This is a list of

comics creator developed specialized terminology. Some several attempts have been made to formalize and define the terminology of comics by authors such as Will Eisner, Scott McCloud, R. C. Harvey and Dylan Horrocks. Much of the terminology in English is un ...

s. Although comics have different formats, this list mainly focuses on

comic book A comic book, also called comicbook, comic magazine or (in the United Kingdom and Ireland) simply comic, is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are of ...

and

graphic novel A graphic novel is a long-form, fictional work of sequential art. The term ''graphic novel'' is often applied broadly, including fiction, non-fiction, and anthologized work, though this practice is highly contested by comic scholars and industry ...

creators. However, some creators of comic strips are also found here, as are some of the early innovators of the art form. 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

Australia

Belgium

(''

bande dessinée (singular ; literally 'drawn strips'), abbreviated BDs and also referred to as Franco-Belgian comics (), are comics that are usually originally in French and created for readership in France and Belgium. These countries have a long tradition ...

'', ''BD'', ''strip (verhaal)'')

Brazil

Canada

Chile

* Máximo Carvajal (''Dr. Mortis'', ''Black Sloane'') *

Alejandro Jodorowsky Alejandro Jodorowsky Prullansky (; born 17 February 1929) is a Chilean-French avant-garde filmmaker. Best known for his 1970s films ''El Topo'' and '' The Holy Mountain'', Jodorowsky has been "venerated by cult cinema enthusiasts" for his work ...

(''Anibal 5'', ''Fabulas pánicas'', ''Los insoportables Brobolla'', '' The Incal'', '' The Technopriests'', ''

Metabarons ''The Metabarons'' or ''The Saga of The Meta-Barons'' is a science fiction comic series relating the history of a dynasty of perfect warriors known as the Metabarons. ''The Metabarons'' series was written by creator Alejandro Jodorowsky and illu ...

'') *

Themo Lobos Themístocles Nazario Lobos Aguirre (December 3, 1928 – July 24, 2012), better known as Themo Lobos, was a Chilean cartoonist. He created the characters ''Máximo Chambónez'', ''Ferrilo'', ''Nick Obre'', and ''Alaraco'', with his most famous wo ...

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Mampato Mampato is a Chilean adventure and science fiction comic strip created by cartoonist and illustrator . Since the third installment, the comic has been developed mainly by Themo Lobos. The comic strip follows the adventures of Mampato, a boy ...

'', '' Cucalón'') * Pepo (''

Condorito ''Condorito'' (''Little Condor'' in Spanish) is a Chilean comic book and comic strip that features an anthropomorphic condor living in a fictitious town named Pelotillehue—a typical small Chilean provincial town. He is meant to be a representat ...

'') * Gabriel Rodriguez (''

Locke & Key ''Locke & Key'' is an American comic book series written by Joe Hill, illustrated by Gabriel Rodríguez, and published by IDW Publishing. Plot summary This plot is presented in chronological order. During the American Revolution, a group of ...

'') * Edmundo Searle *

Vicar A vicar (; Latin: '' vicarius'') is a representative, deputy or substitute; anyone acting "in the person of" or agent for a superior (compare "vicarious" in the sense of "at second hand"). Linguistically, ''vicar'' is cognate with the English pre ...

(''Locutín'', ''Hipólito y Camilo'', ''Quevedo'', ''Paquita'', ''Huaso Ramón'')

China

Benjamin Zhang Bin Zhang Bin ( zh, s=张彬; born May 16, 1974) is a mainland Chinese manhua artist and illustrator, who works under the pen name "Benjamin" (). Zhang has done variant covers for Marvel ComicsSeven Swords'', ''

Sky Doll ''Sky Doll'' is an Italian comic book series first published in 2000, by Alessandro Barbucci and Barbara Canepa, who also collaborated on ''W.I.T.C.H.'' and ''Monster Allergy''; ''Sky Doll'' features a more "adult" story and a departure from pure ...

'') * Chao Yat *

Li Chi-Tak Li Chi-Tak () (b. June 24, 1965) is a Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative ...

(''Black Mask'') *

Lee Chi Ching Lee Chi Ching (; born 1963) is a Hong Kong manhua illustrator with the pen name "清兒". Lee began drawing comics and graphic novels in 1981. In 1992, he won an award for his watercolors at the Hong Kong Contemporary Art Biennial and had his wo ...

('' Sun Zi's Tactics'', '' Records of the Three Kingdoms'') * Daxiong * Fung Chin Pang (''Confidential Assassination Troop'') *

Feng Zikai Feng Zikai (; November 9, 1898 – September 15, 1975) was an influential Chinese painter, pioneering '' manhua'' () artist, essayist, and lay Buddhist of 20th-century China. Born just after the First Sino-Japanese War and dying just before the e ...

(''Zikai Manhua'', ''Hu Sheng Hua Ji'') * Khoo Fuk-lung ('' Saint'') *

Steve Gan Steve Gan (born May 22, 1945) is a Chinese-born Filipino comics artist. He is best known for co-creating Panday with Carlo J. Caparas and Marvel Comics' Star-Lord and Skull the Slayer. Biography Steve Gan was born as Santos S. Gan but changed ...

(''

Star-Lord Star-Lord (Peter Jason Quill) is a fictional character and superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character, created by Steve Englehart and Steve Gan, first appeared in '' Marvel Preview'' #4 (January 197 ...

'', '' Skull the Slayer'') * Huang Yao (''Niubizi'') *

Lau Wan-kit Lau Wan-kit (, born on July 19, 1966), also known as Jeffrey Lau, is a comic artist from Hong Kong. Lau joined the comics business field as a comics assistant in 1985, and became an artist in 1988 with his first work "Anti-ROCK" in ''Comics For ...

(''

Feel 100% ''Feel 100%'' ( Chinese: 百分百感覺) is a popular Hong Kong comic book series written by Lau Wan Kit (劉雲傑) and Yau Ching Yuen ( 游清源). Its popularity has resulted in various adaptations on film and television. To this date t ...

'') * Nicky Lee (''

Youth Gone Wild "Youth Gone Wild" is the debut single from American heavy metal band Skid Row's debut album, released in January 1989. Background The song's music video received heavy airplay on MTV; however, as a single it only reached #99 on the US ''Bi ...

'', ''

The One The ONE is a shopping centre in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is built on the site of the former Tung Ying Building at 100 Nathan Road. It was developed by Chinese Estates Holdings and opened in 2010. Owner Joseph Lau Luen-hung g ...

'') * Alice Meichi Li *

Yishan Li Yishan Li (born 1981) is a Chinese-British comics and manhua illustrator. She is self-taught. Li has worked on popular comic book titles such as ''Hellboy'', ''Batwoman'', and ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer''. She describes her own comics as "'girly ...

