List of comic creators

This is a list of comic creators. Although comics have different formats, this list mainly focuses on comic book and graphic novel creators. However, some creators of comic strips are also found here, as are some of the early innovators of the artform.

The list is sorted by the country of origin of the authors, although they may have published, or now be resident in other countries.

Argentina

("historieta")
*Altuna, Horacio
*Barreiro, Ricardo
*Breccia, Alberto
*Breccia, Enrique
*Frusin, Marcelo
*Gimenez, Juan
*Lucas, Jorge
*Mandrafina, Domingo Roberto
*Muñoz, José
*Oesterheld, Héctor Germán
*Olivetti, Ariel
*Quino
*Risso, Eduardo
*Sampayo, Carlos
*Trillo, Carlos

Australia

*Chaloner, Gary
*Foley, Shane
*Gould, Ian
*Kidd, Paul
*McKenny, Stewart
*Nichols, Adam
*Nichols, Wayne
*Ord, Mandy
*Read, Christian
*Richards, Mark, creator of Scott Willasee is the VOID!
*Scott, Nicola
*Somariva, Jon
*Yardin, David

Belgium

("bande dessinée", "BD" , "strip(verhaal)")
*Édouard Aidans
*André Benn
*Arthur Berckmans, also know as Berck
*Roger Camille, also known as Kiko
*Raoul Cauvin
*Jean-Michel Charlier, co-creator of "Blueberry"
*Clarke (Frédéric Seron)
*Stéphane Colman
*Didier Comès
*Antonio Cossu
*François Craenhals
*Crisse (Didier Chrispeels)
*Paul Cuvelier
*Dany
*Lucien De Gieter
*Charles Degotte
*Bob de Groot
*Paul Deliège
*Yvan Delporte
*Bob de Moor
*Christian Denayer
*Vincent Deporter (a.k.a. Vince Deporter, Mike Deporter)
*Stephen Desberg
*Jacques Devos
*Fernand Dineur
*André-Paul Duchâteau
*Jean Dufaux
*Bernard Dumont (Bédu)
*Dupa, also known as Luc Dupanloup
*Serge Ernst
*Philippe Foerster
*René Follet
*Gérald Forton
*Philippe Francq
*Frank, aka Frank Pé
*André Franquin
*Franz, aka Franz Drappier
*André Geerts
*Philippe Geluck
*Jean Graton
*Gilson (François Gilson)
*Gos (Roland Goossens)
*Greg (Michel Regnier)
*René Hausman
*Hergé (Georges Rémi), creator of "The Adventures of Tintin"
*Hermann Huppen (Hermann)
*Victor Hubinon
*Edgar P. Jacobs
*Janry, (Jean-Richard Geurts)
*Jidéhem (Jean De Mesmaeker)
*Jijé (Joseph Gillain)
*Daniel Kox
*Lambil (Willy Lambillotte)
*Marc Legendre
*Roger Leloup
*Philippe Liégeois (Turk)
*Joseph Loeckx (Jo-El Azara)
*Raymond Macherot
*Marvano, (Mark van Oppen)
*Merho (Robert Merhottein)
*Midam (Michel Ledent)
*Mitacq (Michel Tacq)
*Morris (Maurice de Bevere)
*Jef Nys, creator of "Jommeke"
*Eddy Paape
*Benoît Peeters
*Peyo (Pierre Culliford)
*Ptiluc (Luc Lefebvre)
*Marcel Remacle
*Renaud (Renaud Denauw)
*Roba
*Rosy
*François Schuiten
*Pierre Seron
*Jean-Claude Servais
*Marc Sleen (Marc Neels)
*Benoît Sokal
*Maurice Tillieux
*Jean Van Hamme
*William Vance
*Willy Vandersteen
*François Walthéry
*Michel Weyland
*Yslaire (Bernard Hislaire)
*Will (Willy Maltaite)

Brazil

("HQ", "história em quadrinhos")
*Agostini, Angelo, pioneer, creator of "As Aventuras de Nhô Quim"
*Alt, creator of "Zé, um subdesenvolvido" and "Canastrão & Bonfim"
*Cassaro, Marcelo, creator of "Holy Avenger"
*Angeli, creator of "Chiclete com Banana"
*de Sousa, Mauricio, creator of "Turma da Mônica"
*Ziraldo, creator of "Menino Maluquinho" and "Turma do Pererê"

