Cartoonists By The Dozen
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Sergio Aragonés, Chad Nichols, Bob Mankoff, Jules Feiffer, Art Spiegelman, Rozalia Finkelstein, Duane M. Abel, Mark Knight, Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud, Ian Jones, and Liana Finck.
Sergio Aragonés
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Chad Nichols
Part of my, admittedly not extensive, exercise regime includes some miles on a bicycle. So…
I enjoy Chad Nichols comic strips for Cycling West.
Bob Mankoff
Bob Mankoff’s life revolves around drawing.
For as long as he can remember, he’s doodled and copied his favorite superhero comics, distorting and manipulating them with his childish humor. His first cartoon, Robby the Robot, combined the science fiction character with a pinball machine. People around him found them funny.
Still, Mankoff never imagined it would become his career.
In anticipation of Bob Mankoff being the A&S Maxwell Alumni Keynote Speaker Eliana Rosen for The Daily Orange profiles the cartoonist and cartoon editor.
Further Mankoff reading is R. C. Harvey’s biography of Bob (from whence we purloined the above cartoon).
Jules Feiffer
[Jules Feiffer] knew the kinetic language of comix intimately, but most of the work that made him famous was remarkably static—the same face or figure repeated with minor variations over all six to eight panels. “I thought that for the work to be effective, the movement had to be very subtle or nonexistent. I had to sneak up on the reader … so I had to have a frozen camera,” he explained in an interview. “And most important to me was the storytelling, that the flow had to be very smooth.”
Art Speigelman’s appreciation of Jules Feiffer for The Atlantic deconstructs one particular Feiffer comic strip. Or here.
Art Spiegelman
Throughout his career as a cartoonist and editor, Art Spiegelman has never shied away from provocative storytelling in his comics. From his early art for the counter cultural underground comix movement to his acclaimed graphic novel Maus, Spiegelman’s legacy in the comic arts world continues to grow and has inspired many of today’s beloved cartoonists. Discover Spiegelman’s career and how his life story inspired his groundbreaking work, even in the face of looming censorship, in American Masters – Art Spiegelman: Disaster is My Muse.
WOUB (Athens, Ohio) previews American Masters Presents “Art Spiegelman: Disaster is My Muse.” A Personal Exploration Into the Life and Work of Cartoonist and Pulitzer Prize-winning Maus Author Art Spiegelman April 15 at 10:00 pm on PBS
Rozalia Finklestein
Life at Alexandria City High School isn’t easy, not even when you’re a cartoon.
Just follow the latest adventures of best friends Nyx and Soliana in the monthly West End Girls comic in the Alexandria City High School newspaper, Theogony. The cartoon is the creation of comics editor Rozalia Finkelstein, who won two awards for her work at last year’s National High School Journalism Conference.
James Cullum for ALX Now sat down to interview talented high school cartoonist Rozalia Finkelstein.
ALXNOW: What’s your most controversial cartoon?
Finkelstein: The most controversial one was metal detector one where our advisor was kind of like, “Should you publish that one?” My cartoons are supposed to be funny. They’re supposed to make people laugh and be happier. I never want someone to be hurt by it, But I pushed back on that, because I feel like first of all, it’s a drawing, and second of all it’s always heightened so much that it’s almost like not the real issue anymore. Like, there are definitely concerns at our school about the effectiveness of the metal detectors, and about how if people feel safe or unsafe at school, but people aren’t bringing anime-type battle axes into the school, you know?
Duane M. Abel
Abel’s professional accomplishments include producing his nationally syndicated comic strip ZED, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary and appears in nearly 100 weekly newspapers across the country. ZED has been praised by Garfield creator Jim Davis as “a comic strip with a lot of heart.” In addition to his work as a cartoonist, Duane inspires students across the nation through his school assembly program, DRAW YOUR DESTINY!
The Free Press Standard spotlights Duane M. Abel as he “has been selected as the 2025 Distinguished Alumni by The University of Akron and the Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences. He will be honored at an awards ceremony on April 29.”
Mark Knight
The iconic Statue of Liberty is America’s great symbol of freedom and opportunity but Mark Knight’s cartoon imagines the US and Lady Liberty transformed by Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation’ tariffs.
For Kids News, a NewsCorp Australia offshoot, Australian cartoonist Mark Knight pens a lesson for school children on U.S. President Trump’s tariff orders.
Making Canada the 51st state of America; Gaza the Riviera of the Middle East; taking over Greenland; cutting military aid to Ukraine; making Elon Musk the head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and expelling illegal immigrants by the plane load.
But his most audacious* policy was to make America’s economy great again by imposing trade tariffs on countries.
Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud
In a world where kids can become anything, Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud are hoping they become cartoonists.
USA Today interviews Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud and reviews The Cartoonists Club.
Telgemeier has become a household name for parents whose kids love her graphic novels “Smile” and “Drama.” She’s been called “The Beatles for children.” But decades ago, she was the kid in grade school with an interest no one else liked.
Her dad noticed her burgeoning talent for cartoons and gave her a copy of “Understanding Comics” by Scott McCloud, a 1993 history and how-to guide. Now, McCloud and Telgemeier have teamed up to publish a new how-to manual for younger kids.
Ian Jones
My “strip of homage” to Australian (humour) comic strips.
Sadly, not all of of Australia’s great strips, past or present, could fit into this strip. However, there are 19 featured in this little tribute to comic strips and their creators. Drawing the characters in the style of their cartoonists was a wonderful, and challenging, experience. It also meant that this strip took me the longest time to complete of any strip I have drawn in my 45 years of being a published cartoonist!
Ian doesn’t leave us hanging. Here’s an identifying chart of the characters.
Liana Finck
This is a post of drawings, which my occupied/unoccupied brain has been thinking in feverishly – weirdly, being home with a baby puts me back in the pre-kid state where I️ spent a lot of time wandering around, riding subways, going to and from things, idly coming up with little drawings.
New mother Liana Finck has some drawings and thoughts on being a new mother.
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