* Alice Mak (''

McMug McMug () is an anthropomorphic pig cartoon character from Hong Kong featured in comic strips, TV shows, and films. McMug first appeared in 1988, as the central character of a comic strip printed in the Ming Pao weekly magazine. McMug is drawn by ...

'', ''

McDull McDull () is an anthropomorphic pig cartoon character that was created in Hong Kong by cartoonist Alice Mak and Brian Tse. Although McDull first made his appearance as a supporting character in the '' McMug'' comics strips, he has since beco ...

'') *

Chan Mou Chan Mou () is a Chinese comic artist from Hong Kong. His first comic ever self-written and self-produced '' Unhuman'' (《不是人》), based on the Three Kingdoms period and released in 1996, had won him numerous awards and recognitions. Hi ...

('' Unhuman'', ''

The Ravages of Time ''The Ravages of Time'' is an ongoing Hong Kong comics series created by Chan Mou. It re-tells the events in the late Han dynasty and Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history, with the story largely revolving around the many exploits of a young S ...

'') * Jenny Pat *

Andy Seto Andy Seto (; born 3 June 1969) is a comic artist who specialises in martial-arts based stories. Biography Seto's works include his main series, "Cyber Weapon Z." He has also drawn a graphic novel adaptation of the earlier Crouching Tiger, Hid ...

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Cyber Weapon Z Cyber Weapon Z () is a manhua series adapted into a 3D- CG Chinese animation TV series in Hong Kong. Background In 1990 Andy Seto joined the Freeman publication label, where he took on drawing manhua and other comics. In 1993 he started the 10 ...

'') *

Te Wei Te Wei (; in Shanghai in Shanghai) was a Chinese manhua artist and animator. He is probably best known for the 1956 short animated film ''The Proud General''. From about 1960, he worked in an ink-wash animation style that was influenced by the pai ...

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The Proud General ''The Proud General'' () is a Chinese animated featurette produced by Shanghai Animation Film Studio under the animator Te Wei. It is also translated as ''The Conceited General''. Plot After a victorious military campaign, a general returns hom ...

'') * Tsai Chih Chung (''The Drunken Swordsman'') *

Ma Wing-shing Ma Wing-shing (born 16 January 1961) is a Hong Kong manhua artist, writer and publisher. He is best known for creating the ''Fung Wan'' and ''Chinese Hero'' series. Biography Ma quit his studies and became a comic artist in 1976 at the age o ...

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Fung Wan ''Fung Wan'' () or ''Feng Yun'' is a Hong Kong ''wuxia'' manhua series. It is the first manhua released by Ma Wing-shing in 1989 with the help of his assistant Siu Kit under his own company, Jonesky Publishing. Before the third part, the manhua ...

'', '' Chinese Hero'') *

Alfonso Wong Alfonso Wong (; 27 May 1923 – 1 January 2017), also known by his pen name ''Wong Chak'', was a Hong Kong manhua artist who created one of the longest-running comic strips, '' Old Master Q'', that became popular across Asia. Biography Wong was ...

(''

Old Master Q ''Old Master Q'' (; Wong's romanization: ''Lo Fu Gee''"Q&A with Mr. Alfonso Wong" i"OMQ remembers Alfonso Wong" ''老夫子 - Old Master Q Comics'') is a Hong Kong manhua created by Alfonso Wong. The cartoon first appeared in the newspapers a ...

'') *

Wong Yuk-long Wong Jan-lung (born 27 March 1950), better known by his pseudonym Wong Yuk-long or Tony Wong, is a Hong Kong manhua artist, publisher and actor, who wrote and created ''Little Rascals'' (later re-titled ''Oriental Heroes'') and '' Weapons of the ...

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Oriental Heroes ''Oriental Heroes'' is a popular Hong Kong-based manhua created by Wong Yuk-long, a writer/artist responsible for also creating a number of other popular manhua titles. It was created in 1970, and it continues to be published today. The book wa ...

'', '' Weapons of the Gods'') * Ye Qianyu (''Mr. Wang'') * Zhang Leping ('' Sanmao'') * Zhang Xiaobai ('' Si loin et si proche'')

Colombia

* Oscar Sierra Quintero, aka Oki

Costa Rica

* Félix Arburola Bustos (continued ''Tricolín'') * Franco Céspedes (worked on '' Star Mage'') * Carlos Enrique Figueroa (''Tricolín'') * Fernando Zeledón Guzmán - (''La Semana en Serio'') * Hugo Díaz Jiménez - (''Las Fisgonas de Paso Ancho'') * Dan Mora * Francisco Munguía - (''Pantys'') * Iván & Andrés Ramírez Ortiz - (founders of the comics magazines Revista Fotocopia and Ultracomics, creators of ''Buscongo'', ''Jairo el Soñador'', ''Mente y Máquina'') * Rodicab - (''Desafíos'', ''Leyendas de u Sabanero'') * Juan Díaz Rodriguez - (''Glupy'') * Carlos Alvarado Salazar - (''Carlos Pincel'') * John Timms - (worked on ''

Harley Quinn Harley Quinn is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Quinn was created by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm as a comic relief henchwoman for the supervillain Joker in '' Batman: The Animated Series'', and debuted in i ...

'') * Noé Solano Vargas - (''Candelario'')

Côte d'Ivoire

* Gilbert G. Groud

Croatia

Cuba

Denmark

(''tegneserie'', plural form: ''tegneserier'')

El Salvador

* Edmundo Anchietta López

Finland

(''sarjakuvat'')

France

(''

, BD'') * Achdé - (''CRS=Détresse'', continued ''

Lucky Luke ''Lucky Luke'' is a Western '' bande dessinée'' series created by Belgian cartoonist Morris in 1946. Morris wrote and drew the series single-handedly until 1955, after which he started collaborating with French writer René Goscinny. Their ...

'') *

Peggy Adam Peggy Adam (born 1974) is a French comic book artist and illustrator. She studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Saint-Étienne, at the OCAD University in Toronto, and at the ESI (Ecole Supérieure de l'Image) in Angoulême. She created poster ...

- ('' Luchadoras'') *

Alexis Alexis may refer to: People Mononym * Alexis (poet) ( – ), a Greek comic poet * Alexis (sculptor), an ancient Greek artist who lived around the 3rd or 4th century BC * Alexis (singer) (born 1968), German pop singer * Alexis (comics) (1946–1977 ...

- (''Timoléon'', ''Cinémastock'', '' Superdupont'', '' Al Crane'', ''

Le Transperceneige ''Snowpiercer'' ( French: ''Le Transperceneige'', ) is a post-apocalyptic, climate fiction graphic novel first published in French by Casterman and created by Jacques Lob and Jean-Marc Rochette. The graphic novel was first published in 1982 und ...

