1972), Heavy Traffic, Coonskin, Wizards, and the rotoscoped 1978 Lord of the Rings.
Ralph McQuarrie
Ralph McQuarrie (1929–2012), American concept artist and illustrator, created the defining concept art of the original Star Wars trilogy, including Darth Vader, C-3PO, and R2-D2, and shared the 1985 Visual Effects Oscar for Cocoon.
Ralph Steadman
Ralph Steadman (born 1936) is a British illustrator and caricaturist, visual partner of Hunter S. Thompson and defining artist of gonzo journalism, known for ink-splattered satire, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Alice in Wonderland, and Gonzovation books.
Ram V
Ram V (Ramnarayan Venkatesan) is an Indian comics writer in London, creator of Black Mumba, These Savage Shores, Laila Starr, and Eisner-winning Blue in Green, and writer of DC's Swamp Thing, Detective Comics, and New Gods and Marvel's Venom.
Rama Duwaji
Rama Duwaji, also Rama Sawaf Duwaji, is a Syrian-American animator, illustrator, and ceramist born in Houston in 1997, with work in The New Yorker and the Washington Post, and First Lady of New York City as Zohran Mamdani's wife.
Ramisha Sattar
Ramisha Sattar, born 1999 in Lincoln, Nebraska, is a Pakistani American creative director and designer based in LA, New York, and Dallas; creative director for Chappell Roan and art director of the CHANI astrology app.
Randall Munroe
Randall Patrick Munroe is an American cartoonist and former NASA roboticist, creator of the stick-figure webcomic xkcd and author of What If? and Thing Explainer.
Randolph Caldecott
Randolph Caldecott (1846–1886) was an English illustrator whose annual Christmas picture books with printer Edmund Evans helped establish the modern picture book, and whose name became the Caldecott Medal.
Rat Fink
Rat Fink is a grotesque green cartoon mouse created in the late 1950s by Ed "Big Daddy" Roth as a deliberately anti-establishment answer to Mickey Mouse.
Raven (DC Comics)
Raven (Rachel Roth) is a DC Comics superheroine created by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez, debuting in DC Comics Presents #26 (1980). Half-human daughter of the demon Trigon, raised in Azarath, founding New Teen Titan with soul-self and empathic powers, adapted in Teen Titans, Titans, and YA graphic novels.
Rerun Van Pelt
Rerun Van Pelt is the youngest Van Pelt sibling in Peanuts, born into the strip 1972, first appearing March 26, 1973, a bicycle-riding minor character who became a kindergarten-age lead in the strip's final 1990s years.
Reverse-Flash
Reverse-Flash is the DC Comics speedster villain Eobard Thawne, also called Professor Zoom, the archenemy of Barry Allen's Flash. Debuted in The Flash #139 (1963) by Broome and Infantino; creator of the Negative Speed Force; succeeded at times by Zoom/Hunter Zolomon and Daniel West.
Richard Dragon
Richard Dragon (Richard Drakunovski) is a DC Comics martial artist created by Dennis O'Neil and Jim Berry in the 1974 novel Dragon's Fists, adapted into the 1975-1977 comic Richard Dragon, Kung-Fu Fighter; mentor to the Question, Huntress, and Bruce Wayne, later replaced by the villain Ricardo Diaz.
Richard Thompson (cartoonist)
Richard Thompson (1957–2016) was an American illustrator and cartoonist, creator of the comic strip Cul de Sac and the Washington Post panel Richard's Poor Almanac, who won the 2011 Reuben Award.
Richard Williams (animator)
Richard Edmund Williams (1933–2019) was a Canadian–British animator, animation director of Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), creator of the long-gestating The Thief and the Cobbler, and author of the standard animation textbook The Animator's Survival Kit.
Rick Baker
Rick Baker (Richard Alan Baker), American special makeup effects artist; record seven Oscars for Makeup from eleven nominations; first Makeup Oscar winner (1982) for An American Werewolf in London; protégé of Dick Smith; known for Star Wars, Thriller, Men in Black, The Grinch.
Rick Jones (character)
Rick Jones (Richard M. Jones), Marvel Comics character created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, debuting in Incredible Hulk #1 (May 1962). Teen sidekick to the Hulk, Captain America (as Bucky), and Captain Mar-Vell; his distress call formed the Avengers.
Rick Veitch
Rick Veitch (born 1951, Bellows Falls, Vermont) is an American comics artist and writer, Swamp Thing penciller and writer, creator of Brat Pack, The Maximortal, Rare Bit Fiends, and Can't Get No, and Vermont's fourth Cartoonist Laureate.
Rilakkuma (リラックマ)
Rilakkuma (リラックマ) is a lounging costume bear character created by San-X, debuting September 2003, living at office worker Kaoru's home with Korilakkuma and Kiiroitori; known for Rilakkuma Stores, Production I.G anime, and broad licensing.