American Comic Book Artists, American Comics Artists

1. Trina Robbins

Writer | Funny Ladies

Trina Robbins was born on August 17, 1938 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. She was a writer, known for Funny Ladies (1991), No Straight Lines: The Rise of Queer Comics (2021) and Independent Lens (1999). She died on April 10, 2024 in San Francisco, California, USA.

2. Ann Nocenti

Writer | Domino

Ann Nocenti is a veteran comic book writer and editor from New York City. As a writer, she is primarily remembered as the main writer for "Daredevil" vol. 1 #236-291 (1986-1991), "Catwoman" vol. 3 (2012-2014), and "Katana" (2013-2014). She has written stories for several other characters, including...

3. Winsor McCay

Writer | Gertie the Dinosaur

Like many pioneers, the work of 'Winsor McCay' has been largely superseded by successors such as Walt Disney and Max Fleischer but he more than earns a place in film history for being the American cinema's first great cartoon animator. He started out as a newspaper cartoonist, achieving a national ...

4. Robert Crumb

Soundtrack | Crumb

Robert Crumb was born on August 30, 1943 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a writer, known for Crumb (1994), American Splendor (2003) and Meatball (1969). He was previously married to Aline Kominsky-Crumb and Dana Morgan.

5. Jack Kirby

Writer | Black Panther

Jack "The King" Kirby was an influential comic book writer and artist, particularly famous for creating or co-creating some of the most famous characters for both DC Comics and Marvel Comics.

In 1917, Kirby was born under the name "Jacob Kurtzberg" on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York ...

6. Frank Miller

Writer | Sin City

Frank Miller was born in Olney, Maryland, to a nurse mother and a carpenter and electrician father, and was raised in Montpelier, Vermont. He is of Irish descent. Miller was a big comics writer/artist in the '70s and '80s. He wrote and penciled the Marvel series "Daredevil" for a long time. His ...

7. Will Eisner

Writer | The Spirit

Will Eisner was an American comic book artist and writer of Austrian-Jewish and Romanian-Jewish descent. He was one of the pioneering artists of the American comic book industry. He is most famous for creating the masked crime-fighter Spirit/Denny Colt, and for being the main creator of the ...

8. Kelly Sue DeConnick

Captain Marvel

Kelly Sue DeConnick was born on July 15, 1970 in Ohio, USA. She is a writer and actress, known for Captain Marvel (2019), The Marvels (2023) and Emerald City (2016). She has been married to Matt Fraction since September 29, 2002.

9. Stan Lee

Producer | Doctor Strange

Stan Lee was an American comic-book writer, editor, and publisher, who was executive vice president and publisher of Marvel Comics.

Stan was born in New York City, to Celia (Solomon) and Jack Lieber, a dress cutter. His parents were Romanian Jewish immigrants. Lee co-created Spider-Man, the Hulk, ...

10. Scott McCloud

Actor | The Amazing Cynicalman

Scott McCloud was born on June 10, 1960 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA as Scott McLeod.

He's perhaps best-known in the comics world for his fine comics works "Understanding Comics", "Making Comics", and "Reinventing Comics", in which he expertly and smartly uses the comic strip medium to shed light ...

11. Richard Corben

Writer | Heavy Metal

Richard Corben was born on November 1, 1940 in Anderson, Missouri, USA. He was a writer and director, known for Heavy Metal (1981), Darkstar: The Interactive Movie (2010) and The Dark Planet (1989). He was married to Dona Corben. He died on December 2, 2020 in the USA.

12. Bernie Wrightson

Art_department | Ghostbusters

A comic book stylist noted for his horror illustrations, Wrightson helped revamp the horror comic in the 1970s. He combined a modern sensibility with a distinctive drafting ability rare to the then-moribund industry, bridging the gap between the previous decade's giddy optimism and the explosion of...

