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Edwin Austin Abbey (1 April 1852 - 1 August 1911; born Philadelphia, USA)Edwin Austin Abbey was a prominent American painter and illustrator (during t...

Eleanor Vera Abbott (9 November 1909 - 1972; Born Earlsfield, London, UK)E.V. Abbott was a prolific British children's books and comics illustrator kn...

Christos Achilléos (26 August 1947 - 6 December 2021; Famagusta, Cyprus)Born in Famagusta, Cyprus, Chris moved to England with his family in 1960. Wit...

Neal Edward Adams (15 June 1941 - 28 April 2022; New York City, USA)Neal Adams was one of the innovators in comic strip art to hit American comic book...

Charlie Adlard (born 1966; Shrewsbury, England)Charlie Adlard was born in Shrewsbury, England in 1966. He attended art college in Maidstone, Kent, to ...

Martin Henry Hugh Aitchison (21 November 1919 - 22 October 2016; Kings Norton, Birmingham, UK)Martin Aitchison was born in Birmingham. He was educated...

Cecil Charles Windsor Aldin (28 April 1870 - 6 January 1935; Slough, UK)During his lifetime, Cecil Aldin was described as one of the leading spirits i...

Graham Allen (born 1940; UK)Graham Allen was the son of variety performer Clive Allen (who was half of the variety double act with Bobby Joy and also ...

Matías Alonso Andrés (1935 - 18 July 2020; Spain)Matías Alonso Andrés was born in Valle de Trapagaran (Euzkadi), near the Bay of Biscay in northern Sp...

Alvaro (possibly born 1952; ?Spain or ?Mexico)Artist, possibly Spanish, about whom nothing can be traced. A number of other artists share this name – ...

Wayne Anderson (born 1946; Leicestershire, UK)Wayne Anderson is an illustrator of books for all ages, children and adults. He created and illustrated ...

Andreas Martens (born 3 January 1951; Weißenfels, Germany)Andreas, pen name for Andreas Martens, is a German-born Belgian comic artist best known for ...

Colin Andrew; Dundee, ScotlandColin Andrew has had a long and varied career in comics and as an illustrator and book cover artist, yet remains one of ...

Peter Andrews (1925 - 1993; UK)Peter Andrews was an artist and illustrator in Bristol for many years where he was an active member of the Bristol Sava...

Barrie Appleby (born 8 August 1943; born Grimethorpe, Yorkshire, UK)Barrie Appleby is a British comics artist and illustrator who works mainly for Sco...

Barry Appleby (30 August 1909 - 11 March 1996; born Birmingham, UK)Barry Appleby was a British cartoonist famous for creating the family comic strip T...

Luis Arcas Brauner (20 October 1934 - July 1989; Valencia, Spain)A widely admired painter of portraits (including those of Spanish royalty), landscape...

Michael H. Arens (2 December 1915 - 19 June, 1976; California, USA)Mike Arens was born in California and began his career as an animator, joining Walt...

Arnaud Dombre (4 January 1961 - 7 July 1996; France)Arnaud Dombre, who used the pseudonym of Arno, was born in France and traveled all over the world ...

John J ArnoldJohn J. Arnold was a commercial artist specialising in transport. He is known to have contributed illustrations to Look and Learn and Spe...

Martin Asbury (born 12 January 1939; Uxbridge, Middlesex, UK)Martin Asbury grew up addicted to comics, trawling through newsagents and book shops look...

Peter J Ashmore (born c. 1923; Coventry, UK)P J Ashmore was a prolific watercolourist, painting a wide range of illustrations from nature studies to b...

Pythia Ashton-JewellPythia Ashton-Jewell is a British illustrator known for her detailed, often whimsical pen-and-ink drawings, particularly featured ...

Leslie Ashwell Wood (circa 1903 (possibly 1913) - 1973; London, UK)Leslie Ashwell Wood was best known for his educational and detailed cutaway drawing...

Ray Aspden; UKRay Aspden has been an irregular comic strip writer and illustrator for 35 years, contributing Philpot Bottles' Orfice Boys Own to Denis...

Sergio Asteriti (13 February 1930 - 27 August 2024; Venice, Italy)Sergio Asteriti attended the Venice's Scuola di Magisterto d'Arte, intent on a caree...

Michel AtkinsonSomething of a mystery man with regards to cover artwork. Michel Atkinson was an irregular contributor to various romance and schoolgir...

Michael John Attwell "Zoke" (16 January 1943 - 18 March 2006; born Watford, Hertfordshire, UK)Michael John Attwell was an English film and television ...

Michael J. Austin (born 1959)Mick Austin is a fine artist who lives and works in the UK. Initially a comic book artist and illustrator, his painterly ...

