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Also known as graphic artist, animator, illustrator, cartoon artist

A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comics illustrators/artists in that they produce both the literary and graphic components of the work as part of their practice.

Key facts

Occupation.name
Cartoonist
Occupation.image
Jack Elrod.jpg
Occupation.caption
Cartoonist Jack Elrod at work on a Sunday page of the Mark Trail comic strip
Occupation.type
Art profession
Occupation.employment_field
Publishing
Occupation.related_occupation
Editorial cartoonistComics creator

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Terminology
  • History
  • Editorial cartoons
  • U.S. cartoonists
  • English comic literature
  • Comic strips
  • See also
  • References
  • Citations
  • Works cited
  • Further reading
  • External links

A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comics illustrators/artists in that they produce both the literary and graphic components of the work as part of their practice.

Cartoonists may work in a variety of formats, including booklets, comic strips, comic books, editorial cartoons, graphic novels, manuals, gag cartoons, storyboards, posters, shirts, books, advertisements, greeting cards, magazines, newspapers, webcomics, and video game packaging.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “cartoonist” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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