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• ANDERSSON OSKAR EMIL
  ANDERSSON, OSKAR EMIL (1877-1906) Swedish cartoonist, better known as O.A., born in Stockholm, Sweden, on January 11, 1877. In the tradition that a number of Swedish cartoonists, led by Albert Engström, started in the satirical magazines Söndagsnisse and Strix, O.A. stands out with a special ››
• ANDERSON MARTIN
  ANDERSON, MARTIN (1854-1932) British cartoonist born in Leuchars, Fife, Scotland, in 1854. The caricaturist who signed his work “Cynicus” was the last of the long line of independent graphic satirists who made social, political and topical attacks through the medium of the colored print, a British ››
• AMARAL CRISPIM DO
  AMARAL, CRISPIM DO (1858-1911) Brazilian cartoonist born in Olinda, in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil, in 1858. Crispim do Amaral showed an early predisposition toward art, and his parents sent him to Pernambuco (now Recife) to study under the French painter Léon Chapelin. Amaral’s artistic career ››
• ALTAN FRANCESCO TULLIO
  ALTAN, FRANCESCO TULLIO (1942) Italian cartoonist and illustrator born in Treviso, Italy, in 1943. Francesco Altan left for Brazil after finishing his art studies in Italy; while in Latin America, he contributed cartoons and comic strips to a great number of publications. Returning to his native ››
• ALONSO JUAN CARLOS
  ALONSO, JUAN CARLOS (1886-1945) Argentine cartoonist and painter born in El Ferrol, Spain, on July 6, 1886. Juan Carlos Alonso came to Argentina in 1899 with his parents. He studied art in Buenos Aires and started his career as a cartoonist around 1905. He first worked for Caras y Caretas, then ››
• JAMES PINCKNEY ALLEY
  ALLEY, JAMES PINCKNEY (1885-1934) American cartoonist born near Benton, Arkansas, on January 11, 1885. J.P. Alley was educated in the public schools of Benton and in 1916 became the cartoonist for the Memphis Commercial Appeal in Tennessee; he was to remain there until his death. Besides his ››
• Calvin Lane Alley
  ALLEY, CALVIN LANE (1915-1970) American artist born in Memphis, Tennessee, on October 10, 1915. Cal Alley was raised in an artistic environment—his father, J.P. Alley, drew editorial cartoons for the Memphis Commercial Appeal and created the Hambone panel—and attended the American Academy and the ››
• ALLEN T.S.
  Cartoonist American cartoonist born in Fayette County, Kentucky, around 1870. T.S. Allen was raised in Kentucky, attended James Kane Allen’s school, was a classmate of William H. Walker (later a stablemate at Life magazine) and graduated from Transylvania University in Lexington, where he studied ››
• ALEXANDER FRANKLIN OSBORNE
  Cartoonist American cartoonist born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1897. F.O. Alexander was educated at Northwestern University and the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts; night schools and correspondence courses completed his cartoon training. In World War I he served in Europe with the Camouflage ››
• Alexandre Alexeieff
  Cartoonist, producer, animator. French animator and producer born in Kazan, Russia, on April 18, 1901. Alexandre Alexeieff went to Cadets School and later attended the Naval Academy in St. Petersburg. He emigrated to France in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, settling in Paris in 1919. ››
• ALHO ASMO
  Cartoonist Finnish cartoonist born in Helsinki, Finland, on August 2, 1903. Asmo Alho might well be the most prolific cartoonist who ever worked in Finland. His gag cartoons and comic strips were published by many large magazines, and he also did some political cartooning. He was active until his ››
• Carter Daniel
  Illustrator, writer, politician Beard was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, into a family of artists. As a youth in Painesville, he explored the woods and made sketches of nature. His father was the artist James Henry Beard and his mother was Mary Caroline (Carter) Beard. His uncle was the artist William ››
• Bradley Luther Daniels
  Connecticut Luther Bradley moved with his family to Chicago in 1857 and received his early education at Lake Forest Academy and Northwestern University; he attended Yale University until 1875, when he began to work in his father’s real estate office. In 1882 wanderlust and illness apparently, ››
• Boucquey Omer
  Animator, cartoonist Born in Dunkirk, northern France, on August 17, 1921. After studying drawing in high school, Omer Boucquey worked as an animator for advertising films. In 1942 he created the character Choupinet, a feisty little boy living in medieval times. Choupinet helped build the ››
• Clay Edward Williams
  Cartoonist, illustrator Edward Williams Clay (April 17, 1799 – December 31, 1857) was an American artist, illustrator and political cartoonist. He created the notoriously racist collection of lithographs titled Life in Philadelphia. He In 1799, Edward Williams Clay was born in Philadelphia, ››
• Wright Douglas Austin
  Cartoonist Douglas Austin Wright  was a Canadian cartoonist, best known for his weekly comic strip Doug Wright’s Family (1949–1980; also known as Nipper). The Doug Wright Awards are named after him to honour excellence in Canadian cartooning. After emigrating to Canada in 1938, Wright worked ››
• Lovetro Jose Alberto
  00/00/19?? – 29/11/1995 Cartoonist, journalist, screenwriter Jose Alberto Lovetro, better known as Jal, and as president of the Association of Cartoonists of Brazil (ACB). He started his career at Folha de S.Paulo in 1973, later worked in the main media in the country, such as the newspaper O ››
• Artis-Gener
  Journalist, writer, cartoonist, set designer Avelli Artis-Gener started journalism in 1928, at the age of 16. He devoted himself to creating cartoons, which he handed under the door of the editorial office of the weekly “Papitu”, which began to publish them. A year later, using the same ››
• Arnold Karl
  Painter, cartoonist, illustrator, graphic designer, photographer Karl Maximilian Arnold, born into the family of Bavarian entrepreneur and politician Max Oskar Arnold, was the fourth of nine children. After receiving secondary education, he studies drawing and modeling at an industrial and craft ››
• Arno Peter
  Cartoonist Curtis Arnoux Peters Jr. (known professionally as Peter Arnault). He published cartoons and 101 covers for The New Yorker from 1925, the first year of the magazine’s existence, until 1968, the year of his death. In 2015, a New Yorker employee, Roger Angell, called him “the ››