'') * Diego Aranega - (''Focu'') * Claude Auclair - ('' Simon du Fleuve'') * Pénélope Bagieu - (''My Quite Fascinating Life'', ''Exquisite Corpse'', ''Joséphine'') * Vincent Batignole - ('' Gloomcookie'') *

Edmond Baudoin Edmond Baudoin (born 23 April 1942 in Nice) is a French artist, illustrator, and writer of sequential art and graphic novels. Biography Baudoin left school at the age of 16 and went into military service. He later worked as an accountant at the ...

- (''Couma Acò'') *

David B. Pierre-François "David" Beauchard (; born 9 February 1959), also known by the pen name David B., is a French comic book artist and writer, and one of the founders of . Biography After studying advertising at the Duperré School of Applied Arts i ...

- (''L'Ascension du Haut Mal'') * Ted Benoit - (continued ''

Blake and Mortimer ''Blake and Mortimer'' is a Belgian comics series created by the writer and comics artist Edgar P. Jacobs. It was one of the first series to appear in the Franco-Belgian comics magazine '' Tintin'' in 1946, and was subsequently published in boo ...

'') * Charles Berberian - ('' Monsieur Jean'') *

Philippe Bercovici Philippe Bercovici is a French comics artist of Franco-Belgian comics. Having illustrated a wide range of series, Bercovici is perhaps most known for '' Les Femmes en Blanc'' written by Cauvin, started in 1981. Initially under the pseudonym Thé ...

- (''

Les Femmes en Blanc Les Femmes en Blanc (Women in white) is a Belgian comics humor series of 42 album volumes, for which the script was created by Raoul Cauvin and whose design was directed by Philippe Bercovici. Colours were done by Leonardo. The series debuted in 1 ...

'') *

Georges Bess Georges Bess (born 1947) is a comics artist and comic book creator, best known for his collaborations with Alejandro Jodorowsky. Biography Early in his career Bess moved to Sweden in 1970 where he lived for a period, illustrating for publications ...

- (''Le Lama Blanc'', ''Anibal Cinq'', ''Juan Solo'', ''Péma Ling'') *

Enki Bilal Enki Bilal (born Enes Bilal; born 7 October 1951) is a French comic book creator, comics artist and film director. Biography Early life Bilal was born in Belgrade, PR Serbia, Yugoslavia, to a Czech mother, Ana, who came to Belgrade as child from ...

- (''

Nikopol Trilogy ''The Nikopol Trilogy'' is a series of three science fiction graphic novels written in French by Yugoslavian-born Enki Bilal, published between 1980 and 1992. The original French titles of the series are ''La Foire aux immortels'' (1980), '' La F ...

'') * Blexbolex - (''L'Imagier des Gens'', ''Saisons'', ''Romance'') *

Bruno Blum Bruno Blum (born October 4, 1960, Vichy, France) is a French singer songwriter, guitar player, music producer and musicologist sometimes nicknamed "Doc Reggae". He is mostly known for his work in the reggae, Caribbean music, rock music and Afric ...

- (comics about famous rock artists) * François Boucq (''Les Leçons du Professeur Bourremou'', ''Jérôme Moucherot'', ''Face de Lune'', ''Les Aventures de la Mort et de Lao-Tseu'', ''Bouncer'') * François Bourgeon - (''Les Passagers du Vent'') *

Émile Bravo Émile Bravo (born 18 September 1964) is a French comics artist. Biography Émile Bravo was born in Paris in 1964 from Spanish parents (a Catalan father and a Valencian mother). Having grown up with the famous Franco-Belgian comics like '' Astér ...

- (''Épatantes aventures de Jules'') *

Claire Bretécher Claire Bretécher (; 17 April 1940 – 10 February 2020)
on Lambiek Comiclopedia was a French

Philippe Briones Philippe Briones is a French animator, author and comic book artist. His pencils are usually inked by himself. Biography He did his studies in France, at the " Beaux-arts" in Beaune, and at the " CFT Goblins" in Paris. Right after his studies, ...

- (

Marvel Comics Marvel Comics is an American comic book publishing, publisher and the flagship property of Marvel Entertainment, a divsion of The Walt Disney Company since September 1, 2009. Evolving from Timely Comics in 1939, ''Magazine Management/Atlas Co ...

DC Comics DC Comics, Inc. (doing business as DC) is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, with thei ...

) *

Paul and Gaëtan Brizzi Paul and Gaëtan Brizzi (born December 24, 1951 in Paris, Francehttp://www.artistregister.com/brizzis.html ) are twin French artists, painters, illustrators, animators, and film directors. Career thumb thumb The Brizzis first made their name w ...

- (''La Cavale du Dr Destouches'') *

Jean de Brunhoff Jean de Brunhoff (; 9 December 1899 – 16 October 1937) was a French writer and illustrator remembered best for creating the Babar series of children's books concerning a fictional elephant, the first of which was published in 1931. Early life D ...

- (''

Babar the elephant Babar the Elephant (, ; ) is an elephant character who first appeared in 1931 in the French children's book ''Histoire de Babar'' by Jean de Brunhoff. The book is based on a tale that Brunhoff's wife, Cécile, had invented for their children. ...

'') * Cabu - (''

Hara-Kiri , sometimes referred to as hara-kiri (, , a native Japanese kun reading), is a form of Japanese ritual suicide by disembowelment. It was originally reserved for samurai in their code of honour but was also practised by other Japanese people ...

'', '' Charlie Hebdo'') *

Caza Caza (), the pseudonym of Philippe Cazaumayou (; born 14 November 1941), is a French comics artist. Biography At 18, Cazaumayou started a career in advertising which lasted for ten years, but in 1970 he entered the field of bandes dessinées, ...

- (''L' Âge d'Ombre'') *

Florence Cestac Florence Cestac (born 18 July 1949) is a French cartoonist and former publisher. She is the first woman to have won the prestigious ''Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême'', in 2000, and was the only one until Rumiko Takahashi in 2019. Career Bor ...

- (''Harry Mickson'', ''Les Déblok'', ''Cestac Pour Les Grands'') *

Jean Cézard Jean Cézard, or Jean Caesar, (born 23 March 1924 in Membrey, Haute-Saône, died 8 April 1977) was a French cartoonist and comic artist. He is best remembered for his comic strip ''Arthur le fantôme justicier''. He was a prolific writer and carto ...

- (''

Arthur le fantôme justicier ''Arthur le fantôme justicier'' ("Arthur the Ghost of Justice") was a French comic strip, created, written and drawn by Jean Cézard. It was first published in Vaillant #449 from December 20, 1953. The author drew the comic strip for the ''Pif ...

'') *

Yves Chaland Yves Chaland (; 3 April 1957 – 18 July 1990) was a French cartoonist. During the 1980s, together with Luc Cornillon, Serge Clerc and Floc'h, he launched the ''Atomic style'', a stylish remake of the Marcinelle School in Franco-Belgian co ...

