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Puck magazine cartoon, 1902 Dr. Syntax cartoon by Thomas Rowlandson The New Yorker The New Yorker's Idea of the Map of the United States, cartoon by John T. McCutcheon “The Automobile Mechanic,” cartoon by Rube Goldberg Caricature of Thomas Paine “That reminds me, dear—did you remember the sandwiches?” by Fougasse (Kenneth Bird). Ulysses S. Grant for president War of 1812 political cartoon “Old Hickory” (Andrew Jackson)
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Puck magazine cartoon, 1902
Dr. Syntax cartoon by Thomas Rowlandson
The New Yorker
The New Yorker's Idea of the Map of the United States, cartoon by John T. McCutcheon
“The Automobile Mechanic,” cartoon by Rube Goldberg
Caricature of Thomas Paine
“That reminds me, dear—did you remember the sandwiches?” by Fougasse (Kenneth Bird).
Ulysses S. Grant for president
War of 1812 political cartoon
“Old Hickory” (Andrew Jackson)
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R. Crumb
American cartoonist
Honoré Daumier
Honoré Daumier
French artist
The Painter and His Pug, self-portrait by William Hogarth, oil on canvas, 1745; in the Tate Gallery, London.
William Hogarth
English artist
Creator of Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck
Walt Disney
American film producer
Frank Tashlin
American cartoonist, writer, animator, and director
Rudolf Bauer
German-born artist
Ralph Steadman
British artist and cartoonist
Otto Messmer
American animator
Jack Kirby
American comic book artist
Stan Lee
Stan Lee
American comic book writer
Winsor McCay (centre) drawing a sketch, 1908.
Winsor McCay
American animator
Miller, Frank
Frank Miller
American writer and artist
Chuck Jones
Chuck Jones
American animator
Gil Kane
American artist
Alison Bechdel
Alison Bechdel
American cartoonist and graphic novelist
James Thurber, 1955.
James Thurber
American writer and cartoonist
Uchida Shungicu
Japanese artist and author
Garry Trudeau
Garry Trudeau
American satirist
The Simpsons
Matt Groening
American cartoonist and animator
George Herriman
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