13. George Herriman

Writer | A Krazy Katastrophe

George Herriman was born on August 22, 1880 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for A Krazy Katastrophe (1917), Moving Day (1917) and A Tempest in a Paint Pot (1916). He was married to Mabel Lillian Bridge. He died on April 26, 1944 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

14. Howard Chaykin

Writer | The Flash

Born in 1950 in New Jersey but raised in East Flatbush and Brownsville, a neighborhood in Brooklyn, NY. His parents were separated and he was raised by his mother and adoptive father. Started out as a gofer for the legendary artist Gil Kane at 19, which also led him to work for Wally Wood, Gray ...

15. Bill Finger

Writer | Zack Snyder's Justice League

Bill Finger was a comic book writer. His father Louis Finger was born in Austria and emigrated to the United States in 1907, while still a teenager. Louis worked as a tailor. Tessie, Bill's mother, was born and raised in New York City. Both parents were in their early 20s at the time of Finger's ...

16. Chris Ware

Director | Quimby the Mouse

Chris Ware was born on December 28, 1967 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. He is a director and actor, known for Quimby the Mouse (2009), In the Realms of the Unreal (2004) and Mirror (2015).

17. Jaime Hernández

Self | Dave Stevens: Drawn to Perfection

Jaime Hernández was born on October 10, 1959 in Oxnard, California, USA.

18. Gilbert Hernandez

Self | Prisoners of Gravity

19. Neal Adams

Writer | Death to the Pee Wee Squad

Neal Adams is an American comic book artist and writer from New York City. He has been active in the field since the early 1960s. His work has been critically acclaimed, and he has been inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame, the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1999, and the Joe Sinnott ...

20. Steve Ditko

Writer | Spider-Man

Steve Ditko was an American comics writer and artist of Rusyn descent. He is better known for co-creating the superheroes Spider-Man/Peter Parker and Doctor Strange/Stephen Strange for Marvel Comics. He created many other characters for various publishing companies. Among his better known creations...

21. Harvey Kurtzman

Writer | Batman: The Brave and the Bold

One of the most influential, yet unsung, figures in American humor, cartoonist Harvey Kurtzman created "Mad Magazine" in 1952, and for the next few years served as its editor and primary writer. After his departure from "Mad, " he created two more humor magazines, "Trump" and "Help!" Although ...

22. Jack Davis

Art_department | Creepy

Jack Davis was born on December 2, 1924 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. He was a writer, known for Creepy (2012), Mad Monster Party? (1967) and The King Kong Show (1966). He was married to Dena. He died on July 27, 2016 in Athens, Georgia, USA.

23. Joe Kubert

Writer | They Spoke Out: American Voices Against the Holocaust

Joe Kubert was born on September 18, 1926 in Jezierzany, Tarnopolskie, Poland [now Ozeryany, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a writer, known for They Spoke Out: American Voices Against the Holocaust (2010), G.I. Joe: Sgt. Savage and His Screaming Eagles: Old Soldiers Never Die (1994) and The ...

24. Bill Watterson

Self | Stripped

Bill Watterson was born on July 5, 1958 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He is a writer, known for Stripped (2014). He has been married to Melissa Richmond since October 8, 1983.

25. Carl Barks

Writer | DuckTales

As the creator of 'Scrooge McDuck', Carl Barks did more than any other comic book artist to widen the popularity of Donald Duck, bringing in the process a vast array of memorable supporting characters into the Disney universe, among them Uncle Scrooge himself, Gladstone Gander, Gyro Gearloose (and ...

26. Alex Raymond

Writer | Flash Gordon

Alexander Gillespie Raymond was born on October 2, 1909 in New Rochelle, New York, to Beatrice Wallazz (Crossley) and Alexander Gillespie Raymond, a civil engineer and road builder, who encouraged his drawing from an early age. His sister, Beatrice, was the paternal grandmother of actors Matt Dillon...

27. Joe Sacco

Art_department | American Splendor

Joe Sacco is known for American Splendor (2003), All Is Bright (2013) and ¡Atención obras! (2013).