- (''

The Adventures of Freddy Lombard ''The Adventures of Freddy Lombard'' is a comic book series created by Yves Chaland. Five albums were released, all during the 1980s, before Chaland's untimely death. They were originally written in French, though have since received publication ...

'') *

Pierre Christin Pierre Christin (; born 27 July 1938) is a French comics creator and writer. Biography Christin was born at Saint-Mandé in 1938. After graduating from the Sorbonne, Christin pursued graduate studies in political science at SciencesPo and be ...

- ('' Valérian et Laureline'') *

Serge Clerc Serge Clerc (born 12 October 1957) is a French comic book artist and illustrator. Serge Clerc began his professional career in 1975 in the monthly magazine '' Métal Hurlant'', after having created his own fanzine, ''Absolutely Live''. Initially a ...

- (''Captain Futur'', ''Phil Perfect'', ''Sam Blanc'') *

Olivier Coipel Olivier Coipel (; November 7, 1969) is a French comic book artist, known for his work on books such as ''House of M'', ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' and ''Thor''. Career Olivier Coipel started as a movie animator, working as an assistant on '' Balt ...

- (''

House of M "House of M" is a 2005 comic book storyline published by Marvel Comics, consisting of a core eight-issue comic book Limited series (comics), limited series written by Brian Michael Bendis and illustrated by Olivier Coipel and a number of fictiona ...

'', '' Legion of Super-Heroes'', ''

Thor Thor (; from non, Þórr ) is a prominent god in Germanic paganism. In Norse mythology, he is a hammer-wielding god associated with lightning, thunder, storms, sacred groves and trees, strength, the protection of humankind, hallowing, an ...

'') *Christophe, AKA

Georges Colomb Marie-Louis-Georges Colomb (Lure, Haute-Saône, 25 May 1856 – Nyons, 3 January 1945) was a French botanist, science populariser, and a pioneer of French comics, known as '' bandes dessinées ''. Under the pseudonym Christophe (playing on "Chr ...

- (''La Famille Fenouillard'') *

Colonel Moutarde Colonel Moutarde (born 1968 in Saint-Nazaire, France) is a visual artist, popularly known for her comic book A comic book, also called comicbook, comic magazine or (in the United Kingdom and Ireland) simply comic, is a publication that consi ...

- (''Le Meilleur de Moi'', ''Grenadine et Mentalo'', ''La BD des Filles'', ''Maïa'') * Didier Conrad - (''

Les Innommables ''Les Innommables'' ("The Unnameables") is a Franco-Belgian comic series written by Yann le Pennetier and drawn by Didier Conrad. It began publication in serialized form in 1980 in '' Spirou'' magazine and was eventually published in album form b ...

'', continued ''

Astérix ''Asterix'' or ''The Adventures of Asterix'' (french: Astérix or , "Asterix the Gaul") is a ''bande dessinée'' comic book series about a village of indomitable Gaulish warriors who adventure around the world and fight the Roman Republic, wi ...

'') *

François Corteggiani François Corteggiani (21 September 1953 – 21 September 2022) was a French comics artist and writer. Biography He was born on 21 September 1953 in France. He got a degree in art before becoming an artist for advertising. He created his first ...

(worked on '' Pif le chien'', '' Young Blueberry'') * Ludovic Debeurme - ('' Lucille'') * Nicolas de Crécy - (''Foligatto'', ''Léon la Came'') *

Bernadette Després Bernadette Després (born March 28, 1941) is a French illustrator and comic book artist. She was born in Paris and studied at the Ecole de l' Union Centrale des Arts Décoratifs there. She began working as an illustrator at Bayard Presse, where ...

- ('' Tom-Tom et Nana'') * Alain Dodier - (''Gully'', ''Jérôme K. Jérôme Bloche'') *

Gustave Doré Paul Gustave Louis Christophe Doré ( , , ; 6 January 1832 – 23 January 1883) was a French artist, as a printmaker, illustrator, painter, comics artist, caricaturist, and sculptor. He is best known for his prolific output of wood-engravin ...

- (''Les Travaux d'Hercule'', ''Trois Artistes Incompris et Mécontents'', ''Histoire Pittoresque de la Sainte Russie'') *

Philippe Druillet Philippe Druillet (; born 28 June 1944) is a French comics artist and creator, and an innovator in visual design. Biography Philippe Druillet was born in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France, but spent his youth in Spain, returning to France in 1952 ...

- ('' Lone Sloane'') *

Philippe Dupuy Philippe Dupuy (born 12 December 1960, Sainte-Adresse) and Charles Berbérian (born 28 May 1959, Baghdad) are French cartoonists most famous for their series of Franco-Belgian comics albums featuring the character ''Monsieur Jean''. Their colla ...

- ('' Monsieur Jean'') * Marie Duval - (''

Ally Sloper Alexander "Ally" Sloper is the eponymous fictional character of the British comic strip ''Ally Sloper''. First appearing in 1867, he is considered one of the earliest comic strip characters and he is regarded as the first recurring character in c ...

'') *

Édika Édika is the pen name of Édouard Karali (born 17 December 1940 in Heliopolis, Egypt), a French comics artist, who is renowned for his distinctively absurd style. A number of his comic strips have been translated into several European languag ...

- (''Pom-Pom-Pidou-Waah'') * Yacine Elghorri - (''Gunman'', ''Bestial'', ''Factory'') *

Jean-Yves Ferri Jean-Yves Ferri () (born 20 April 1959) is a French writer, designer, and colourist of comics. On 25 July 2011, he was chosen as the writer for the next installment of the Asterix series created by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo. Uderzo person ...

- (''Le Retour à la Terre'', continued ''

'') * Floc'h - (''Le Dossier Harding'' ''Une Trilogie Anglaise'', ''Une Vie de Rêve'') * F'Murr (Richard Peyzaret) - (''

Le Génie des alpages ''Le Génie des alpages'' is a French humoristic comic book series by F'Murr. The series first appeared in ''Pilote'' magazine on January 11, 1973. In 1976 Les Éditions Dargaud started publication of hardcover albums. Synopsis The short storie ...

'') *

Jean-Claude Forest Jean-Claude Forest (11 September 1930 – 30 December 1998) was a French writer and illustrator of comics and the creator of character Barbarella. Biography Jean-Claude Forest was born in Le Perreux-sur-Marne, a Paris suburb and graduated f ...

- ('' Barbarella'') *

Jean-Claude Fournier Jean-Claude Fournier (; born 21 May 1943, Paris), known simply as Fournier, is a French cartoonist best known as the comic book artist who handled ''Spirou et Fantasio'' in the years 1969-1979. Biography In 1965, Fournier approached André Fran ...

- (continued ''

Spirou et Fantasio ''Spirou & Fantasio'' (french: Spirou et Fantasio, wa, Spirou eyet Fantasio) is one of the most popular classic Franco-Belgian comics. The series, which has been running since 1938, shares many characteristics with other European comics, European ...

