List of American comics creators
This is a list of American comics creators. Although comics have different formats, this list covers creators of comic books, graphic novels and comic strips, along with early innovators. The list presents authors with the United States as their country of origin, although they may have published or now be resident in other countries. For other countries, see List of comic creators.
Comics creators
- Jessica Abel
- Forrest J. Ackerman - Vampirella, editor and principal writer of the magazine Famous Monsters of Filmland
- Art Adams
- Eric Adams - Lackluster World
- Neal Adams - Deadman, Batman
- Scott Adams - Dilbert
- Charles Addams - The Addams Family
- Gene Ahern - Our Boarding House, Room and Board, The Squirrel Cage, The Nut Bros.
- Mike Allred
- Bob Almond
- Bill Amend - FoxTrot
- Brent Anderson
- Sergio Aragonés - Mad Magazine, Groo the Wanderer
- Ruth Atkinson - Millie the Model, Patsy Walker
- Terry Austin
- Brian Azzarello
- Mark Bagley
- Carl Barks - Donald Duck, Scrooge McDuck
- Donna Barr - Stinz, The Desert Peach
- Lynda Barry - Ernie Pook's Comeek
- Richard Bassford
- Alison Bechdel - Dykes to Watch Out For
- C.C. Beck - Captain Marvel
- Brian Michael Bendis
- Christian Beranek
- Dave Berg - The Lighter Side of...
- Karen Berger - Vertigo
- Walter Berndt - Smitty
- D. Bruce Berry
- Wally Bishop - Muggs and Skeeter
- Bud Blake - Tiger
- Merrill Blosser - Freckles and His Friends
- Brett Booth
- Troy Boyle
- Martin Branner - Winnie Winkle
- T. Casey Brennan
- Norm Breyfogle
- Clare Briggs - A. Piker Clerk
- Jeffrey Brown - Clumsy, Unlikely, Incredible Change-Bots[1]
- Dik Browne - Hägar the Horrible
- Frank Brunner
- Cary Burkett
- Charles Burns - El Borbah, Black Hole
- Sal Buscema
- Ernie Bushmiller - Nancy
- Kurt Busiek
- John Byrne
- Gene Byrnes - Reg'lar Fellers
- Milton Caniff - Terry and the Pirates, Steve Canyon
- Max Cannon - Red Meat
- Al Capp - Li'l Abner
- Sergio Cariello
- Vic Carrabotta
- Jack T. Chick - Chick tracts
- Daniel Clowes - Ghost World
- Jack Cole - Plastic Man
- A.D. Condo - The Outbursts of Everett True; Mr. Skygack, from Mars
- Darby Conley
- Gerry Conway
- Richard Corben - Den
- Denys Cowan
- Roy Crane - Captain Easy and Wash Tubbs
- Jaime Crespo - Life on the Edge of Hell
- Robert Crumb - Fritz the Cat, Mr. Natural, Keep on Truckin'
- Nick Cuti - E-Man, Moonchild, Captain Cosmos, Moonie
- Nicholas P. Dallis - Rex Morgan, M.D., Judge Parker, Apartment 3-G
- Geof Darrow - Hard Boiled, Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot, Shaolin Cowboy
- Peter David
- Jack Davis - Mad Magazine
- Jim Davis - Garfield
- Billy DeBeck - Barney Google and Snuffy Smith
- Graham Francis Defries - co-creator of Queens Counsel
- Kim Deitch - Waldo the Cat
- J. M. DeMatteis
- Vince Deporter
- Derf - My Friend Dahmer[2]
- Tony DiGerolamo
- Walt Disney - Disney comics
- Steve Ditko - Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, Creeper, Hawk and Dove
- Richard Dominguez
- Colleen Doran
- Evan Dorkin
- Bill Draut
- Mike Dringenberg
- Mort Drucker - film and TV parodies in Mad Magazine
- Clare Victor Dwiggins - School Days[3]
- Will Eisner - The Spirit, A Contract with God
- Will Elder - Mad Magazine, Panic, co-creator of Goodman Beaver
- Harlan Ellison
- Randy Emberlin
- Steve Englehart
- Mark Evanier
- Kevin Fagan - Drabble
- Lee Falk - The Phantom and Mandrake the Magician
- Lyonel Feininger - The Kin-der-Kids, Wee Willie Winkie's World[4]
- Al Feldstein - EC Comics, Mad Magazine
- Charles Fincher - The Illustrated Daily Scribble, Thadeus & Weez
- Bud Fisher - Mutt and Jeff
- Dudley Fisher - Right Around Home