Canada

*Allan, Von
*Anderson, Ho Che
*Joly, Benoit
*Bachle, Leo
*Beaulieu, Jimmy
*Bell, Marc
*Bengough, John Wilson
*Bottenberg, Rupert
*Bourgeois, Albéric
*Braun, Eric
*Brown, Chester
*Bugatto, Dominic
*Byrne, John
*Castree, Genevieve
*Chang, Bernard
*Collier, David
*Cooper, Dave
*Doucet, Julie, creator of "Dirty Plotte"
*Douglas, Max aka Salgood Sam
*Eaglesham, Dale
*Gagnon, Richard
*Isherwood, Geof
*Keown, Dale
*Kim, Eric
*Lee, Alvin
*Lee, Pat
*Matt, Joe
*McColloch, Derek
*Mireault, Bernie
*Mavreas, Billy
*Morrissette, Gabriel
*Oakley, Mark, creator of "Thieves & Kings"
*Ollmann, Joe
*O'Reilly, Sean
*Orenstein, Ian
*Pijet, André
*Seth Born Gallant, Gregory
*Sim, Dave
*Stewart, Cameron
*Tande, Leif
*Thériault, Eric
*Tjia, Sherwin aka Sully
*Trembles, Rick
*Valium, Henriette
*Whalley, Peter
*Wright, Doug - (1917-1983)

Chile

* Jodorowsky, Alejandro
* Ríos, René, a.k.a. Pepo.

Côte d'Ivoire

* Groud, Gilbert G.

Croatia

*Bednjanec, Ivica
*Biukovic, Edvin
*Macan, Darko
*Maurovic, Andrija
*Neugebauer, Walter
*Radilovic, Jules

Cuba

("historieta", "muñequitos") "see List of Cuban comic creators."

Denmark

("tegneserie", plural form: "tegneserier")
*Kidde, Rune
*Kristiansen, Teddy, artist on Grendel projects,
*Kure, Henning
*Madsen, Peter
*Morgenthaler, Anders
*Snejberg, Peter, artist on "Lords of Misrule", "Starman"
*Strid, Jakob Martin

Finland

("sarjakuvat")
*Hiltunen, Petri
*Huitula, Kristian
*Jansson, Lars, ghost artist/writer of the "Moomins" in later years
*Jansson, Tove, creator of the "Moomins"
*Koivisto, Tarmo, creator of "Mämmilä"
*Kovács, Kati
*Kähkönen, Timo
*Larmola, Kivi
*Leppänen, Kari, creator of "Achilles Wiggen"
*Manninen, Pekka
*Mänttäri, Anssi
*Palsa, Kalervo
*Ranta, Ville
*Tuomola, Juba, creator of "Viivi ja Wagner"

France

("bande dessinée, BD")
*Ayroles, Alain
*Alexis
*Beauchard David also known as David B.
*Béhé
*Benoît, Ted
*Berberian, Charles
*Bess, Georges
*Binet, Christian
*Bilal, Enki
*Blain, Christophe
*Boucq, François
*Bourgeon, François
*Bretécher, Claire
*Cabu
*Caza
*Chaland, Yves
*Chéret, André
*Christin, Pierre
*Christophe (Georges Colomb)
*de Loustal, Jacques
*Dorison, Xavier
*Druillet, Philippe
*Dupuy, Philippe
*Édika (Édouard Karali)
*F'Murr
*Forest, Jean-Claude
*Fournier, Jean-Claude
*Franc, Régis
*Fred
*Giraud, Jean, also known as "Gir" and "Moebius"
*Goscinny, René
*Gotlib, Marcel
*Hérenguel, Éric
*Juillard, André
*Larcenet, Emmanuel
*Lauzier, Gérard
*Lauffray, Mathieu
*Ledroit, Olivier
*Le Tendre, Serge
*Lob, Jacques
*Lofficier, Jean-Marc
*Loisel, Régis
*Maïorana, Bruno
*Mandryka
*Margerin, Frank
*Martin, Jacques
*Meynet, Félix
*Mézières, Jean-Claude
*Jean-François Miniac
*Pétillon
*Pichard, Georges
*Reiser
*Rob-Vel
*Rodrigue
*Saint-Ogan, Alain
*Sempé, Jean-Jacques
*Sérafini, Dominique
*Sfar, Joann
*Sternis, Philippe
*Tabary, Jean
*Tardi, Jacques
*Tibet
*Trondheim, Lewis
*Uderzo, Albert
*Veyron, Martin
*Vuillemin
*Wasterlain, Marc
*Wolinski, Georges
*Yann also known as Balac (Yann Le Pennetier)

Germany

("der Comic", plural form: "die Comics")
*Brösel (Rötger Feldmann)
*Hegen, Hannes
*Jamiri (Jan-Michael Richter)
*Kauka, Rolf
*König, Ralf
*Kretschmer, Marian
*Moers, Walter
*Poth, Chlodwig
*Schmidt, Manfred
*Wäscher, Hansrudi

