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Cartoonist↕ | Years↕ | Signature Strip↕ | Strip Ran↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Charles M. Schulz | 1922-2000 | Peanuts | 1950-2000 | Drew every Peanuts strip himself (17,897 strips), Snoopy, Charlie Brown, Christmas special |
Bill Watterson | 1958- | Calvin and Hobbes | 1985-1995 | Quit at peak, refused merchandising, Sunday full-page art, philosophical depth for kids |
Gary Larson | 1950- | The Far Side | 1980-1995 | Single-panel absurdist humor, cows, scientists, retired early, website revival 2020 |
Garry Trudeau | 1948- | Doonesbury | 1970-present | First comic strip to win Pulitzer for Editorial Cartooning, political satire, Yale origins |
Jim Davis | 1945- | Garfield | 1978-present | Lazy lasagna-loving cat, massive merchandising empire, Paws Inc studio |
Walt Kelly | 1913-1973 | Pogo | 1948-1975 | Okefenokee Swamp animals, political satire, We have met the enemy and he is us |
George Herriman | 1880-1944 | Krazy Kat | 1913-1944 | Surreal love triangle of cat-mouse-dog, modernist masterpiece, e.e. cummings fan |
Winsor McCay | 1869-1934 | Little Nemo in Slumberland | 1905-1914 | Art Nouveau dream sequences, pioneering animator, Gertie the Dinosaur |
Milton Caniff | 1907-1988 | Terry and the Pirates / Steve Canyon | 1934-1988 | Cinematic action comic, wartime propaganda, chiaroscuro brushwork, adventure genre king |
Al Capp | 1909-1979 | Li'l Abner | 1934-1977 | Dogpatch satire, Sadie Hawkins Day, shmoos, political satire with hillbilly humor |
Chic Young | 1901-1973 | Blondie | 1930-present | Dagwood sandwich, longest-running domestic comedy, passed to son after death |
Mort Walker | 1923-2018 | Beetle Bailey | 1950-present | Army life satire, Hi and Lois co-creator, drew strip until 94 |
Cathy Guisewite | 1950- | Cathy | 1976-2010 | Working woman humor, Ack!, four basic guilts (food, love, mother, career) |
Berkeley Breathed | 1957- | Bloom County | 1980-1989 / 2015-present | Opus the penguin, Bill the Cat, Pulitzer 1987, Facebook revival |
Scott Adams | 1957- | Dilbert | 1989-2023 | Cubicle office satire, pointy-haired boss, dropped by syndicates in 2023 over comments |
Lynn Johnston | 1947- | For Better or For Worse | 1979-2008 | Canadian family strip, real-time aging characters, first woman Reuben Award winner |
Aaron McGruder | 1974- | The Boondocks | 1996-2006 | Black political satire, Huey and Riley Freeman, Adult Swim animated series |
Patrick McDonnell | 1956- | Mutts | 1994-present | Gentle Schulz-inspired animal strip, animal welfare advocacy, Caldecott Honor books |
Richard Thompson | 1957-2016 | Cul de Sac | 2004-2012 | Watterson-praised kid humor, Parkinson's forced retirement, Reuben Award winner |
Stephan Pastis | 1968- | Pearls Before Swine | 2002-present | Dark absurdist humor, Rat and Pig, groan-worthy puns, lawyer turned cartoonist |
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