- James Montgomery Flagg - Nervy Nat
- Anthony Flamini
- John Forte
- Fontaine Fox - Toonerville Folks
- Ron Frenz
- Gary Friedrich
- Mike Friedrich
- Joe Giella
- Keith Giffen
- Peter B. Gillis
- Rube Goldberg - Boob McNutt, Mike and Ike (They Look Alike)
- Stan Goldberg
- Michael Golden
- Floyd Gottfredson - Mickey Mouse
- Chester Gould - Dick Tracy
- Harold Gray - Little Orphan Annie
- Grass Green - Xal-Kor the Human Cat
- Justin Green - Binky Brown
- Mike Grell
- Bill Griffith - Zippy
- Matt Groening - Life in Hell
- Dick Guindon - The Carp Chronicles, Guindon
- Cathy Guisewite - Cathy
- Jessica Hagy - Indexed
- Larry Hama - G.I. Joe
- V. T. Hamlin - Alley Oop
- Cully Hamner
- Marc Hansen
- Jack C. Harris[5]
- Tony Harris
- Johnny Hart - B.C., The Wizard of Id
- George Herriman - Krazy Kat
- Sol Hess - The Nebbs
- Walter Hoban - Jerry on the Job
- Rick Hoberg
- Nicole Hollander - Sylvia
- Richard Howell
- Kin Hubbard - Abe Martin of Brown County
- Reginald Hudlin
- James D. Hudnall
- Jerry Iger - Sheena, Queen of the Jungle
- Jamal Igle
- Carmine Infantino - DC Comics artist, later executive
- Tony Isabella
- Al Jaffee - Mad Fold-in, Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions
- Geoff Johns
- Crockett Johnson - Barnaby
- Lynn Johnston - For Better or For Worse
- Arvell Jones
- Bruce Jones
- Chuck Jones - Crawford[6]
- Kelley Jones
- Russ Jones
- Tom Joyner
- Dan Jurgens
- Justiniano
- Michael Kaluta
- Bob Kane - Batman
- Bil Keane - The Family Circus
- Walt Kelly - Pogo
- Barbara Kesel
- Karl Kesel
- Sam Kieth
- Frank King - Gasoline Alley
- Jack Kirby - Captain America, Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, Fantastic Four, X-Men, Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos, Iron Man, New Gods, Fourth World
- Robert Kirkman
- Todd Klein
- Scott Kolins
- Aline Kominsky-Crumb - Dirty Laundry Comix
- Wilhelm Heinrich Detlev Körner - Hugo Hercules
- Bernard Krigstein - Master Race
- Teddy Kristiansen
- Charles Kuhn - Grandma
- Harvey Kurtzman - Mad Magazine, Little Annie Fanny
- Erik Larsen
- Rick Law
- Bob Layton
- Leon Lazarus
- Jae Lee
- Jim Lee
- Stan Lee - writer of Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, X-Men, The Silver Surfer, The Fantastic Four
- Paul Levitz
- Rob Liefeld
- Mike Lilly
- Marty Links - Emmy Lou
- Jason Little
- Frank Lovece
- David Lynch - The Angriest Dog in the World
- Jay Lynch - Nard 'n' Pat, Bijou Funnies
- Stan Lynde - Rick O'Shay and Latigo
- David W. Mack
- Gus Mager - Hawkshaw the Detective, Sherlocko the Monk
- Elliot S. Maggin
- Joe Maneely - Atlas Comics
- Bill Mantlo
- Pablo Marcos
- William Moulton Marston - Wonder Woman
- Don Martin - Mad Magazine, Captain Klutz, Fonebone
- Edgar Martin - Boots and Her Buddies
- Harry B. Martin - Weatherbird
- Mark Martin
- Joe Matt - Peepshow
- Paul Mavrides
- Val Mayerik
- Clifford McBride - Napoleon and Uncle Elby
- Winsor McCay - Little Nemo in Slumberland, Little Sammy Sneeze
- Scott McCloud - Zot!, Understanding Comics
- Luke McDonnell
- Walt McDougall - illustrator of Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz and other early 20th-century strips
- J.P. McEvoy - Dixie Dugan
- Todd McFarlane - Spawn
- Don McGregor
- Roger Mckenzie
- Bob McLeod
- Shawn McManus
- David Michelinie
- Mike Mignola
- Al Milgrom
- Frank Miller
- Frank Miller - Barney Baxter
- Wiley Miller
- Takeshi Miyazawa
- Christopher Moeller
- Arthur R. "Pop" Momand - Keeping Up with the Joneses
- Bob Montana - Archie Comics
- Rags Morales
- Zack Mosley - The Adventures of Smilin' Jack
- Dean Motter
- Michael Netzer
- Mike Okamoto
- Dennis O'Neil
- Frederick Burr Opper - Happy Hooligan, Alphonse and Gaston, And Her Name Was Maud
