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John Broome (writer)
John Broome, born Irving Broome, was an American comic book writer best known for scripting DC Comics' Silver Age Flash and Green Lantern stories and co-creating Hal Jordan.
John Bull
John Bull is the national personification of the United Kingdom and especially England, created by John Arbuthnot in The History of John Bull (1712) and popularized in Punch cartoons as a stout farmer in a Union Jack waistcoat with a bulldog.
John Byrne (comics)
John Byrne (comics creator), born 1950 in England, Canadian-raised writer-artist of Uncanny X-Men with Claremont, Fantastic Four, and DC's 1986 Man of Steel Superman relaunch; returned in 2026 with X-Men: Elsewhen.
John Callahan (cartoonist)
John Michael Callahan (1951-2010), American Portland cartoonist, quadriplegic from a 1972 car crash, known for black-humor disability cartoons in 200+ newspapers, the autobiography Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot, and the animated series Pelswick and Quads.
John Cassaday
John Cassaday (Johnny Mac Cassaday, 1971–2024), American comic book artist, writer, and TV director; co-creator of Planetary with Warren Ellis, artist of Astonishing X-Men, Captain America, Star Wars; three straight Eisner Awards 2004–2006.
John James Audubon
John James Audubon, also known as J. J. Audubon, was a French-American ornithologist and artist. His masterwork, The Birds of America, features 435 life-size, hand-colored prints of North American species.
John Ostrander
John Ostrander, American comic book writer from Chicago; creator of the modern Suicide Squad and Amanda Waller at DC (1987) and co-creator of Grimjack with Timothy Truman at First Comics (1984).
John Romita Jr.
John Romita Jr. (John Salvatore Romita, born 1956, New York City) is an American comic book artist, son of John Romita Sr., known for Marvel's Iron Man, Amazing Spider-Man, Uncanny X-Men, Kick-Ass, and DC's Superman; not a true junior by birth.
John Romita Sr.
John Romita Sr. (1930–2023), American comic book artist and Marvel art director; drew The Amazing Spider-Man from 1966, co-created Mary Jane Watson, designed Wolverine, the Punisher, and Luke Cage.
John Tenniel
Sir John Tenniel (1820–1914), Victorian illustrator and chief Punch political cartoonist, illustrated Lewis Carroll's Alice books (42 illustrations, 1865/1871) and was the first cartoonist knighted, in 1893.
Jonathan Hickman
Jonathan Hickman (born 1972) is an American comic book writer and artist known for The Nightly News, East of West, Marvel's Fantastic Four, Avengers, Secret Wars (2015), the Krakoa-era X-Men, and the relaunched Ultimate Universe.
Josh Kirby
Josh Kirby (Ronald William Kirby, 1928–2001), British illustrator from Liverpool who painted over 400 science fiction and fantasy covers, the first Discworld covers for Terry Pratchett, and posters for Return of the Jedi and Life of Brian.
Josie Trinidad
Josie Trinidad is a Filipino-American storyboard artist and director at Walt Disney Animation Studios since 2004, co-head of story on Zootopia, head of story on Ralph Breaks the Internet, director of Zootopia+, and co-director of the 2026 feature Hexed.
Judd Winick
Judd Winick, American cartoonist and screenwriter, Real World: San Francisco cast member, author of Pedro and Me, DC writer of Green Lantern, Green Arrow, Red Hood, and creator of the Hilo graphic novels.
Junji Ito (伊藤潤二)
Junji Ito (伊藤潤二, born 1963) is a Japanese horror manga artist, creator of Tomie, Uzumaki, and Gyo, a four-time Eisner Award winner and 2025 Eisner Hall of Fame inductee known as the Stephen King of Japan.
Ka-Zar (Kevin Plunder)
Ka-Zar (Kevin Plunder), Lord Kevin Reginald Plunder, is a Marvel Comics jungle hero protecting the Antarctic Savage Land with the sabertooth Zabu; debuted in X-Men #10 (1965), reviving a 1936 pulp character, and gained land-based powers in the 2021 Thompson miniseries.