Greece

*Papaioannou, Dimitris

Iran

*Satrapi, Marjane, creator of "Persepolis"

India

*Pradeep Sherawat

Italy

("fumetto", plural form: "fumetti")

*Angiolini, Sandro
*Battaglia, Dino
*Baronciani, Alessandro
*Bonelli, Gian Luigi
*Bellissimo, Francesco
*Bottaro, Luciano
*Brandoli, Anna
*Bunker, Max
*Carpi, Giovan Battista
*Castelli, Alfredo
*Castellini, Claudio
*Cavazzano, Giorgio
*Corradi, Alberto
*Crepax, Guido
*Eleuteri Serpieri, Paolo
*Galeppini, Aurelio
*Ghermandi, Francesca
*Giacon, Giacomo
*Giardino, Vittorio
*Giolitti, Alberto
*Gipi
*Giussani, Angela
*Giussani, Luciana
*Igort
*Jacovitti, Benito
*Liberatore, Tanino
*Macola, Piero
*Magnus
*Manara, Milo
*Manfredi, Gianfranco
*Origa, Graziano
*Ortolani, Leo
*Paolucci, Francesca
*Martina, Guido
*Mastantuono, Corrado
*Mattotti, Lorenzo
*Medda, Michele
*Nanni, Giacomo
*Paper Resistance
*Pazienza, Andrea
*Pessoli, Alessandro
*Pratt, Hugo
*Ratigher
*Ricci, Stefano
*Scarpa, Romano
*Sclavi, Tiziano
*Scozzari, Filippo
*Serra, Antonio
*Squaz
*Staino, Sergio
*Tamburini, Stefano
*Teodorani, Andrea
*Teodorani, Enrico
*Toccafondo, Gianluigi
*Toppi, Sergio
*Toffolo, Davide
*Zaniboni, Sergio

Japan

("manga")"see List of manga artists"

Lithuania

*Kadzionis, Tomas

Malaysia

*Billy Tan
*Lat

Malta

*Sacco, Joe

The Netherlands

("strip, stripverhaal", plural forms: "strips, stripverhalen")
*Mau Heymans, Disney comics artist and writer
*Gerrit de Jager, creator of Familie Doorzon, Zusje and Sneek (comic)
*Daan Jippes, Disney comics artist and writer
*Erik Schreurs, creator of Joop Klepzeiker
*Hanco Kolk, creator of Gilles de Geus Singledn Mecano
*Hein de Kort, creator of Jean-Pierre (comic), Pardon, Lul and Dirk en Desiree
*Henk Kuijpers, creator of Franka
*Hans G. Kresse, creator of the Eric the Norman series
*Erik Kriek, creator of Gutsman
*Robert van der Kroft, of Sjors en Sjimmie
*Jan Kruis, creator of Jan, Jans en de Kinderen
*Yuri Landman
*Mars Gremmen creator of "the girl is mine"
*Martin Lodewijk, creator of Agent 327
*Co Loerakker, cartoonist of Van nul tot nu
*Frans Piët, creator of Sjors en Sjimmie
*Wilbert Plijnaar Disney comics Artist and Writer. Also wrote Sjors en Sjimmie, Claire
*Mark Retera, creator of DirkJan
*Peter de Smet, creator of De Generaal
*Joost Swarte
*Marten Toonder, creator of the Oliver B. Bumble series
*Jean-Marc van Tol creator of Fokke en Sukke
*Piet Wijn, creator of Douwe Dabbert
*Peter de Wit, creator of Sigmund

New Zealand

*Bell, Murrary
*Horrocks, Dylan

Norway

("tegneserie", plural form: "tegneserier")
*Eriksen, Mads, creator of "M"
*Fiske, Lars
*Haaland, Karine
*Jason
*Kverneland, Steffen
*Midthun, Arild
*Myhre, Lise, creator of "Nemi"
*Nielsen, Christopher
*Øverli, Frode, creator of "Pondus"
*Aasnes, Håkon

Philippines

*Alaguilan, Gerry
*Alfredo, Alcala
*Alcala, Larry
*Amongo, Mar
*Anacleto, Jay
*Arre, Arnold
*Caparas, Carlos J.
*Chan, Ernie
*Dery, Floro
*Diego, Jonas
*DeZuniga, Tony
*Fernandez, Jim
*Figueroa, Don
*Kayanan, Rafael
*Manabat, Nick
*Marcelo, Nonoy
*Medina, Lan
*Medina Jr., Pol
*Niño, Alex
*Pagulayan, Carlo
*Portacio, Whilce
*Ravelo, Mars
*Sobrepeña, Cal
*Tan, Philip
*Tanghal, Romeo
*Tortosa, Wilson
*Vergara, Carlo
*Yu, Leinil Francis
*Carrillo, Fred
*Henson, Teny
*Tomas, Russell Benjamin