- Jerry Ordway
- John Ostrander
- Richard F. Outcault - The Yellow Kid, Buster Brown
- Tom Palmer
- Jimmy Palmiotti
- Stephan Pastis - Pearls Before Swine
- Chuck Patton[7]
- Harvey Pekar - American Splendor
- George Pérez
- Don Perlin
- Harry G. Peter - Wonder Woman
- Rina Piccolo - Tina's Groove
- Mike Ploog
- Keith Pollard
- Whilce Portacio
- Carl Potts
- Howard Post - The Dropouts
- Greg Potter
- Brian Pulido
- Steve Purcell
- Joe Quesada - 2000s editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics
- Janice Race
- Ron Randall
- Alex Raymond - Flash Gordon
- Ralph Reese
- Robert L. Ripley - Ripley's Believe It or Not!
- Spain Rodriguez - Trashman
- Don Rosa - Donald Duck, Uncle Scrooge
- Alex Ross
- Greg Rucka
- Clarence D. Russell - Pete the Tramp
- P. Craig Russell
- Bud Sagendorf - continued Popeye
- Stan Sakai
- Carl E. Schultze - Foxy Grandpa[8]
- Charles M. Schulz - Peanuts
- David Schwartz
- Elzie Segar - Thimble Theatre, Popeye
- John Severin - Mad Magazine, Cracked, Frontline Combat, Two-Fisted Tales, Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos, Two-Gun Kid
- Marie Severin
- Gilbert Shelton - The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers
- Jim Sherman
- Jim Shooter - Marvel Comics editor-in-chief
- Joe Shuster - Superman
- Bill Sienkiewicz
- Jerry Siegel - Superman
- Marc Silvestri
- Gail Simone
- Louise Simonson
- Walt Simonson
- Joe Sinnott
- Stephen Slesinger - Red Ryder and King of the Royal Mounted
- Dan Slott
- Jeff Smith - Bone
- Mark Andrew Smith
- Paul Smith
- Sidney Smith - The Gumps
- Art Spiegelman - Maus, In the Shadow of No Towers
- Jim Starlin
- Richard Dean Starr
- Joe Staton - E-Man
- Brian Stelfreeze
- Jim Steranko - Nick Fury
- Roger Stern
- J. Michael Straczynski
- Jan Strnad
- Laurie S. Sutton
- Jimmy Swinnerton - The Little Bears, Mr. Jack, Little Jimmy
- Frank Tashlin - Van Boring[9]
- Raina Telgemeier - creator of Smile, Sisters
- Hilda Terry - Teena
- Roy Thomas
- Craig Thompson
- Alex Toth
- John Totleben
- Garry Trudeau - Doonesbury
- Timothy Truman
- Rick Tulka - Mad Magazine
- George Tuska - Hercule, Scorchy Smith
- Carol Tyler
- Andrew Vachss
- Jim Valentino
- Brian K. Vaughan
- Gustave Verbeek - The Upside Downs of Little Lady Lovekins and Old Man Muffaroo
- Charles Vess
- Charles Voight - Betty
- John Wagner
- Mark Waid
- Mort Walker - Beetle Bailey, Boner's Ark
- Chris Ware - The Acme Novelty Library, Jimmy Corrigan
- Adam Warren
- Bill Watterson - Calvin and Hobbes
- Gerard Way
- H. T. Webster - Caspar Milquetoast
- Len Wein - Swamp Thing, Wolverine, X-Men, Human Target, Justice League
- Alan Weiss
- Morris Weiss
- Russ Westover - Tillie the Toiler
- Ogden Whitney - Herbie Popnecker
- Frank Willard - Moon Mullins
- Skip Williamson - Snappy Sammy Smoot
- Bill Willingham
- Ron Wilson
- Marv Wolfman
- Wally Wood - EC Comics, Mad Magazine
- Jim Woodring - Frank
- Bernie Wrightson - Bernie Wrightson's Frankenstein, House of Mystery, House of Secrets, Swamp Thing
- Gene Luen Yang
- Chic Young - Blondie
Independent and underground
- Graeme Buchan - writer, Creepy Scarlett[10]
- Bob Burden - creator, Flaming Carrot
- Sophie Campbell - creator of Wet Moon
- Kody Chamberlain - artist on "30 Days of Night" and "Digital Webbing"
- Dame Darcy - creator of Meatcake
- Diane DiMassa - creator of Hothead Paisan
- Troy Dye - creator of Goblin Chronicles
- Kevin Eastman - co-creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Chondra Echert - The Armory Wars
- Rod Espinoza - creator of Neotopia and The Courageous Princess
- Andy Fish - creator of Adam Bomb
- Hart D. Fisher - creator of Jeffrey Dahmer: An Unauthorized Biography of a Serial Killer, publisher of Boneyard Press
