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Manuel Benet Blanes (born 1946; Valencia, Spain)Manuel Benet is a comics artist who has worked for Commando and the Judge Dredd Megazine, amongst othe...

Mark Bennington (born 1963)Professional illustrator with 30 years experience. Successfully published in all of the UK's major comic titles of the past...

Thierry Benoit (25 July 1947 - 30 September 2016; born Niort, Deux Sèvres, France)Ted Benoit has, since the 1980s, been a prominent artist working in ...

David BergenAlthough a popular fantasy artist in the 1990s, almost nothing is known about David Bergen's career.He was active in the 1970s, illustrati...

Luis Bermejo Rojo (12 August 1931 - 12 December 2015; born Madrid, Spain)Luis Bermejo was born in Madrid in 1931, although the family soon moved to Al...

Walter Berndt (22 November 1899 - 15 August 1979; Brooklyn, New York)Walter Berndt was a cartoonist known for his long-run comic strip, Smitty, which ...

Jordi Bernet Cussó (born 14 June 1944; Barcelona, Spain)Jordi Bernet is a Spanish comics artist, best known for the gangster comics series Torpedo and...

John Leslie Berry (9 June 1920 - 10 December 2009; London, UK)John Berry was a prolific and popular contributor to Ladybird Books, his work appearing ...

Alfred Edmeades Bestall (14 December 1892 - 15 January 1986; Burma and UK)Bestall was born in Mandalay, Burma in 1892, where his parents were Methodis...

Alessandro Biffignandi (8 October 1935 - 22 January 2017; Rome, Italy)Alessandro Biffignandi was one of Italy's finest painters of cover art and illus...

Enes Bilalovic (born 7 October 1951; Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia)Enki Bilal is one of the leading graphic novelists to come out of Europe in the past...

Birn Brothers studio (1882 - 1950s+; UK)Birn Brothers Ltd of London, England were a major publishing house. Listed in the London trade directories fro...

Harold (Harry) Bishop (3 March 1922 - 2015; Painswick, UK)Harry Bishop was one of the finest artists in the UK who has turned his gaze – and talent – ...

Simon Bisley (born 4 March 1962)Simon Bisley is a British comic book artist best known for his 1990s work on ABC Warriors, Lobo and Sláine. His style,...

Basil Blackaller (1921 - 30 January 1958; born Christchurch, Hampshire; died Wimbledon, UK)Basil Blackaller was born in Christchurch, Hampshire, in 19...

Janet BlakeleyJanet Blakeley was a regular contributor to Look and Learn and was one of their most prolific artists for nature articles in the late 19...

Michel Blanc-Dumont (born 7 March 1948; France)Michel Blanc-Dumont started out publishing in Phénix, but eventually joined Jeunes Années, where he ill...

Adriano Blasco Monterde (1931 - 2000; Spain)Adriano Blasco is the younger brother of Jesús, Alejandro and Pilar Blasco. He started out drawing harmles...

Alejandro Blasco Monterde (1928 - 19 October 1988; Spain)Alejandro Blasco was a Spanish cartoonist and illustrator, famous for the joint work with his...

Jesús Blasco Monterde (3 November 1919 - 21 October 1995; Barcelona, Spain)From November 1954 when his first strip appeared in the UK, Jesús Blasco ca...

Pilar Blasco Monterde (10 December 1921 - 19 September 1992; Barcelona, Spain)Pilar, known as Pili, is the third of the Blasco siblings (amongst which...

George H. BlowGeorge Blow was a member of Bill McCail's Mallard Studios in Dundee, alongside Len Fullerton, Sam Fair, Alf Farningham and Sydney Jordan...

Stuart Bodek; Born South AfricaLittle is known about Bodek except that his book cover art appeared on what would seem to be an American family saga, a...

Stephen Richard Boldero (3 April 1898 - 1987)Boldero's cover artwork appeared regularly in the 1950s and 1960s, published by most of the leading paper...

Brian Bolland (born 26 March 1951; Butterwick, Lincolnshire, UK)Brian Bolland is a British comics artist. Best known in the United Kingdom as one of t...

John Bolton (born 23 May 1951; London, UK)John Bolton is best known for his painted comic strips, his dark, photorealist style particularly effective ...

George BoweGeorge Bowe is a bit of a mystery. His career began at least as early as 1948 when he illustrated two books by Enid Blyton and continued un...