28. Milton Caniff

Writer | Terry and the Pirates

Milton Caniff was the world-renowned comics artist known as the "Rembrandt of the Comics". His influence can be seen not only in the works of such comics artists as Jack Kirby and Will Eisner, but also in the works of Federico Fellini and Orson Welles. Caniff ented the comics world as an office boy...

29. George McManus

Writer | Jiggs and Maggie Out West

George McManus was born on January 23, 1884 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Jiggs and Maggie Out West (1950), Jiggs and Maggie in Court (1948) and Jiggs and Maggie in Jackpot Jitters (1949). He was married to Florence Bergere. He died on October 22, 1954 in Santa ...

30. E.C. Segar

Writer | Popeye

E.C. Segar was born on December 8, 1894 in Chester, Illinois, USA. He was a writer, known for Popeye (1980), Untitled Popeye Live-action movie and Popeye and Friends: Vol. 1 (1937). He was married to Myrtle Annie Johnson. He died on October 13, 1938 in Santa Monica, California, USA.

31. Gilbert Shelton

Writer | Set Your Chickens Free

Gilbert Shelton was born on May 31, 1940 in Dallas, Texas, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Set Your Chickens Free (1974), The Freak Brothers (2020) and Brand X (1970).

32. Chester Gould

Writer | Dick Tracy

Chester Gould was interested in comics from an early age. He wrote and drew several strips while attending Oklahoma A&M University and at Northwestern University (where he graduated in 1921). After graduating from the Chicago Art Institute in 1923, Gould went to work for a Chicago area newspaper. ...

33. Charles M. Schulz

Writer | The Peanuts Movie

Charles Monroe Schulz (nicknamed "Sparky") was an American comic strip writer and artist from Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was primarily known for creating the long-running comic strip "Peanuts" (1950-2000), and serving as its sole artist for the strip's entire run. His comic strip was known for its ...

34. Alex Toth

Animation_department | Space Ghost

Alex Toth was born on June 25, 1928 in New York City, New York, USA. Alex was a writer, known for Space Ghost (1966), Space Angel (1962) and Cartoon Superheroes Abridged (2015). Alex was married to Guyla Avery and Christina Schaber. Alex died on May 27, 2006 in Burbank, California, USA.

35. Richard F. Outcault

Writer | Buster and His Dog: The Instructions

Richard F. Outcault was born on January 14, 1863 in Lancaster, Ohio, USA. He was a writer, known for Buster and His Dog: The Instructions (1904), Buster and His Dog: Buster, Quiet! (1904) and Buster and His Dog: Be a Good Boy (1904). He was married to Mary Jane Martin. He died on September 25, 1928...

36. Hal Foster

Writer | Prince Valiant

Hal Foster was born on August 18, 1892 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was a writer, known for Prince Valiant (1954), The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie (1972) and Prince Valiant (1997). He was married to Helen Wells. He died on July 25, 1982 in Spring Hill, Florida, USA.

37. Art Spiegelman

Writer | In the Shadow of No Towers

Art Spiegelman was born on February 15, 1948 in Stockholm, Sweden. He is an actor and writer, known for In the Shadow of No Towers (2011), No Straight Lines: The Rise of Queer Comics (2021) and The Simpsons (1989). He has been married to Françoise Mouly since 1977. They have two children.

38. Al Feldstein

Writer | Tales from the Crypt

Al Feldstein was born in 1925 in Brooklyn, New York. He was interested in comics and comic art from an early age, and attended art school at night while working as assistant for a comic publisher by day. After a stint in the Army Air Corp during WW II, Feldstein returned to work as a freelancer. In...

39. Johnny Craig

Writer | Tales from the Crypt

Johnny Craig was a comic illustrator and writer whose work appeared in many comics, but is most closely associated with the classic EC horror comics. Craig had no formal training, but managed to get a job working as an assistant for M.C. Gaines, publisher of All-American Comics, and later ...