'') * Sylvain Frécon - (comics based on ''

Oggy and the Cockroaches ''Oggy and the Cockroaches'' (french: Oggy et les Cafards) is a French comedy-adventure animated television series produced by Gaumont Multimedia (first two seasons) and Xilam Animation (third season onwards), and created by Jean-Yves Raimba ...

'') * Louis Forton - ('' Les Pieds Nickéles'') *

Fred Fred may refer to: People * Fred (name), including a list of people and characters with the name Mononym * Fred (cartoonist) (1931–2013), pen name of Fred Othon Aristidès, French * Fred (footballer, born 1949) (1949–2022), Frederico Rod ...

(Frédéric Aristidès) - ('' Philémon'') *Gébé - (''L'An 01'') * Jean-Pierre Gibrat - (''Goudard'', ''Mattéo'') * Paul Gillon - (''Les naufragés du temps'') *

Jean Giraud Jean Henri Gaston Giraud (; 8 May 1938 – 10 March 2012) was a French artist, cartoonist, and writer who worked in the Bandes dessinées, Franco-Belgian ''bandes dessinées'' (BD) tradition. Giraud garnered worldwide acclaim under the pseu ...

, also known as ''Gir'' and ''Moebius'' - ('' Blueberry'', ''

Arzach ''Arzach'' () is a comic book collection of four wordless short stories by artist/author Jean 'Moebius' Giraud, which were originally published in the French sci-fi/fantasy comics magazine '' Métal Hurlant''. The stories follow Arzach, a silent ...

'', ''

L'Incal ''The Incal'' (; French: ''L'Incal'') is a French graphic novel series written by Alejandro Jodorowsky and originally illustrated by Jean Giraud. ''The Incal'', with first pages originally released as ''Une aventure de John Difool'' ("A John Di ...

'') *

Christian Godard Christian Godard (born March 24, 1932, in Paris) is a French cartoonist of the series '' Martin Milan'' for ''Tintin'' magazine. He has also worked on the following series, among others: * '' Le vagabond des limbes'' * '' Norbert and Kari'' * '' To ...

- ('' Martin Milan'') *

Annie Goetzinger Annie Goetzinger (18 August 1951 – 20 December 2017) was a comics artist and graphic novelist from Paris, France. From the mid-1970s until her death in 2017, she worked on award-winning graphic novels as well as press cartoons for newspapers su ...

- (''Félina'', ''Aurore'', ''La Demoiselle de la Légion d'honneur'', ''Agence Hardy'') *

René Goscinny René Goscinny (, ; 14 August 1926 – 5 November 1977) was a French comic editor and writer, who created the ''Astérix'' comic book series with illustrator Albert Uderzo. Raised largely in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he attended French schoo ...

- (''

'', '' Oumpah-pah'', ''

Le Petit Nicolas ''Le Petit Nicolas'' (Little Nicholas) is a series of French children's books created by René Goscinny and illustrated by Jean-Jacques Sempé and it was first published on 30 March 1959. The books depict an idealized version of childhood in 19 ...

'', ''

Iznogoud ''Iznogoud'' (pronounced "he's/is no good" with a French accent) is a French comics series featuring an eponymous character, created by the comics writer René Goscinny and comics artist Jean Tabary. The comic series chronicles the life and tim ...

'') *

Marcel Gotlib Marcel Gottlieb (14 July 1934 – 4 December 2016), known professionally as Gotlib, was a French comics artist/writer and publisher. Through his own work and the magazines he co-founded, ''L'Écho des savanes'' and ''Fluide Glacial'', he was a key ...

- ('' Gai-Luron'', '' Rubrique-à-Brac'', '' Les Dingodossiers'', '' Hamster Jovial'', '' Superdupont'') *

Jean Graton Jean Graton (10 August 1923 – 21 January 2021) was a French comic book author and cartoonist. Graton created the famous character Michel Vaillant and the eponymous series in 1957. Biography Graton was born in Nantes, France, in 1923. He m ...

- (''

Michel Vaillant ''Michel Vaillant'' is a French car racing comics series created in 1957 by French cartoonist Jean Graton and published originally by Le Lombard. Later, Graton published the albums by himself when he founded Graton éditeur in 1982. Michel V ...

'') * Éric Hérenguel - (''Balade au bout du monde'', ''Krän'') *

Jacques Hiron Jacques Hiron (born 1946) is a former merchant turned journalist, and writer of popular science, fiction and graphic novels. He lives in Leucate Leucate (; oc, Leucata) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France. It lies betwee ...

- (''Le Paquebot des Sables'') *

Richard Isanove Richard Isanove (born 1968) is a French artist and painter working in the American comic book industry. Early life Richard Isanove was born in the south of France, studied film and animation at the Ecole nationale superieure des arts decoratifs ...

- (penciller for '' The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born'') *

André Juillard André Juillard (born 9 June 1948) is a French comic book creator. Biography Born in Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 ...

- (''Bohémond de Saint Gilles'', ''Arno'', ''Les Sept Vies de l'Epervier'', ''Plume Aux Vents'') *

Yves Ker Ambrun Yves Ker Ambrun (YKA) is a graphic artist who was born in Tours, France, in 1954 and died on 6 December 2017. He worked mainly in animation and advertisement. File:Schnek.gif Yves Ker Ambrun made his comics debut at the age of thirteen, creating ...

- (''HB-Scott'', ''Gaspard le Lézard'', ''Flippo & Punkina'', ''Schnecksnyder'') *

Kerascoët Kerascoët is the joint pen name of the French illustrators, comics and animation artists Marie Pommepuy (born 1978) and Sébastien Cosset (born 1975). A married couple, they met while attending the Olivier de Serres art school. They chose their ...

- (''Beauté'', ''Miss Pas Touche'') *

Patrice Killoffer Patrice Killoffer, better known simply as Killoffer (born 16 June 1966), is a writer and artist of comics. He was co-founder of the independent comics publisher L'Association in 1990, and has been a part of Oubapo since its creation in 1992. Car ...

- (continued '' Fantômette'') * Claude Lacroix (1944–2021) * Emmanuel Larcenet - (''La Vie est Courte'', ''Bill Baoud'', ''Les Cosmonautes du Futur'', ''Le Combat Ordinaire'') *

Gérard Lauzier Gérard Lauzier (30 November 1932 – 6 December 2008) was a French comics author and movie director, best known as one of the leading authors in the more adult-oriented French comics scene of the 1970s and 1980s. Biography Gérard Lauzier was bo ...

- (''Michel Choupon'') *

Étienne Lécroart Étienne Lécroart (born 1960) is a French cartoonist. He is a founder and key member of Oubapo association, Ouvroir de BAnde dessinée POtentielle. He has composed cartoons that could be read either horizontally, vertically, or in diagonal, and ...