- Mary Fleener
- Shary Flenniken - creator of Trots and Bonnie
- Brad W. Foster - creator of Mechthings and co-creator of The Adventures of Olivia
- Chandra Free
- David Gallaher - creator and writer of the comic version of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
- Phoebe Gloeckner - author of A Child's Life and Other Stories and The Diary of a Teenage Girl: An Account in Words and Pictures
- Roberta Gregory - creator of Naughty Bits
- Gilbert "Beto" Hernandez - co-creator of Love and Rockets
- Jaime Hernandez - co-creator of Love and Rockets
- Javier Hernandez - creator of El Muerto
- Mario Hernandez - co-creator of Love and Rockets
- Don Hillsman II
- Robert Kirby - creator of Curbside
- Peter Laird - co-creator of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- David Lawrence
- Matt Madden
- Carla Speed McNeil - creator of Finder
- Pop Mhan - creator of Blank and co-creator of Spyboy
- Richard Moore - creator of Far West and Boneyard
- Terry Moore
- Russell Myers
- Josh Neufeld - artist for American Splendor and creator of A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge
- Diane Noomin - creator of Glitz-2-Go, editor of Twisted Sisters
- Dan O'Neill - founder of the Air Pirates
- Fred Perry - creator, Gold Digger and Legacy
- Wendy Pini - creator, Elfquest
- Grace Randolph - creator, Grace Randolph's Supurbia
- David Rees
- Trina Robbins - artist/writer, Wonder Woman and underground comics
- Richard Sala - creator of Peculia
- Claudio Sanchez - writer of The Armory Wars
- Darren Sanchez
- Ariel Schrag - creator of Adam: A Novel, Likewise, Potential
- Dori Seda - 1980s underground satirist
- Tim Seeley - creator, HACK/slash, Loaded Bible, Lovebunny & Mr. Hell
- Gary Shipman - creator, Pakkins' Land
- Rhoda Shipman - co-writer, Pakkins' Land
- Mark Smylie - creator Artesia
- Bart Thompson
- Adrian Tomine - creator of Optic Nerve
- Carol Tyler - creator, Late Bloomer, You'll Never Know
- Jhonen Vasquez - creator, Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, Squee
- Rick Veitchk
- Matt Wagner - creator of Mage and Grendel
- Reed Wallerd - creator of Omaha the Cat Dancer
- Larry Welz - creator of Cherry
- Mack White
- Joshua Workman - co-creator of Blamo Comics; artist on Ferocity, The Mirage, The Unlimiteds, Lightning Bug, Rayman, Big-Man, X, Dusk, Blaze; writer for The Unlimiteds and X
- Tommy Yune - creator of Buster the Amazing Bear, writer/artist of Speed Racer
Webcomics
- Chris Onstad - creator of Achewood
Deceased
- Jack Abel - DC and Marvel Comics inker
- Dan Adkins
- Vince Alascia - Timely Comics and Charlton Comics artist
- Murphy Anderson
- Ross Andru - penciller best known as longtime artist on Wonder Woman and The Amazing Spider-Man; co-creator of the Metal Men
- Jim Aparo - DC Comics artist best known for 1970s Batman
- Everett M. "Busy" Arnold - publisher, Quality Comics
- Al Avison - Golden Age Captain America artist
- C. C. Beck - creator of the original Captain Marvel
- Charles Biro (1911-1972) - creator of Steel Sterling; best known for work with publisher Lev Gleason Comic House
- Wayne Boring - artist best known as Superman's primary artist in late 1940s to 1950s
- Carl Burgos - Golden Age, creator of the Human Torch
- John Buscema - longtime artist for Marvel Comics
- Nick Cardy - artist on Aquaman and the Teen Titans in the 1960s; co-creator of Bat Lash
- Louis Cazeneuve - Golden Age Aquaman artist
- Scott Clark - artist for the Martian Manhunter back-up in the 2013 Justice League of America series
- Dave Cockrum - co-creator of the "new X-Men"
- Gene Colan
