A cartoonist is an artist who specializes in drawing cartoons (see comic books and strips), which may be humorous or political.
Notable cartoonists include:
- Pete Abrams (Sluggy Freelance)
- Steve Bell (contemporary British political cartoonist)
- Al Capp : Lil Abner
- Dan DeCarlo : Archie, Josie and the Pussycats,Sabrina the Teenaged Witch
- Jim Davis (Garfield)
- Rube Goldberg
- Matt Groening (The Simpsons)
- William Hogarth (18th century British political cartoonist)
- Gary Larson : The Far Side
- Ogden Nash : Santa Claus
- Charles Schultz : Peanuts
- Elzie Crisler Segar (Popeye)
- James Thurber : one-panel cartoons for the New Yorker magazine
- Garry Trudeau (Doonesbury)
- Bill Watterson (Calvin and Hobbes)