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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.
Calvin and Hobbes
Calvin and Hobbes is Bill Watterson's comic strip (1985-1995, Universal Press Syndicate) about six-year-old Calvin and Hobbes, his stuffed tiger alive only to him; named for philosophers, refused all merchandising.
Captain Boomerang
Captain Boomerang (George "Digger" Harkness) is a DC Comics Australian supervillain, a Flash Rogues member and Suicide Squad recruit, created by Broome and Infantino, debuting in Flash #117 (1960), played by Jai Courtney in film.
Captain Britain
Captain Britain is a Marvel Comics superhero created in 1976 for Captain Britain Weekly, the first comic made for the British market by Marvel. Brian Braddock, empowered by Merlyn, later joined Excalibur and the multiversal Captain Britain Corps.
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.
Carlos Latuff
Carlos Latuff, Brazilian political cartoonist from Rio de Janeiro (born 1968 or 1963, sources differ), known for copyleft cartoons on Israel-Palestine, the Arab Spring, and Brazilian police violence, and for Holocaust-comparison controversies.
Caroline Cash
Caroline Cash, also known for PeePee PooPoo, is an American cartoonist from Charleston, South Carolina, and the current cartoonist of the Nancy comic strip since January 2026; Eisner and Ignatz Award winner.
Cartoon
Cartoon (Italian cartone): originally a full-scale preparatory drawing for a fresco or tapestry; since John Leech's 1843 Punch engraving, a humorous or satirical drawing. Includes gag, strip, editorial cartoons, and animation; distinct from caricature.
Cartoonist
Cartoonist: an artist who draws cartoons, from single-panel gags and editorial cartoons to comic strips and graphic novels; covers history from Töpffer and Outcault, editorial cartooning's decline, pay, and working conditions.
Cassandra Cain
Cassandra Cain, DC Comics character created by Kelley Puckett and Damion Scott in 1999 (Batman #567): assassin-raised mute daughter of David Cain and Lady Shiva, fourth Batgirl and later Orphan.
Charles M. Schulz
Charles M. Schulz (Sparky, 1922–2000), American cartoonist who solely wrote and drew Peanuts (originally Li'l Folks) from October 2, 1950 to 2000: 17,897 strips, 2,600+ newspapers, Reuben award 1955, died Santa Rosa.
Cheshire (comics)
Cheshire (Jade Nguyen) is a DC Comics assassin and Teen Titans enemy, debuting in New Teen Titans Annual #2 (1983) by Wolfman and Pérez; a poison specialist, mother of Lian Harper with Roy Harper, and lead of the 2025 miniseries Cheetah and Cheshire Rob the Justice League.
Chester Brown
Chester Brown (born 1960, Montreal) is a Canadian alternative cartoonist, creator of Yummy Fur, Ed the Happy Clown, Louis Riel, Paying for It, and Mary Wept Over the Feet of Jesus, published by Drawn & Quarterly.
Chris Sanders
Chris Sanders (Christopher Michael Sanders, born 1962, Colorado Springs) is the American animator who co-directed Lilo & Stitch and How to Train Your Dragon, voiced Stitch, and directed The Wild Robot (2024); distinct from the British filmmaker, security author, and Louisville attorney of the same name.
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.
Chuck Jones
Chuck Jones, Charles Martin Jones, was an American animator and director who shaped the Golden Age of Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and founded the Chuck Jones Foundation in 2000.
Cinnamoroll (シナモロール)
Cinnamoroll (シナモロール, character name Cinnamon) is a Sanrio white puppy character created by Miyuki Okumura, launched 2002, mascot of Cafe Cinnamon, birthday March 6, with seven Sanrio Character Ranking wins including 2020–2024 consecutively; 2nd place in 2025 and 2026.
Comic book
A comic book is a publication that combines words and pictures in sequential panels to tell a story. It originated in the 1930s as newspaper strip reprints.
Concept art
Concept art, or concept artwork, is exploratory visual work that helps film, animation, and game teams test characters, environments, and designs before committing to final assets.
Corsair (character)
Corsair (Christopher Summers) is a Marvel Comics space pirate, leader of the Starjammers, created by Claremont and Cockrum, debuting in X-Men in 1977, and father of Cyclops, Havok, and Vulcan.
Cosmic Boy
Cosmic Boy (Rokk Krinn), DC Comics Legion of Super-Heroes founder from Braal with super-magnetism; debuted in Adventure Comics #247 (1958); 1986 solo miniseries; animated and Smallville appearances.
Cosmic Cube
Cosmic Cube: Marvel Comics reality-warping artifact, first appearance Tales of Suspense #79 (July 1966) by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby; created by A.I.M., powered by the Beyonders, can evolve into sentient beings like Kubik; adapted in the MCU as the Tesseract.
Crow (comics)
The Crow is James O'Barr's 1989 independent comic, published by Caliber Comics, about a murdered musician revived by a crow to avenge himself and his fiancée. It spawned films, a TV series, and a multimedia franchise.
Cypher (Marvel Comics)
Cypher (Douglas Aaron Ramsey) is a Marvel Comics mutant, a New Mutants member created in 1984 whose omnilingualism lets him understand any language; killed in New Mutants #60, resurrected, and now the villain Revelation in Age of Revelation.
Dagwood Bumstead
Dagwood Bumstead, fictional husband of Blondie in Chic Young's comic strip Blondie (1930), disinherited playboy turned sandwich-building commuter; source of the Dagwood sandwich, 28 films, radio and TV adaptations, public domain 2026.
Daily Planet
Daily Planet names two subjects: the fictional Metropolis newspaper in DC Comics' Superman stories (Daily Star in Action Comics #1, 1938; staff Perry White, Lois Lane, Clark Kent, Jimmy Olsen) and Discovery Channel Canada's daily science magazine series (1995–2018, hosts Jay Ingram, Ziya Tong, Dan Riskin).
Daimon Hellstrom
Daimon Hellstrom, alias Hellstorm or Son of Satan, a Marvel Comics human-demon hybrid created by Roy Thomas and Gary Friedrich in 1973, debuting in Ghost Rider Vol 2 #1; adapted as Hulu's Helstrom (2020).
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.
Danielle Moonstar
Danielle Moonstar, also Psyche and Mirage, is a Marvel Comics Cheyenne mutant superheroine created by Claremont and McLeod, debuting in Marvel Graphic Novel #4 (1982) as a founding New Mutant with fear-illusion and psionic arrow powers, later a Valkyrie, and star of the 2026 Moonstar solo series.
Daredevil (Marvel Comics series)
Daredevil (Marvel Comics series): the ongoing Marvel comic starring blind lawyer Matt Murdock, created by Stan Lee and Bill Everett in Daredevil #1 (April 1964). Distinguished by Frank Miller's 1980s run, Born Again, the Bendis/Maleev era, and the 2026 Stephanie Phillips/Lee Garbett volume.