- Vince Colletta - inker noted for work on Jack Kirby's The Mighty Thor
- Johnny Craig
- Reed Crandall
- Dan DeCarlo - longtime Archie Comics writer-artist, created Josie and the Pussycats
- Dick Dillin - longtime artist of Justice League of America
- Arnold Drake - co-creator of The Guardians of the Galaxy; co-created It Rhymes with Lust; created Deadman
- Gaylord DuBois - creator of Brothers of the Spear, longtime writer for Tarzan, Roy Rogers, Turok, Space Family Robinson
- George Evans - illustrator for EC
- Bill Everett - creator of Namor the Sub-Mariner
- Lou Fine - Golden Age great; creator of Black Condor
- Bill Finger - co-creator of Batman
- Seth Fisher - artist best known for his work at Vertigo and Marvel Comics
- Gardner Fox - longtime writer for Justice Society of America, Justice League of America
- Frank Frazetta
- George Gately
- Steve Gerber - creator of Howard the Duck
- Frank Giacoia, aka Frank Ray - Silver Age inker, known for work on Jack Kirby's Captain America
- Archie Goodwin
- Billy Graham
- Sam Grainger
- Vernon Grant - creator of The Love Rangers
- Paul Gustavson - Golden Age creator of The Angel
- Al Hartley
- Don Heck
- Carmine Infantino - DC Comics artist, later executive
- Graham Ingels
- Jack Kamen
- Gil Kane - artist of Green Lantern, The Atom, The Amazing Spider-Man and other Silver Age characters; early innovator in graphic novels
- Jack Keller - longtime Kid Colt artist
- George Klein - Silver Age inker
- Joe Kubert
- Sam Kweskin
- Mort Leav
- Bob LeRose
- Harris Levey, aka Lee Harris - DC Comics illustrator, creator of Air Wave
- Jeff MacNelly
- Joe Maneely - 1950s Atlas artist best known for comics The Black Knight, Yellow Claw, and The Ringo Kid
- Russ Manning
- Sheldon Mayer - Golden Age artist for DC Comics, creator of Sugar & Spike
- Morton Meskin
- Sheldon Moldoff
- Jim Mooney - Supergirl
- Pete Morisi
- Gray Morrow
- Win Mortimer
- Irv Novick
- Rose O'Neill - creator of 1909[11]
- Joe Orlando
- Brant Parker
- Howard Purcell
- Paul Reinman - 1950s penciler and Silver Age inker best known for Jack Kirby work, including The Incredible Hulk #1
- Alex Robinson
- Jerry Robinson
- Marshall Rogers
- George Roussos, aka George Bell - Marvel Comics inker best known for early issues of Jack Kirby's The Fantastic Four
- Christopher Rule
- Paul Ryan
- Allen Saunders
- Alex Schomburg
- Julius Schwartz - editor for DC Comics often credited with launching the Silver Age of Comic Books
- Mike Sekowsky
- Syd Shores - Golden Age Captain America artist; active through 1970s
- Joe Simon
- Roger Slifer
- Dick Sprang - co-creator Of the Riddler and long time Batman artist
- Chic Stone - Silver Age inker best known for work with Jack Kirby
- Tom Sutton
- Curt Swan - best known as Superman's primary 1960s artist
- John Tartaglione
- Herb Trimpe
- Mort Weisinger - Silver Age editor of the Superman titles
- Ogden Whitney
- Al Williamson
- Gregory Wright
Flash cartoon creators
- Steve Duquette
- Kenn Navarro - creator of Happy Tree Friends
See also
References
- ↑ http://jeffreybrowncomics.blogspot.com/
- ↑ http://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/derf.htm
- ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/dwiggins_cv.htm
- ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/f/feininger_l.htm
- ↑ ComicVine.com: Jack C. Harris
- ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/j/jones_chuck.htm
- ↑ ComicVine.com: Chuck Patton
- ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/schultze_carl.htm
- ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/tashlin_frank.htm
- ↑ Creepy Scarlett: Official Facebook Page
- ↑ Kewpie Comics
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