Comics
These goos are from the Comics category, people famous for their work in comic books and comic strips. Browse another way.
Alan Moore
All together, this writer is responsible for a league of extraordinary watchmen with a vendetta from hell. Go »
Ali Farzat
During a civil war, they broke his body but not his spirit. Go »
Alison Bechdel
People who only know her 3-step test for cinematic gender equality will have to watch out for her genius comics about LGBT life. Go »
Bill Amend
His long-running family comic strip teaches real physics by way of the bespectacled youngest son and helps radio operators spell the letter F. Go »
Bill Watterson
His decade (1985-1995) of drawing a mischievous six-year-old boy, and his stuffed tiger who came to imaginary life, was considered too short by many fans. Go »
Bob Kane
This artist co-created a very popular vigilante based on a flying mammal. Go »
Brian Michael Bendis
Oh, your comic book character has super powers? Big deal. This guy has the ultimate power. Go »
Cathy
Post-feminism means chocolate addiction and complaining about work? Go »
Charles Burns
This cartoonist is well regarded for his use of black when drawing a hole. Go »
Charles M. Schulz
Good grief! To anyone who dismisses his comic strip as childish, I say "nuts." Go »
Frank Miller
Gotham City and Sin City have 300 things in common Go »
Garry Trudeau
Life goes on for this Bush-bashing cartoonist after winning a Reuben, a Pulitzer, and almost an Oscar. Go »
Gary Larson
This amateur biologist, married to an anthropologist, drew inspiration from science and nature to drive his out-there comic for fifteen years. Go »
Hank Ketcham
His mischievous son was the namesake and inspiration for his world-renowned comic strip. Go »
Harry Lampert
His work with his most famous creation was over in a flash, but I guess that's how the cards fall. Go »
Harvey Pekar
Cleveland came alive in his splendid works. Go »
Hergé
Transforming European art over sixty years must have been quite an adventure. Go »
Jack 'King' Kirby
He was drawn to characters like Captain America, Hulk, the X-Men, and the Fantastic Four. Who's the king? Go »
Jack Kirby
He served in WWII just like his first popular superhero creation, but this artist is remembered better for his later service to Marvel in co-creating three of their most popular teams: The Avengers, the X-Men, and the Fantastic Four, leaving the company in part due to resentment at Stan Lee hogging all of the credit. Go »
Jim Davis
His works include a western, some insects, and a tuber, but his most famous characters revolved around a cat. Go »
Jim Lee
This former best-selling Marvel artist mutated into the head of DC Comics. Go »
KC Green
He saw his creations about posterior phalli and inferno-imperiled canines become popular memes online, costing him money, and declared that this was not fine. Go »
Kaja Foglio
Combine her artistic and storytelling talent with her husband's and together they make a genius. Go »
Marjane Satrapi
Iran in black and white Go »
Mike Peters
His muses are his TV mother and fairy tales. Go »
Nathan W. Pyle
His planet is so strange that it's as if the inscrutable blue aliens are us. Go »
Professor X
This professor's original goal of educating his uncanny students soon mutated into a super battle for their civil rights. Go »
Robert Kirkman
His zombie-filled comics for Image and Marvel have inspired a successful transition to television. Go »
Robert Mankoff
New Yorkers wouldn't get their weekly dose of wit without this cartoonist wrangling the written words beneath them. Go »
Rube Goldberg
Technological inefficiency is the legacy of this rodent collector. Go »
Sarah Andersen
The doodles -- or are they scribbles? -- by this award-winning webcomic author often tackle subjects like adult responsibility, toxic masculinity, self-loathing, and cat logic. Go »
Scott Adams
This cartoonist and former engineer has been a big success at skewering big business. Go »
Sergio Aragonés
You'd think an artist known for getting lost and being temperamental wouldn't last long in the industry. Go »
Snoopy
In his Sopwith Camel, he redefines the term dogfighter. Go »
Spider-Man
If Doctor Octopus or the Green Goblin come to town, just call on your friendly neighborhood celebrity goo. Go »
Stan Lee
He couldn't draw, but that didn't stop him from creating Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, Iron Man, and many other classic superheroes. Go »
Stan Lee
Face front, True Believers! This copious creator of comic-book characters isn't here celebrate his cool centennial, so we'll have to cover it for him. 'Nuff said! Go »
The Joker
Why so serious? Go »
Todd McFarlane
This guy sure spawned some popular comic books. Go »
Todd McFarlane
His image of being an atheist reflects in his stories. No clowning around here! Go »
Tom King
His CIA work informed his novel about powerless superheroes in a world of terror, which in turn informs his comic book writing today. Who's the king? Go »
Vampirella
Doesn't this alien beauty get cold in that costume? Go »
Will Eisner
This spirited artist was so good that every year, his name is synonymous with greatness in the comics industry. Go »
