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==Terminology<!--'Comics artist', 'Comics artists', 'Comic artist', 'Comic artists', 'Comic book artist', 'Comic book artists', 'Graphic novel artist', 'Graphic novelist', 'Writer and artist of comics', 'Comics writer/artist', 'Comic strip creator' redirect here-->== ==Terminology<!--'Comics artist', 'Comics artists', 'Comic artist', 'Comic artists', 'Comic book artist', 'Comic book artists', 'Graphic novel artist', 'Graphic novelist', 'Writer and artist of comics', 'Comics writer/artist', 'Comic strip creator' redirect here-->==
{{also|Comics creator}} {{also|Comics creator}}
A cartoonists discipline encompasses both authorial and drafting disciplines (see ]). The terms "comics illustrator", "comics artist", or a "comic book artist" refer to the picture making portion of the discipline of cartooning (see ]). While every "cartoonist" might be considered a "comics illustrator", "comics artist", or a "comic book artist", not every "comics illustrator", "comics artist", or a "comic book artist" is a "cartoonist".
Cartoonists may also be denoted by terms such as '''comics artist'''<!--boldface per WP:R#PLA-->, '''comic book artist'''<!--boldface per WP:R#PLA-->, '''graphic novel artist'''<!--boldface per WP:R#PLA--><ref>Booker, M. Keith (ed.), ''Encyclopedia of Comic Books and Graphic Novels'', Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, 2010, p. 573.</ref> or '''graphic novelist'''<!--boldface per WP:R#PLA-->.<ref>Booker, M. Keith (ed.), ''Encyclopedia of Comic Books and Graphic Novels'', Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, 2010, p. 172.</ref>


Ambiguity may arise because "comic book artist" may also refer to the person who only illustrates the comic, and "graphic novelist" may also refer to the person who only writes the script.<ref>''Contemporary Literary Criticism'', Volume 195, Gale, 2005, p. 167: "(Full name ]) English graphic novelist".</ref> Ambiguity might arise when illustrators and writers share each other's duties in authoring a work.<ref>''Contemporary Literary Criticism'', Volume 195, Gale, 2005, p. 167: "(Full name ]) English graphic novelist".</ref>


==History== ==History==

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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 comic book illustrators in that they produce both the literary and graphic components of the work as part of their practice. 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.

Terminology

See also: Comics creator

A cartoonists discipline encompasses both authorial and drafting disciplines (see interdisciplinary arts). The terms "comics illustrator", "comics artist", or a "comic book artist" refer to the picture making portion of the discipline of cartooning (see illustrator). While every "cartoonist" might be considered a "comics illustrator", "comics artist", or a "comic book artist", not every "comics illustrator", "comics artist", or a "comic book artist" is a "cartoonist".

Ambiguity might arise when illustrators and writers share each other's duties in authoring a work.

History

Benjamin Franklin's Join, or Die (1754), credited as the first cartoon published in an American newspaper

The English satirist and editorial cartoonist William Hogarth, who emerged in the 18th century, poked fun at contemporary politics and customs; illustrations in such style are often referred to as "Hogarthian". Following the work of Hogarth, political cartoons began to develop in England in the latter part of the 18th century under the direction of its great exponents, James Gillray and Thomas Rowlandson, both from London. Gillray explored the use of the medium for lampooning and caricature, calling the king (George III), prime ministers and generals to account, and has been referred to as the father of the political cartoon.

Origin in the U.S.

While never a professional cartoonist, Benjamin Franklin is credited with the first cartoon published in The Pennsylvania Gazette in 1754: Join, or Die, depicting the American colonies as segments of a snake. In the 19th century, professional cartoonists such as Thomas Nast, whose work appeared in Harper's Weekly, introduced other familiar American political symbols, such as the Republican elephant.

Comic strips

Comic strips received widespread distribution to mainstream newspapers by syndicates.

Calum MacKenzie, in his preface to the exhibition catalog, The Scottish Cartoonists (Glasgow Print Studio Gallery, 1979) defined the selection criteria:

The difference between a cartoonist and an illustrator was the same as the difference between a comedian and a comedy actor—the former both deliver their own lines and take full responsibility for them, the latter could always hide behind the fact that it was not his entire creation.

Many strips were the work of two people although only one signature was displayed. Shortly after Frank Willard began Moon Mullins in 1923, he hired Ferd Johnson as his assistant. For decades, Johnson received no credit. Willard and Johnson traveled about Florida, Maine, Los Angeles, and Mexico, drawing the strip while living in hotels, apartments and farmhouses. At its peak of popularity during the 1940s and 1950s, the strip ran in 350 newspapers. According to Johnson, he had been doing the strip solo for at least a decade before Willard's death in 1958: "They put my name on it then. I had been doing it about 10 years before that because Willard had heart attacks and strokes and all that stuff. The minute my name went on that thing and his name went off, 25 papers dropped the strip. That shows you that, although I had been doing it ten years, the name means a lot."

See also

References

Citations

  1. Contemporary Literary Criticism, Volume 195, Gale, 2005, p. 167: "(Full name Neil Richard Gaiman) English graphic novelist".
  2. The British Museum. Beer Street, William Hogarth - Fine Art Print Archived 2010-03-03 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 11 April 2010.
  3. "Satire, sewers and statesmen: why James Gillray was king of the cartoon". The Guardian. 16 June 2015.
  4. ^ Hess & Northrop 2011, p. 24.
  5. "Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia | "Join, or Die," Pennsylvania Gazette, May 9, 1754". philadelphiaencyclopedia.org. Retrieved 2021-10-24.
  6. "The Comics Reporter". Retrieved 17 November 2009.
  7. MacKenzie, Calum. The Scottish Cartoonists. Glasgow Print Studio Gallery, 1979.
  8. "Toon Talk : Two Comic-Strip Artists Discuss the Craft They Love". Los Angeles Times. September 28, 1989.

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Further reading

  • Steve Edgell, Tim Pilcher, Brad Brooks, The Complete Cartooning Course: Principles, Practices, Techniques (London: Barron's, 2001).

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