Kamandi
Kamandi, the Last Boy on Earth: DC Comics post-apocalyptic hero created by Jack Kirby, first appearing in Kamandi #1 (October-November 1972); a boy survivor of the Great Disaster in a world of intelligent humanoid animals on Earth-51.
Kasing Lung (龙家升)
Kasing Lung (龙家升, born 1972) is a Hong Kong-born, Belgian illustrator and toy designer, creator of The Monsters and Labubu; his 2019 Pop Mart licensing deal and 2024 Lisa-driven boom made Labubu a global collectible phenomenon.
Katana (DC Comics)
Katana (DC Comics): Tatsu Yamashiro, a DC Comics swordswoman created by Mike W. Barr and Jim Aparo in 1983, wielding the Soultaker Sword that traps souls, including her husband Maseo's; member of the Outsiders, Suicide Squad, and Birds of Prey.
Kate Greenaway
Kate Greenaway, full name Catherine Greenaway, was an English children's book illustrator whose drawings of children in Regency-style dress reshaped the Victorian picture book. Her first book, Under the Window (1879), was a runaway success.
Kay Nielsen
Kay Rasmus Nielsen (1886–1957) was a Danish illustrator and theater designer known for deluxe fairy-tale books like East of the Sun and West of the Moon and for Disney's Fantasia.
Kenta Shinohara (篠原健太)
Kenta Shinohara (篠原健太), Japanese manga artist born 1974, creator of Sket Dance, Astra Lost in Space (Manga Taishō 2019), and Witch Watch in Weekly Shonen Jump.
Kentaro Miura (三浦建太郎)
Kentaro Miura (三浦建太郎, 1966–2021) was the Japanese manga artist who created the dark fantasy Berserk, serialized from 1989. Died of acute aortic dissection; series continues under Kouji Mori and Studio Gaga.
Kermit Love
Kermit Love (Kermit Ernest Hollingshead Love, 1916-2008), American costume designer and puppet maker who built Big Bird, Mr. Snuffleupagus, and Oscar the Grouch for Sesame Street with Jim Henson, played Willy the hot dog vendor, and designed for Balanchine.
Kevin Eastman
Kevin Eastman (born 1962, Portland, Maine) is the American comic artist who, with Peter Laird, co-created the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, self-published TMNT #1 in May 1984, founded Tundra Publishing, published Heavy Metal, and later created The Last Ronin and Drawing Blood.
Kewpie
Kewpie: cherubic cupid-like cartoon character created by Rose O'Neill, debuted in Ladies' Home Journal December 1909; doll patented 1913, made in German bisque from 1912; also Japan's KEWPIE Mayonnaise brand.
Kid Flash
Kid Flash is the DC Comics speedster legacy identity, first held by Wally West (The Flash #110, 1959), later Bart Allen, and currently Wallace "Ace" West (Flash Annual #3, 2014), sidekick and successor to the Flash.
Kill Six Billion Demons
Kill Six Billion Demons (KSBD, K6BD) is an action-fantasy webcomic by Abbadon (Tom Parkinson-Morgan), launched 2013, following Allison Ruth, holder of the Key of Kings, in Throne, the multiverse seat ruled by the Seven.
Killer Croc
Killer Croc (Waylon Jones), also King of the Sewer, is a DC Comics Batman supervillain created by Gerry Conway and Gene Colan, debuting Detective Comics #523 (1983); a genetically crocodilian Gotham sewers-dweller and Suicide Squad member.
Kitty Pryde
Kitty Pryde (Katherine Anne Pryde, Shadowcat) is a Marvel Comics X-Men superhero created by Claremont and Byrne in 1979, a Jewish teen from Deerfield, Illinois who phases through solid matter and became the X-Men's first teenage member.