40. Graham Ingels

41. George Evans

42. Harvey Pekar

Actor | American Splendor

Harvey Pekar was born on October 8, 1939 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for American Splendor (2003), Hero Tomorrow (2007) and Harvey Pekar's Teo Macero (2015). He was married to Joyce Brabner. He died on July 12, 2010 in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, USA.

43. Peter David

Writer | Babylon 5

Hailing from New Jersey but raised in Pennsylvania, PAD started out fan-writing a SF/Star Trek fanzine and scripting parody plays for conventions. Originally tried to work in Journalism but finally got a job at Marvel Comics as Assistant Direct Sales Manager. He wrote some "fill-in" issues (...

44. Gary Panter

Production_designer | Pee-wee's Playhouse

Gary Panter was born in 1950. He is a production designer and set decorator, known for Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986), Christmas at Pee-wee's Playhouse (1988) and The Pee-Wee Herman Show on Broadway (2011). He has been married to Helene Silverman since 1989. They have one child. He was previously ...

45. Joe Shuster

Writer | Superman

Joe Shuster was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. At age 9 he and his family moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where he met and befriended his future partner Jerome "Jerry" Siegel. Siegel and Shuster were both avid science fiction fans, publishing a fanzine in the mid-1920s. It was during this period that ...

46. Jerry Siegel

Writer | Superman

Jerry Siegel was born in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1931, he met and befriended his future partner, Joe Shuster, when the latter moved from his birthplace in Canada. Siegel and Shuster were both avid science fiction fans, publishing a fanzine in the mid-1920s. It was during this period that they read ...

47. Jim Steranko

Bram Stoker's Dracula

Jim Steranko was born on November 5, 1938 in Reading, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), Justice League Unlimited (2004) and Megalopolis (2024).

48. Jimmy Palmiotti

Writer | Dead Space: Downfall

Writer, Editor and Creator. Multi Award winning character creator with a wide range of experience in advertising, production, consulting, editorial, film writing, development and production, media presentation and video game development. Just a few of his clients include Nike, Nickelodeon, ...

49. Spain Rodriguez

Self | Crumb

Spain Rodriguez was born on March 2, 1940 in Buffalo, New York, USA. He was married to Susan Stern. He died on November 28, 2012 in San Francisco, California, USA.

50. Bill Griffith

Actor | The Devil's Cleavage

Bill Griffith was born in 1944 in New York, USA. He is an actor, known for The Devil's Cleavage (1975), It Came from Kuchar (2009) and Crumb (1994). He was previously married to Diane Noomin.

51. Charles Burns

Writer | Peur(s) du noir

Charles Burns was born in 1955 in the USA. He is a writer and director, known for Fear(s) of the Dark (2007), X'ed Out and Burn Again.

52. David Mazzucchelli

Writer | Catwoman Retribution

David Mazzucchelli was born on September 21, 1960 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. David is a writer, known for Catwoman Retribution (2018), Batman: Year One (2011) and Batman Unmasked (2008).

53. Lynda Barry

Self | Comic Book Confidential

Lynda Barry was born on January 2, 1956 in Seattle, Washington, USA. She is known for Comic Book Confidential (1988), Funny Ladies (1991) and Prisoners of Gravity (1989).

54. Jules Feiffer

Writer | Popeye

Jules Feiffer, the Pulitzer-Prize and Oscar-winning cartoonist, playwright and screenwriter, was born on 1929 in the New York City borough The Bronx. During the 1940s, the young Jules apprenticed with comic strip artist Will Eisner on his "The Spirit" strip at the Quality Comics Group. The strip ...

55. Daniel Clowes

Writer | Ghost World

Daniel Clowes was born on April 14, 1961 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for Ghost World (2001), Art School Confidential (2006) and Patience. He is married to Erika ?.