Poland

*Baranowski, Tadeusz
*Chmielewski, Henryk
*Christa, Janusz
*Gawronkiewicz, Krzysztof
*Jarkowski, Witold
*Kasprzak, Zbigniew
*Kolodziejczak, Tomasz
*Kwiatkowski, Tadeusz
*Lesniak, Tomasz
*Myszkowski, Filip
*Ozga, Jerzy
*Parowski, Maciej
*Pawel, Szarlota
*Polch, Boguslaw
*Rodek, Jacek
*Rosinski, Grzegorz
*Rosinski, Krystian
*Skarzycki, Rafal
*Skarzynski, Jerzy
*Szylak, Jerzy
*Sledzinski, Michal
*Truscinski, Przemyslaw
*Wisniewski, Mieczyslaw
*Wroblewski, Jerzy
*Zbych, Andrzej

Portugal

"(BD, Banda Desenhada, Histórias em Quadradinhos)"
*Bento, Fernando
*Coelho, Eduardo Teixeira
*Péon, Vitor
*Pinheiro, Rafael Bordalo
*Trigo, Augusto

erbia

*Aleksa Gajić
*Branislav Kerac
*Aleksandar Zograf (pen name of Sasa Rakezic) [http://www.aleksandarzograf.com/whois.html]

ingapore

*Foo Swee Chin

lovenia

*Amalietti, Marjan
*Gatnik, Kostja
*Lavric, Tomaz
*Muster, Miki
*Sitar, Iztok
*Smiljanic, Zoran

outh Korea

*Kang Full

pain

"(cómics, historietas, tebeos)"
*Abulí, Enrique Sánchez
*Azpiri, Alfonso
*Bernet, Jordi
*Bermejo, Luis
*Blasco, Jesús
*Canales, Juan Díaz
*de la Fuente, Víctor
*Giménez, Carlos
*Guarnido, Juanjo
*Hernández Palacios, Antonio
*Ibáñez, Francisco
*Maroto, Esteban
*Ortiz, José
*Prado, Miguelanxo
*Sanchez, Leopoldo
*Segura, Antonio
*Sommer, Manfred
*Torres, Daniel
*Vázquez, Manuel

weden

"(tecknad serie)"
*Ackebo, Lena
*Ahlgren, Daniel
*Andersson, Max
*Andréasson, Rune, creator of "Bamse"
*Berglin, Jan
*Christensen, Charlie
*Dranger, Joanna Rubin
*Egerbrandt, Nils
*Furmark, Anneli
*Gohs, Rolf
*Gärdenfors, Simon
*Grennvall, Åsa
*Hillersberg, Lars
*Jacobsson, Oscar
*Jonsson, Mats
*Kellerman, Martin, creator of "Rocky"
*Kjellblad, Max
*Krantz, Gunnar
*Larsson, Carl
*Liljefors, Bruno
*Liljemark, David
*Lindengren, Joakim
*Lundkvist, Gunnar, creator of "Klas Katt"
*Lundkvist, Ulf
*Lööf, Jan, creator of "Felix"
*Moodysson, Coco
*Nessle, David
*Nyström, Jenny
*O.A. (a.k.a. Oskar Andersson)
*Oskarsson, Mikael
*Petersson, Krister
*Petersson, Rudolf, creator of ""
*Persson, Elov, creator of "Kronblom" and "August och Lotta"
*Persson, Gunnar, creator of "Gus" and "Herr Larsson"
*Pirinen, Joakim, creator of "Socker-Conny"
*Rit-Ola (a.k.a. Jan-Erik Garland)
*Sandberg, Lars
*Semitjov, Eugen, creator of "Allan Kämpe"
*Sergel, Johan Tobias
*Torudd, Cecilia
*Westerberg, Anders

witzerland

*Ab'Aigre
*Bünzli, Frida
*Ceppi, Daniel
*Cosey, creator of Jonathan
*Derib, creator of Yakari
*Fischli, Andy
*Hondo
*Maret
*Marini, Enrico
*Mix & Remix
*René, creator of Bill Body
*Toepffer, Rodolphe
*Zep, creator of Titeuf