Leslie BowyerLeslie Bowyer studied at Croydon School of Art in Croydon, Surrey, England, and was an occasional contributor to Eagle, illustrating a sh...

Stuart Boyle (?1907 - ?1973)"I was born, grew up and still live in London, England. My father, Stuart Boyle, was an artist. He illustrated a number of...

Eric Bradbury (born 1921; Sydenham, Kent)Eric Bradbury was born in Sydenham, Kent, but moved to nearby Beckenham at the age of ten where he gained a s...

Guillaume François Brangwyn (12 May 1867 - 11 June 1956; Bruges, Belgium and UK)Frank Brangwyn was something of an artistic jack-in-the-box, estimated...

Mitchell Breitweiser; Fayetteville, Arkansas, USAMitchell Breitweiser is the artist of the creator-owned titled 'Phantom Jack', that has been publishe...

Dan Brereton (born 22 November 1965; San Francisco, USA)Dan Brereton is an American professional writer and illustrator who has produced notable work ...

Mark D. Bright (27 December 1955 - 27 March 2024; Montclair, New Jersey, USA)Mark D. Bright was an American comic book and storyboard artist.Sometimes...

Charles Edmund Brock RI (5 February 1870 - 28 February 1938; London, UK)Charles Edmund Brock was a widely published English line artist, portrait pain...

Henry Matthew Brock RI (11 July 1875 - 21 July 1960; Cambridge, UK)The youngest of a talented trio of brothers, all of whom were illustrators, Henry B...

Richard Henry Brock (21 July 1871 - 11 June 1943; born Colney Hatch, London, UK; died Brentford, UK)Accomplished British artist and illustrator known...

Robert BrookDespite a great deal of digging, almost nothing is known about artist Robert Brook. He appears to have begun working for the educational w...

Mary Aileen Brooks (7 Nov 1919 - 5 May 2008; UK)Mary Brooks was a children's book author and illustrator, including illustrating Enid Blyton's Noddy G...

Gordon Frederick Browne (15 April 1858 - 27 May 1932)Gordon Frederick Browne was an English artist and children's book illustrator in the late 19th ce...

Ralph BruceRalph Bruce was a talented illustrator who worked for Look and Learn in the 1960s. Until the mid-1960s he was a regular artist for The Chil...

Margaret Hedda Brundage (née Johnson) (9 December 1900 - 9 April 1976; Chicago, USA)Margaret Brundage was an American illustrator and painter who is r...

Claus Brusen" I started back in 1976, with drawings inspired by Salvador Dali, and of course by the Album covers in the seventies, especially artists ...

Juliana Buch Trabal (Active 1970s onwards; Barcelona, Spain)Juliana Buch Trabal lives and works in Barcelona, Spain. She does artwork for various Brit...

Reginald Bunn (October 1905 - 1971; Kings Norton, Birmingham, England)Reg Bunn, active late 1940s - 1970, was the most prolific artist working on the...

Bob Burden (born 1952; Buffalo, New York, USA)Bob Burden is an American comic book artist and writer, best known as the creator of Flaming Carrot Comi...

Sidney William Burgon (3 October 1936 - 12 October 2023; Northumberland, UK)Sid Burgon was born in Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland on 3 October 1936....

Zdeněk Michael František Burian (11 February 1905 - 1 July 1981; Kopřivnice, Czechia)Zdeněk Burian was a Czech painter, book illustrator and palaeoart...

Hilary Burn (born 8 April 1946; born Macclesfield, Cheshire, UK)Hilary Burn is an English wildlife illustrator amd a member of the Society of Wildlife...

Jim Burns (born 10 April 1948; born Cardiff, Wales)Jim Burns is probably the best known contemporary British Science Fiction illustrator. He has perfe...

John Michael Burns (1938 - 29 December 2023; Essex, UK)John M Burns' first work was as an illustrator for Junior Express and School Friend. During the...

Sir Frederick William Burton (8 April 1816 - 16 March 1900 (London); Co. Wicklow, Ireland)Sir Frederick William Burton RHA was an Irish painter born i...

John Busby (1928 - 3 June 2015; born Bradford, Yorkshire, England)John Busby RSA RSW SWLA was a landscape and wildlife artist, teacher, author and ill...

Giovanni Natale Buscema, (11 December 1927 – 10 January 2002; Brooklyn, New York City)John Buscema was an American comic book artist and one of the ma...