56. Walt Kelly

Animation_department | Dumbo

Walt Kelly was born on August 25, 1913 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Dumbo (1941), The Pogo Special Birthday Special (1969) and I Go Pogo (1980). He was married to Selby Daley, Stephanie Waggony and Helen DeLacy. He died on October 19, 1973 in Los Angeles,...

57. Frank King

Writer | Gasoline Alley

Frank King was born on April 9, 1883 in Cashon, Wisconsin, USA. He was a writer, known for Gasoline Alley (1951), Corky of Gasoline Alley (1951) and People on Paper (1945). He died on June 25, 1969 in Winter Park, Florida, USA.

58. Al Capp

Writer | Li'l Abner

Al Capp (born Alfred Gerald Caplin) was an American cartoonist and humorist from New Haven, Connecticut. He is primarily known for creating the comic strip "Li'l Abner" (1934-1977), which depicted the lives of a fictional clan of hillbillies in an impoverished mountain village. At its prime the ...

59. Jesse Moynihan

Writer | Adventure Time

Jesse Moynihan was born on January 4, 1978 in Santa Ana, California, USA. He is a writer and art director, known for Adventure Time (2010), Manly (2014) and Adventure Time: Distant Lands (2020).

60. Chris Claremont

Actor | X-Men: Days of Future Past

Chris Claremont was born on November 25, 1950 in Ealing, London, England, UK. He is a writer and actor, known for X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) and Dark Phoenix (2019).

61. Ramona Fradon

Writer | Beware the Batman

Ramona Fradon was born on October 2, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was a writer, known for Beware the Batman (2013), Young Justice (2010) and Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2008). She was married to Dana Fradon. She died on February 24, 2024 in Ulster County, New York, USA.

62. Russ Heath

Animation_department | Starchaser: The Legend of Orin

Russ Heath was born on September 29, 1926 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an art director, known for Starchaser: The Legend of Orin (1985), G.I. Joe (1985) and American Pop (1981). He was married to Joyce E. Rupp. He died on August 23, 2018 in Long Beach, California, USA.

63. Dash Shaw

Writer | My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea

Dash Shaw is known for My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea (2016), Cryptozoo (2021) and Rabbit Hole (2010).

64. Bill Sienkiewicz

Art_department | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Bill Sienkiewicz was born on May 3, 1958 in Blakeley, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a writer, known for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023), Legion (2017) and Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego? (1994).

65. Mike Mignola

Writer | Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Mike Mignola is an American comic book writer and author who is best known for creating Hellboy for Dark Horse Comics. Hellboy was adapted into five films, a board game and three video games with Ron Perlman being the most frequent actor for Hellboy. Mignola also provided character designs for ...

66. John Byrne

Writer | New Warriors

John Byrne was born on July 6, 1950 in Walsall, England, UK. He is a writer, known for New Warriors (2017), My Adventures with Superman (2023) and Young Justice (2010). He was previously married to Andrea Braun.

67. Kyle Baker

Writer | Cosmic Slop

Kyle Baker is known for Cosmic Slop (1994), My Generation G... G... Gap (2004) and Phineas and Ferb (2007).

68. John Romita Sr.

Writer | Brazilian Wolverine

John Victor Romita Sr. was an American comic book artist best known for his work on Marvel Comics' The Amazing Spider-Man and for co-creating characters including Mary Jane Watson, the Punisher, and Wolverine. Romita was the father of John Romita Jr., also a comic book artist, and the husband of ...

69. John Romita Jr.

Writer | Kick-Ass

John Romita Jr. was born on August 17, 1956 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Kick-Ass (2010), Madame Web (2024) and Kick-Ass 2 (2013).

70. Bernard Krigstein

Bernard Krigstein was born on March 22, 1919 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Bernard was a writer. Bernard died on January 8, 1990 in New York, USA.

71. Garth Ennis

Writer | The Boys

Garth Ennis was born on January 16, 1970 in Holywood, Northern Ireland, UK. He is a writer and producer, known for The Boys (2019), The Boys Presents: Diabolical (2022) and Constantine (2005).