Richard Bache Ayers (28 April 1924 - 4 May 2014; Ossining, New York, USA)When Dick Ayers was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in ...

Arthur Harold Babitsky (8 October 1907 - 4 March 1992; born Omaha, Nebraska, USA)Arthur Harold Babitsky, better known as Art Babbitt, was an American ...

Chris Bachalo (born August 23, 1965)Chris Bachalo is an American comic book illustrator known for his quirky, cartoon-like style. He became well known...

Geoffrey William Backhouse (16 November 1903 - 1 August 1978; born Holywell, Flintshire, Wales)In 1927, Backhouse began drawing Strongheart the Magnif...

Jim George Baikie (28 February 1940 - 29 December 2017; Orkney Islands, Scotland)Jim Baikie was a Scottish comic artist whose career stretched from th...

Robert Bailey; born Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, EnglandWorld renowned artist, Robert Bailey, trained at Longton College of Art in England during th...

Alix Baker (born 1947; Southborough, Kent, UK)Alix is a painter and watercolourist, born in Southborough, Kent. She came from and was married into a m...

Bill BakerBill Baker is something of a mystery artist. Although it is possible to track his work through various comics over a twenty-year period, ver...

John L Baker (born 1922; born Birmingham, UK)Painter, draughtsman, illustrator, writer and lecturer, born in Birmingham, where he attended the School ...

Roberto Baldazzini (born 18 August 1958)Roberto Baldazzini is an Italian illustrator and comics artist who specializes in writing and illustrating bla...

James Elliott Bama (28 April 1926 - 24 April 2022; USA)James Bama was an American artist whose work encompasses two major strands: his Western paintin...

Bambos Georgiou (born December 1959)Bambos Georgiou (known as 'Bambos') was born in December 1959. Of Greek Cypriot descent, and speaking only Greek, ...

Edgar Henry Banger (27 February 1897 - 1968; Norwich, Norfolk, UK)Edgar Henry Banger (rhymes with 'danger') - or as he was known, Harry Banger - was b...

Severino Baraldi (10 December 1930 - 21 November 2023; Lombardy, Italy)Severino Baraldi was an accomplished Italian illustrator. Known for the quality...

Steven BaranyStefan Barani (Steven Barany) has proved to be an elusive artist. Best known for his cover artwork for the Sexton Blake Library, he seems...

Carl Barks (27 March 1901 - 25 August 2000; USA)Carl Barks was nicknamed "The Duck Man" because of the quality of his work on Disney's Donald Duck. To...

David BarnettDavid Barnett illustrated a number of Magic Roundabout books, including The Adventures of Dougal, Dougal Around the World, Dougal's Misad...

Kenneth Barr (17 March 1933 - 25 March 2016; born Glasgow, Scotland, UK)Ken Barr was a Scottish artist who drew and painted DC and Marvel comics and m...

Hilary Barta (born 17 June 1957)Hilary Barta is an American comic book writer and artist. He began his career in 1982, assisting Marvel inkers Al Milg...

Les Barton (8 December 1923 - 20 October 2008; Wareham, Dorset, UK)A generation of children grew up giggling to comic strips in Sparky and Whizzer & C...

John Henry Batchelor (1936 - 2 January 2019; Essex, UK)John Batchelor MBE was one of the leading artists and technical illustrators of hardware for fi...

Lawrence Robb Batchelor (1887 - 1961; Canada)Canadian artist and illustrator.He illustrated (and wrote) a number of books including A Picture History ...

Henry Mayo Bateman (15 February 1887 - 11 February 1970)H M Bateman was a British humorous artist and cartoonist.H. M. Bateman was noted for his "The ...

Terence H Bave (1931 - 2018; born Bristol, UK)One of the stalwarts of British humour strips, Terry Bave retired in 2007 to enjoy some well-earned rest...

Leo Baxendale (27 October 1930 - 23 April 2017; Lancashire, UK)Leo Baxendale has been one of the few artists in Britain to advance humour strips in th...

Pauline Diana Baynes (9 September 1922 - 1 August 2008; Hove, UK)Pauline Baynes was an English illustrator whose work encompassed more than 100 books,...

John Beaven (Active circa 1930-1970; UK)John Beaven was a commercial artist working during the mid 20th century, producing works as a poster designer,...

Massimo Belardinelli (5 June 1938 - 31 March 2007; Rome, Italy)Massimo Belardinelli was an Italian comic artist best known for his work in the British...

Walter Hugo Bell (22 January 1893 - 2 November 1979; born Leyton, London, UK)Walter Bell was an artist of English children's comics. He was able to co...

Frank Alfred Bellamy (21 May 1917 - 5 July 1976; born Kettering, UK)Frank Bellamy's early artistic influences were the juvenile comics of his childhoo...