- (''Oupus'') *

Olivier Ledroit Olivier Ledroit (born 3 June 1969) is a French comic book artist, perhaps best known for his work on the ''Black Moon Chronicles'' series. He has also worked on art designs in the ''Might and Magic'' franchise. He has also provided the art for ' ...

- (''

Black Moon Chronicles The ''Black Moon Chronicles'' (french: Chroniques de la Lune Noire) is an epic dark fantasy French comic series. Publication history Written by François Marcela-Froideval, the ''Black Moon Chronicles'' is an epic story offset by liberal doses of ...

'') *

Jean Leguay Jean Leguay (29 November 1909 – 2 July 1989) was the second-in-command of the French National Police during the Nazi Occupation of France. He was complicit in the 1942 roundup of Jews in Paris and their deportation from France to Nazi extermi ...

- (''Kebra'', ''Keubla'', ''Gazoline'') * Serge Lehman - ('' The Chimera Brigade'') * Georges Lévis (Jean Sidobre, Sylvia) - (''Liz et Beth'', ''Les Perles de l'Amour'') *

Jacques Lob Jacques Lob (19 August 1932 – 24 May 1990) was a French comic book creator, known for several comics creations, including '' Superdupont''. Biography Jacques Lob began his career as an illustrator of humorous cartoons that were published in va ...

- ('' Superdupont'') *

Jean-Marc Lofficier Jean-Marc Lofficier (; born June 22, 1954) is a French author of books about films and television programs, as well as numerous comics and translations of a number of animation screenplays. He usually collaborates with his wife, Randy Lofficier ( ...

- ('

) * Régis Loisel - ('' La Quête de l'oiseau du temps'') *

Jacques de Loustal Jacques de Loustal (born 10 April 1956) is a French comics artist who uses a painterly style reminiscent of David Hockney. Biography In combination with a career as an illustrator, Loustal began working in comics in the late 1970s publishing sh ...

- (various one-shot comics) * Makyo - ('' Jérôme K. Jérôme Bloche'', ''La Balade au Bout du Monde'') *

Nikita Mandryka Nikita Mandryka (20 October 1940 – 13 June 2021) was a French cartoonist. He started drawing in the '' Vaillant'' magazine, before moving to ''Pilote'' in 1967, and then created '' L'Écho des savanes'' along with Claire Bretécher and Marc ...

- (''Le Concombre Masqué'') * Richard Marazano - ('' Cuervos'') *

Frank Margerin Frank Margerin (born 9 January 1952, in Paris) is a French author and illustrator of comics. Biography After secondary school, Margerin went to a school of applied art, where he met Denis Sire. He joined Sire's band, Los Crados, as a drumme ...

- (''Lucien'', ''Simone et Léon'') * Jul Maroh - (''

Blue Is The Warmest Color ''Blue Is the Warmest Colour'' (french: link=yes, La Vie d'Adèle – Chapitres 1 & 2; ) is a 2013 romance film co-written, co-produced, and directed by Abdellatif Kechiche and starring Léa Seydoux and Adèle Exarchopoulos. The film follo ...

'') * Jacques Martin - ('' The Adventures of Alix'', ''Lefranc'') *

Jean-Luc Masbou Jean-Luc Masbou (born in Figeac on 14 March 1963) is a French cartoonist. Masbou studied at the École supérieure de l'image of Angoulême. He has published the series ''L'Ombre de l'échafaud'', for which he wrote the scenario, and the series ' ...

- (''De Cape et de Crocs'') * Jean-Christophe Menu - (''Meder'', ''Plates-bandes'') * Metaphrog - (''

Louis Louis may refer to: * Louis (coin) * Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name * Louis (surname) * Louis (singer), Serbian singer * HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy See also Derived or associated terms * Lewis ( ...

'') *

Jean-Claude Mézières Jean-Claude Mézières (; 23 September 1938 – 23 January 2022) was a French ''bandes dessinées'' artist and illustrator. Born in Paris and raised in nearby Saint-Mandé, he was introduced to drawing by his elder brother and influenced by co ...

- ( Valérian et Laureline'', ''Ravian'') * Jean-François Miniac - (comics based on Agatha Christie) * Marion Montaigne - (''Tu Mourras Moins Bête'') * Fabrice Neaud - (''Journal'') * Nicolas Nemiri - (''Je Suis Morte'', ''Hyper L'Hyppo'') *

Vincent Paronnaud Vincent Paronnaud (born 20 February 1970), a.k.a. Winshluss, is a French comics artist and filmmaker. Biography Paronnaud was born in La Rochelle. He is French comic book writer and artist. His works comprise one shots: ''Super negra'' (199 ...

- (mostly one-shot comics) * Jean-Louis Pesch - ('' Sylvain et Sylvette'') *

René Pétillon René Pétillon (; 12 December 1945 – 30 September 2018) was a French satirical and political cartoonist and comics artist. As a cartoonist he was most famous for his work in '' Canard Enchaîné''. As a comics artist his best known and longe ...

- (''Jack Palmer'', '' Le Baron Noir'') *

Georges Pichard Georges Pichard (17 January 1920 – 7 June 2003) was a French comics artist, known for numerous magazine covers, serial publications and albums, stereotypically featuring partially exposed voluptuous women. Biography A native of Paris, he was ...

- (''Ténébrax'', ''Submerman'', ''Blanche Epiphanie'') * Émile-Joseph Pinchon - ('' Bécassine'') *

Raymond Poïvet Raymond Poïvet (17 June 1910 – 30 August 1999) was a French cartoonist. Poïvet was born in Le Cateau-Cambrésis, Nord. After studies in École des Beaux-Arts of Paris, he started in comics in 1941. In 1945 he joined the communist French ...

- ('' Les Pionniers de l'Espérance'') * Jean-Michel Ponzio - ('' Genetiks'', '' The Chimpanzee Complex'') *

Léo Quievreux Léo Quievreux (born 1971) is a French author and illustrator of comic books, and founder of publisher Éditions Gotoproductions. His moniker as a musician is Pik. Early life and education Quievreux was born in Mulhouse, France, Mulhouse in the ...

(''Immersion'' trilogy) * Benjamin Rabier - (''Gideon the duck'') * Pascal Regnauld - (continued ''

Inspector Canardo Inspector Canardo is a comics series created by the Belgian artist Benoît Sokal. He was named after the French noun ''canard'', which means "duck". History Sokal created the character Inspector Canardo after graduating from Institut Saint- ...

'') *

Jean-Marc Reiser Jean-Marc Reiser (; 13 April 1941 – 5 November 1983) was a French comics creator. Biography A prolific cartoon artist from 1959 until his death, Reiser made his debut in the publication ''La Gazette de Nectar'' for the Nicolas winery. His ...