72. Gene Colan

Writer | Blade II

Long-time comic book artist, perhaps best known for his work at Marvel. At that company, Gene drew a revival of the Sub-Mariner in the mid-1960s; took over from artist Don Heck on Iron Man; took over from John Romita Sr. on Daredevil; spent time drawing Captain America; and launched a successful ...

73. Phoebe Gloeckner

Writer | The Diary of a Teenage Girl

Phoebe Gloeckner is known for The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015) and Married to Comics (2023).

74. Mort Drucker

Writer | The Mad Magazine TV Special

Mort Drucker was born on March 22, 1929 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for The Mad Magazine TV Special (1974), When We Went MAD! and Another Froggy Evening (1995). He was married to Barbara Hellerman. He died on April 9, 2020 in Woodbury, Long Island, New York, USA.

75. Al Jaffee

Writer | The Mad Magazine TV Special

Al Jaffee was born on March 13, 1921 in Savannah, Georgia, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Mad Magazine TV Special (1974), Bum Future (2013) and When We Went MAD!. He was married to Joyce Revenson and Ruth Ahlquist. He died on April 10, 2023 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.

76. Matt Fraction

Writer | Monarch: Legacy of Monsters

Matt Fraction was born on December 1, 1975 in Chicago Heights, Illinois, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (2023), Casanova and Iron Man 2 (2010). He has been married to Kelly Sue DeConnick since September 29, 2002.

77. Oscar E. Soglow

Writer | The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie

Oscar E. Soglow was born on December 23, 1900 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and director, known for The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie (1972), Darkest Africa (1930) and Jolly Good Felons (1934). He died on April 3, 1975 in New York City, New York, USA.

78. Peter Bagge

Writer | Rock 'n' Roll Dad

Peter Bagge was born on December 11, 1957 in Peekskill, New York, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Rock 'n' Roll Dad (2000), Liquid Television (1991) and Fallout (2013).

79. Frank Frazetta

Writer | Fire and Ice

Frank Frazetta is one of the most prolific and well-known illustrators of the 20th century. This is due in part to the variety of media in which his art has appeared (comics, posters, album covers, books, etc.), but also to his very recognizable style. Frazetta was a very precocious artist, ...

80. Wally Wood

Writer | Mars Attacks!

Wally Wood was born on June 17, 1927 in Menahga, Minnesota, USA. He was a writer, known for Mars Attacks! (1996), T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents and Weddings and Babies (1958). He was married to Tatjana Wood. He died on November 2, 1981 in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, USA.

81. Nicholas Gurewitch

Producer | The Beast Pageant

Nicholas Gurewitch was born on March 9, 1982 in Buffalo, New York, USA. He is a director and writer, known for The Beast Pageant (2010), Peter's Computer - Desktop Cleanup (2014) and TripTank (2014).

82. Jeffrey Catherine Jones

Self | Better Things: The Life and Choices of Jeffrey Catherine Jones

Jeffrey Catherine Jones was born on January 10, 1944 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. He was married to Louise Simonson. He died on May 19, 2011 in Kingston, New York, USA.

83. William Moulton Marston

Writer | Wonder Woman

Dr. William Moulton Marston was a man who managed to combine interests of several dissimilar fields into an idea that has lasted for decades. Marston was born and raised in Massachusetts. He earned a law degree in 1918 and got a Ph.D in Psychology from Harvard University in 1921. Long interested in...

84. Bob Kane

Writer | The Batman

Bob Kane was an American comic book writer and artist of Jewish descent, most famous for co-creating Batman and several members of Batman's supporting cast. Kane was inducted into the comic book industry's Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1994 and into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1996.

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85. Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Self | Crumb

Aline Kominsky-Crumb was born on August 1, 1948 in Long Beach, New York, USA. She was married to Robert Crumb and Carl Kominsky. She died on November 29, 2022 in Sauve, Gironde, France.

