cartoonist

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.

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It sits within the topics Cartooning, Cartoonists and Comics.

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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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Wikidata facts

Image: Ramón Columba y Siulnas.jpg

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female form of label: Cartoonistin
ISCO-88 occupation class: 2452
Commons category: Cartoonists
male form of label: karikaturista
ISCO-08 occupation class: 2651

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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

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.