- (worked for ''

'', '' Charlie Hebdo'') * Paul Renaud - ('' Cavewoman'') * Rob-Vel, aka François Robert Velter ('' Spirou'') * Michel Rodrigue - (''Doggyguard'', continued '' Clifton'' and '' Comanche'') * Rosalys - (''Workaholic'') * Stephane Roux - (worked for

and

Semic Comics ''Semic Comics'' is one of the leading comic book publishers in France, also known as Semic S.A. Along with French comics, formerly the company published the official translations of products produced by DC Comics and Marvel Comics. Today, Semic pu ...

) * Jacqueline Rivière - (scripted '' Bécassine'') *

Alain Saint-Ogan Alain Saint-Ogan (; August 7, 1895 – June 22, 1974) was a French comics author and artist. Biography In 1925, he created the well-known comic strip ''Zig et Puce'' (''Zig and Flea''), which initially appeared in the ''Dimanche Illustré'' ...

- (''

Zig et Puce ''Zig et Puce'' is a Franco-Belgian comics series created by Alain Saint-Ogan in 1925 that became popular and influential over a long period. After ending production, it was revived by Greg (comics), Greg for a second successful publication run. ...

'') *

Guy Sajer Guy Mouminoux (13 January 1927 – 11 January 2022), known by the pseudonym Guy Sajer, was a French writer and cartoonist who is best known as the author of the Second World War memoir ''Le Soldat Oublié'' (1965, translated as '' The Forgotten ...

(Dimitri) - (scripted ''Jean Valhardi'', drew '' Harald le Viking'', ''Goutatou et Dorochaux'', ''Le Goulag'') * Mathieu Sapin - (''Akissi'', ''Gérard'') *

Riad Sattouf Riad Sattouf ( ar, رياض سطوف; born 5 May 1978) is a French cartoonist, comic artist, and film director. Sattouf is best known for his award-winning graphic memoir hexalogy '' L'Arabe du futur'' (''The Arab of the Future'') and for his awa ...

- (''The Arab of the Future'') *

Jean-Jacques Sempé Jean-Jacques Sempé, usually known as Sempé (; 17 August 1932 – 11 August 2022), was a French cartoonist. He is known for the series of children's books he created with René Goscinny, ''Le Petit Nicolas'', and also for his poster-like illust ...

- (''

'') *

Joann Sfar Joann Sfar (; born 28 August 1971) is a French comics artist, comic book creator, novelist, and film director. Life and career Sfar was born in Nice, the son of Lilou, a pop singer, who died when he was three, and André Sfar, a lawyer well kn ...

- (''

Donjon A keep (from the Middle English ''kype'') is a type of fortified tower built within castles during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars have debated the scope of the word ''keep'', but usually consider it to refer to large towers in ...

'') * Roxanne Starr - (letterer for various comics) * Philippe Sternis - (''Snark Saga'', ''Mouche'') *

Jean Tabary Jean Tabary (5 March 1930 – 18 August 2011) was a French comics artist. Biography Tabary was born in Stockholm and made his comics debut with ''Richard et Charlie'' published in the Franco-Belgian comics magazine '' Vaillant'' on 5 November ...

- (''

'') *

Jacques Tardi Jacques Tardi (; born 30 August 1946) is a French comic artist. He is often credited solely as Tardi. Biography Tardi was born on 30 August 1946 in Valence, Drôme. After graduating from the École nationale des beaux-arts de Lyon and the Éco ...

- ('' Adèle Blanc-Sec'', '' It Was the War of the Trenches'', ''Nestor Burma'') *

Didier Tarquin Didier Tarquin (born 20 January 1967, Toulon) is a French cartoonist and comic book writer. He spent the first ten years of his life in Touggourt (Algeria) in the Sahara desert. He chose to become a cartoonist during a cartoon summer camp. His p ...

- (''

Lanfeust of Troy ''Lanfeust of Troy'' is a long-running French language comic series written by Christophe Arleston, drawn by Didier Tarquin, and published by Soleil Productions. Synopsis On the world of Troy, most humans have a single magic power. Each power ...

'') *

Jacques Terpant Jacques Terpant, born 11 April 1957 in Romans-sur-Isère, Drôme, is a French comics artist. He debuted in 1982 with the comic book ''Branle-bas de combat'', made together with Luc Cornillon. His style is inspired by Jean Giraud. In 2011 he recei ...

- (''Sept Cavaliers'', ''Les Royaumes de Borée'') * Jean Teulé - (''Le Magasin des Suicides'') *

Tibet Tibet (; ''Böd''; ) is a region in East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about . It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people. Also resident on the plateau are some other ethnic groups such as Monpa, Taman ...

- (''

Chick Bill ''Chick Bill'' is a Belgian humorous Western comic book series created by Tibet. It was first published in 1953 in the magazine ''Chez Nous Junior'', and its Dutch language counterpart '' Ons Volkske'', and began serial publication on October 19, 1 ...

'', ''

Ric Hochet ''Ric Hochet'' is a Franco-Belgian comics series created by Tibet (drawings) and André-Paul Duchâteau (scripts). It first appeared on March 30, 1955, in the Franco-Belgian comics magazine ''Tintin''. Synopsis The series features the adventure ...

'') *

Annette Tison Annette Tison, (born in 1942 in Hossegor, France) is a French architect and writer, mainly known for being co-creator of the '' Barbapapa'' series with her American husband, Talus Taylor Talus Taylor (1933 – 19 February 2015) was a writer of ...

(co-creator of ''

Barbapapa ''Barbapapa'' is a 1970 children's picture book by the French-American couple Annette Tison and Talus Taylor, who lived in Paris, France. Barbapapa is both the title character and the name of his "species". The book was the first of a series of ...

'') *

Roland Topor Roland Topor (7 January 1938 – 16 April 1997) was a French illustrator, cartoonist, comics artist, painter, novelist, playwright, film and TV writer, filmmaker and actor, who was known for the surreal nature of his work. He was of Polish-Jewis ...

- (worked for ''

'') *

Ed Tourriol Edmond Tourriol is a French comic-book author. He was born in Talence, Gironde, France in 1974. He currently works in the MAKMA studio. Biography Graduated in communication, Edmond Tourriol has dedicated himself to the world of comics of supe ...

- (''Mixman'', ''

Urban Rivals ''Urban Rivals'' is a massively multi-player online virtual trading card game. The game features over 2,000 characters with varying rarities and abilities to discover, collect and level up by fighting live against players from all over the world. ...

'') *

Lewis Trondheim Lewis Trondheim (born Laurent Chabosy, , on 11 December 1964), is a French cartoonist and one of the founders (in 1990) of the independent publisher L'Association. Both his silent comic ''La Mouche'' and Kaput and Zösky have been made into animat ...

- (''La Mouche'', '' Kaput and Zösky'', '' The spiffy adventures of McConey'') *

Albert Uderzo Alberto Aleandro Uderzo (; ; 25 April 1927 – 24 March 2020), better known as Albert Uderzo, was a French comic book artist and scriptwriter. He is best known as the co-creator and illustrator of the '' Astérix'' series in collaboration with ...

