cartoonists
Funny page artists
Cartoonists are artists who draw cartoons—whether single-panel gags, comic strips, editorial illustrations, or animated sequences.
The term covers newspaper cartoonists, political cartoonists, and those who create comics for magazines or the web.
The cartoonists at the newspaper worked under tight deadlines.
Serialized newspaper cartoon panels
- graphic novelistCreator of illustrated books
- mangakaJapanese comic creator
- webcomicsInternet-published cartoon narratives
- syndicationMulti-outlet content distribution
newspaper comics · panel · speech bubble · thought balloon · storyline · serial · daily strip · Sunday strip
Visual artist for media
- sketcherOne who drafts quickly
- inkerComics line finalizer
- pencillerArtist creating preliminary linework
- coloristOne who applies pigment
draughtsman · storyboarder · layout artist · background artist · concept artist · character designer · panelist · brushwork
Planned visual sequence drawings
- keyframeFixed animation reference point
- celTransparent sheet for cartoons
- frame-by-frameOne image at a time
- character designVisual development of personas
tweening · lip-sync · stop-motion · claymation · voiceover · rigging · motion capture · webisode
Mouth restraint or jest
- punchlineHumor's final delivery
- slapstickExaggerated physical humor
- witClever, inventive humor
- jokeHumorous statement seeking laughter
quip · funny · silliness · absurdity · comedy · farce · sight gag · running joke
Publication's official viewpoint article
- social commentaryAnalysis of societal conditions
- lampoonHarsh public mockery
- critiqueDetailed evaluative analysis
- ironyMeaning opposite to words
skewering · pundit · op-ed · exaggeration · distortion · parody · send-up · topical
comic strip
Serialized newspaper cartoon panels
- graphic novelistCreator of illustrated books
- mangakaJapanese comic creator
- webcomicsInternet-published cartoon narratives
syndication · newspaper comics · panel · speech bubble · thought balloon · storyline · serial · daily strip · Sunday strip · comic book
illustrator
Visual artist for media
- sketcherOne who drafts quickly
- inkerComics line finalizer
- pencillerArtist creating preliminary linework
colorist · draughtsman · storyboarder · layout artist · background artist · concept artist · character designer · panelist · brushwork · crosshatching
storyboard
Planned visual sequence drawings
- keyframeFixed animation reference point
- celTransparent sheet for cartoons
- frame-by-frameOne image at a time
character design · tweening · lip-sync · stop-motion · claymation · voiceover · rigging · motion capture · webisode · Saturday morning
gag
Mouth restraint or jest
joke · quip · funny · silliness · absurdity · comedy · farce · sight gag · running joke · comic timing
editorial
Publication's official viewpoint article
- social commentaryAnalysis of societal conditions
- lampoonHarsh public mockery
- critiqueDetailed evaluative analysis
irony · skewering · pundit · op-ed · exaggeration · distortion · parody · send-up · topical · current events
- comic book roleswriters, illustrators, pencillers, inkers, colorists
- artistsPablo Picasso, painter, artist, illustrators, Leonardo da Vinci
- comicscomic books, comic book, comic strip, comic art, comic panel
- creativesartist, artists, painter, painters, illustrators
- humoristshumorists, wits, satirists, comics, comedians
- Belgian ArtMagritte, Rubens, Van Eyck, Bruegel, Ghent Altarpiece
cartoonistsphotographers
Those who take pictures
photojournalists · documentary photographers · photorealists · portrait photographers · documentarians
cartoonistsjournalists
News gatherers and writers
photojournalists · war correspondents · investigative journalists · historians · technical writers
- political cartoonistArtist satirizing current affairs
- editorial cartoonistArtist who satirizes news