Turkey

*Mahmud A. Asrar
*Yıldıray Çınar

United Kingdom

*Abadzis, Nick
*Appleby, Barry (The Gambols)
*Appleby, Barrie (The Beano's Roger the Dodger)
*Bannister, Tom
*Barker, Clive
*Bave, Terry
*Baxendale, Leo
*Bell, Gordon
*Bell, Steve
*Bennington, Mark
*Blatchley, Scott (Writer, Congress Press)
*Brennan, Nick
*Bright, Steve
*Buckingham, Mark
*Burgon, Sid
*Campbell, Eddie, creator of "Bacchus", artist of "From Hell"
*Carey, Mike, writer of "Lucifer"
*Carter, Reg
*Claremont, Chris, longtime writer of "The Uncanny X-Men" and related titles
*Coleby, Simon
*Critchton, Jimmy
*Crocker, Jim
*Dakin, Glenn
*Dallas, John
*Davies, Henry
*Dawson, Mike
*d'isreali demon draughtsman (aka Matt Brooker), artist on "Lazarus Churchyard".
*Eastbury, Dave
*Edward Oliver, Jack
*Elliott, Phil
*Ellis, Warren, creator of "Transmetropolitan" and "The Authority"
*Ennis, Garth, creator of "Preacher"." He is currently writing "The Punisher" titles
*Farncombe, Patrick (Artist, Congress Press)
*Gaiman, Neil, co-creator of "The Sandman"
*Geering, John
*Gibbons, Dave, artist of "Watchmen"
*Glen, Jimmy
*Glennard, Barry
*Grigg, Charles
*Grist, Paul, creator of "Kane" and "Jack Staff"
*Gudgeon, David
*Hampson, Frank creator of Dan Dare
*Harrison, Ken H.
*Hewlett, Jamie, creator of "Tank Girl", co-creator of Gorillaz
*Holdaway, Jim, original artist of "Modesty Blaise"
*Hooper,Terry,
*Hunter, Ken
*Jenner, Dave
*Jordan, Sydney, creator of "Jeff Hawke"
*Judge, Malcolm
*Lavery, Tom
*Law, David
*Lawrence, Don, creator of "Billy the Kid", "Wells Fargo", "Pony Express", "Olac the Gladiator", "Karl the Viking", "Trigan Empire" and artist of "Storm"
*Mansbridge, Norman
*Martin, George
*McCaffrey, Joe
*McDiarmid, Frank
*McGrath, Bob
*McKean, Dave, artist and painter
*McMahon, Mike
*Metaphrog, creators of "Louis"
*Morren, Hugh
*Metcalfe, Trevor
*Mettam, Dale, writer on " Morbid Myths" and "Sidekickin' Hero"
*Millar, Mark, writer of Marvel's "Ultimate X-Men" and "The Ultimates"
*Milligan, Peter, writer on Shade, the Changing Man and X-Statix.
*Mills, Pat
*Moore, Alan, writer of "Watchmen", "V for Vendetta", "Swamp Thing" and "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen"
*Morley, Allan
*Morrison, Grant, creator of "The Invisibles", writer of "Animal Man" and "JLA"
*Mostyn, Dave
*Neill, Vic
*Nixon, Robert
*Northfield, Gary
*O'Donnell, Peter, creator of "Modesty Blaise"
*O'Donnell, Tony
*O'Neill, Kevin, artist of "Marshall Law"
*Parkins, David
*Parkinson, Nigel
*Parlett, Reg
*Paterson, Tom
*Pearce, Graham, creator of "Sgt Mike Battle"
*Pearse, Mike
*Percival, Nick
*Petrie, Jim
*Phoenix, Woodrow, creator of "Sumo Family", "Pants Ant", "Where's it at, Sugar Kat?"
*Reid, Ken
*Reynolds, Keith
*Ritchie, Bill
*Robinson, James, writer of "Starman" and "Leave It to Chance"
*Scott, Duncan
*Sharp, Liam, artist of "Testament"
*Sherwood, John
*Spenser, Ron
*Sutherland, David
*Sutherland, Kev F. writer-artist in The Beano
*Talbot, Bryan, creator of "The Adventures of Luther Arkwright"
*Thompson, Wayne
*Walker, Brian
*Walker, Kevin "Kev"
*Watkins, Dudley D.
*Whittock, Colin
*Windett, Dave
*Windsor-Smith, Barry

United States

"See List of American comic creators"

Uruguay

*Barreto, Eduardo, DC Comics artist

Miscellaneous

("to be later classified")
*Morales, Rags

ee also

*Cartoonist
*List of Marvel Comics people

External links

* [http://www.lambiek.net/artists/index.htm Lambiek Comiclopedia] (biographical articles)
* [http://www.bedetheque.com/ Bédéthèque] - database of French language"bande dessinée"