- (''

'', '' Oumpah-pah'', ''

Tanguy et Laverdure ''Les Aventures de Tanguy et Laverdure'' is a Franco-Belgian comics (''bande dessinée'') series created by Jean-Michel Charlier and Albert Uderzo, about the two pilots Michel Tanguy and Ernest Laverdure, and their adventures in the French Air Fo ...

'') * Vanyda - (''L' Immeuble d'en Face'' (''The Building Opposite'') * Laurent Verron - (''Le Maltais'', ''Odilon Verjus'') *

Martin Veyron Martin Veyron (born 27 March 1950 in Dax, Landes, France) is a French comic book author and novelist, best known for his graphic novels and editorial cartoons. His style combines disenchanted vaudeville and scathing studies of mores in the manner ...

- ('' Bernard Lermite'', '' L'Amour Propre'') *

Bastien Vivès Bastien Vivès (born 11 February 1984) is a French comic book artist. Life and career Born in Paris, Vivès spent his childhood drawing with his younger brother. He took live model classes from the age of 10 years. Vivès studied Applied arts at ...

- (''Pour l'empire'', ''Polina'') * Alain Voss - (''Heilman'', ''Adrénaline'', ''Anarcity'', ''Zensetos'') * Claire Wendling - (''Les Lumières de l'Amalou'')

Germany

(''der Comic'', plural form: ''die Comics'')

Greece

(''το κόμικ/κόμικς'', plural form: ''τα κόμικς'')

Hungary

* Nándor Honti, aka Bit - (''Nagyapó Mozgószínháza'', ''Tréfás Természetrajz'', ''Séta Álomországban'') * Zoltan Varga - (''Batmanus'', ''Dállász'')

Iceland

* Pétur Bjarnason (''Drottning Drusilla'', later ''Regina'') * Helgi Thorgils Fridjónsson * Bjarni Hinriksson - (''Krassandi Samvera'') * Ingi Jensson

Iran

Marjane Satrapi Marjane Satrapi (; fa, مرجان ساتراپی ; born 22 November 1969) is a French-Iranian graphic novelist, cartoonist, illustrator, film director, and children's book author. Her best-known works include the graphic novel ''Persepolis'' a ...

(''

Persepolis , native_name_lang = , alternate_name = , image = Gate of All Nations, Persepolis.jpg , image_size = , alt = , caption = Ruins of the Gate of All Nations, Persepolis. , map = , map_type ...

'')

Ireland

India

Indonesia

* Dwi Koendoro - (''Panji Koming'', ''Legenda Sawung Kampret'') * Yohanes Surya - ('' Archi & Meidy'')

Israel

* Uri Fink *

Dudu Geva Dudu Geva ( he, דודו גבע, born March 14, 1950, died February 15, 2005) was an Israeli cartoonist, illustrator, and comic book creator. Biography David (Dudu) Geva was born in Jerusalem. He began his artistic career at the age of 17, writin ...

Rutu Modan Rutu Modan ( he, רותו מודן, born 1966) is an Israeli illustrator and comic book artist. She is co-founder of the Israeli comics group Actus Tragicus and published the graphic novels '' Exit Wounds'' (2007) and '' The Property'' (2013). Bi ...

* Keren Katz * David Polonski * Merav Salomom *

michel kichka Michel Kichka (born 1954 in Liège, Belgium) is an Israeli cartoonist and illustrator of Belgian origin. His father was Holocaust survivor Henri Kichka. Biography Michel Kichka was born in Belgium to Henri Kichka, a Holocaust survivor, and his ...

* roni fahima

Italy

(''

fumetto Photo comics are a form of sequential storytelling that uses photographs rather than illustrations for the images, along with the usual comics conventions of narrative text and word balloons containing dialogue. They are sometimes referred to ...

'', plural form: ''fumetti'')

Japan

('' manga'') ''see

List of manga artists This is a list of notable manga artists. Romanized names are written in Western order (given names before family names), whereas kanji names are written in Japanese order (family names before given names). Many of them are pen names. Individua ...

Kenya

''see List of Kenyan editorial cartoonists''

Lebanon

''see List of Lebanese editorial ists''

Macedonia

''See

List of Macedonian comics creators This is a list of Macedonian comics creators. Although comics have different formats, this list covers creators of comic books, graphic novels and comic strips, along with early innovators. The list presents authors with the Republic of Macedonia ...

Malaysia

Billy Tan Billy Tan Mung Khoy, commonly known as Billy Tan, is a Malaysian comic book artist. Early life Billy Tan was born in Malaysia and moved to the United States when he was 18, in 1989 to study business at the University of Kentucky. He began working ...

Lat Lat or LAT may refer to: Places * Lat, Fuman, village in Gilan Province, Iran * Lat, Rasht, village in Gilan Province, Iran * Lat, Mazandaran, village in Iran * Lat-e Disar, village in Mazandaran Province, Iran * Lat, Qazvin, village in I ...

- ('' The Kampung Boy'')

Malta

Joe Sacco Joe Sacco (; born October 2, 1960) is a Maltese-American cartoonist and journalist. He is best known for his comics journalism, in particular in the books '' Palestine'' (1996) and '' Footnotes in Gaza'' (2009), on Israeli–Palestinian rela ...

- ('' Palestine'')

Netherlands

(''strip, stripverhaal'', plural forms: ''strips, stripverhalen'')

New Zealand

Nigeria

* Lemi Ghariokwu * Siku

Norway

(''tegneserie'', plural form: ''tegneserier'')

Paraguay

* Robin Wood

Philippines

('' komiks'') ''See List of Filipino comics creators''

Poland

Portugal

''(BD, Banda Desenhada, Histórias em Quadradinhos)''

Romania

(''Bandă desenată'')

Russia

()

Serbia

( or , plural form: or )

Singapore

* Foo Swee Chin

Slovenia

South Africa

South Korea

Spain

''(cómics, historietas, tebeos)''

Sweden

''(tecknad serie)''

Switzerland

Taiwan

Jo Chen Jo Chen (; born July 4, 1976) is an American comic book artist and writer best known for her highly detailed painted comic book covers. In the Japanese comic industry she is also known by the pen name TogaQ and is known as Jun Togai ("Togai Jun" ...

Thailand

Turkey

United Kingdom

United States

''See

List of American comics creators This is a list of American comics creators. Although comics have different formats, this list covers creators of comic books, graphic novels and comic strips, along with early innovators. The list presents authors with the United States as their c ...

Uruguay

* Barreto, Eduardo,

artist

Sources

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External links

Lambiek Comiclopedia
(biographical articles)
Bédéthèque
- database of French language {{DEFAULTSORT:Comic Creators, List Of Lists of people by occupation