86. Jack Kamen

Art_department | Creepshow

Jack Kamen was born on May 29, 1920 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Creepshow (1982), Dean Kamen (2002) and The Vault of Horror (1992). He died on August 6, 2008.

87. Michael Wm. Kaluta

Art_department | The Shadow

Michael Wm. Kaluta was born on August 25, 1947 in Guatemala City, Guatemala. He is a writer, known for The Shadow (1994), Osmosis Jones (2001) and Human Target (1992).

88. Ed Brubaker

Actor | Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Ed Brubaker was born on November 17, 1966 in Bethesda, Maryland, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Westworld (2016) and Too Old to Die Young (2019). He is married to Melanie Tomlin.

89. Joe Orlando

Galaxian

Joseph Orlando was born on 4 April 1927 in Bari, Puglia, Italy, emigrating to the United States in 1929. Orlando was an Italian American illustrator, writer, editor and cartoonist during a lengthy career spanning six decades. He was the associate publisher of Mad and the vice president of DC Comics...

90. Vince Locke

Writer | A History of Violence

Vince Locke is known for A History of Violence (2005), A History of Violence: Deleted Scene - Scene 44 (2006) and Aqua Teen Hunger Force (2000).

91. John Wagner

Writer | A History of Violence

John Wagner was born in 1949 in Pennsylvania, USA. He is a writer, known for A History of Violence (2005), Dredd (2012) and Judge Dredd (1995).

92. Marie Severin

Writer | Spider-Woman

Marie Severin was born on August 21, 1929 in Nassau, New York, USA. She was a writer, known for Spider-Woman (1979) and Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics (2010). She died on August 29, 2018 in Massapequa, Long Island, New York, USA.

93. Keith Giffen

Writer | Guardians of the Galaxy

Keith Ian Giffen is an American comic book writer and artist from Queens, New York who is known for co-creating Lobo, Ambush Bug and Rocket Raccoon. He also worked on Legion of SuperHeroes and Justice League. Lobo got adapted into a 2000 animated series starring Greg Eagles and Kevin Michael ...

94. G. Willow Wilson

Writer | Ms. Marvel

G. Willow Wilson was born on August 31, 1982 in Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA. She is a writer and actress, known for Ms. Marvel (2022), Marvel's Avengers (2020) and Star Wars Audio Comics: YouTube Channel (2014).

95. Bruce Jones

Writer | The Hitchhiker

Bruce Jones is known for The Hitchhiker (1983), Creepshow (2019) and Shut-In (1988). He has been married to April Campbell Jones since 1984. They have three children.

96. Jim Shooter

Writer | Faith

Jim Shooter was born on September 27, 1951 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a writer, known for Faith, Eternal Warrior and Harbinger.

97. Garry Trudeau

Writer | A Doonesbury Special

Garry Trudeau was born on July 21, 1948 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for A Doonesbury Special (1977), Tanner '88 (1988) and Alpha House (2013). He has been married to Jane Pauley since June 14, 1980. They have three children.

98. Dale Messick

Writer | Brenda Starr, Reporter

Dale Messick was born on April 11, 1906 in South Bend, Indiana, USA. She was a writer, known for Brenda Starr, Reporter (1945), Brenda Starr (1989) and Brenda Starr, Reporter (1979). She was married to Oscar Strom and Everett George. She died on April 5, 2005 in Penngrove, California, USA.

99. Chic Young

Writer | Blondie's Big Moment

Chic Young was born on January 9, 1901 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a writer, known for Blondie's Big Moment (1947), Beware of Blondie (1950) and Blondie (1957). He was married to Athel Lindorf. He died on March 14, 1973 in St. Petersburg, Florida, USA.

100. Mort Walker

Writer | The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie

Mort Walker was born on September 3, 1923 in El Dorado, Kansas, USA. He was a writer, known for The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie (1972), Hero's Reward (1962) and Psychological Testing (1962). He was married to Catherine Carty and Jean Marie Suffill. He died on January 27, 2018 in Stamford, ...