Artist Biogs U-Z

Alberto Aleandro Uderzo (25 April 1927 - 24 March 2020; Fismes, Marne, France)Albert Uderzo was a French comic book artist, and scriptwriter. He is be...

Marcel Uderzo (20 December 1933 - 24 January 2021; Clichy-sous-Bois, France)Marcel Uderzo was a French comic book artist. He was the younger brother o...

Clive Uptton (12 March 1911 - 11 February 2006; London, UK)Clive Uptton, a widely regarded British illustrator and painter of landscapes and portraits...

William van Cutsem (8 September 1935 - 14 May 2018; Anderlecht, Belgium)William Vance is the pen-name under which William van Cutsem worked for many y...

Albert Edward Vandeput (9 May 1915 - 1972; London, UK)Born in Wandsworth, London, Albert Vandeput (or Van De Put) was an artist of Dutch origins. He a...

Alfred Gerritt Vandersyde (9 January 1898 - 10 November 1970; born London, UK)The oddly named Gerritt Vandersyde was a British artist of remarkable ta...

Charles Vess (born 10 June 1951; USA)Charles Vess is an American fantasy artist and comic-book illustrator who has specialized in the illustration of ...

VetA distinguished and very accomplished artist and illustrator in his own right, "Vet" delights in re-creating classic pulp magazine, book and comic ...

Francisco Díaz Villagrasa (1927 - 3 October 2010; Spain)Francisco Díaz Villagrasa was a Spanish comic artist who worked for Editorial Bruguera. He beg...

Keith Roy Waite (19 March 1927 - 10 April 2014; Ipswich, UK)Keith Waite (born 1927 in New Plymouth, New Zealand and died 2014 in Ipswich, United Kingd...

George William Wakefield (13 November 1887 - 12 May 1942; London, UK)Better known as Bill or Billy Wakefield, George William Wakefield was one of the ...

Myron Waldman (23 April 1908 - 4 February 2006; New York, USA)Myron Waldman was an American animator and illustrator who worked on dozens of cartoons ...

Brian Walker (22 March 1926 - 15 May 2020; Brislington, Somerset, UK)Brian Walker was a British cartoonist and illustrator whose work appeared across ...

Gerald Walker (born 28 October 1951; Iowa City, USA)Gerald Walker was born in Iowa City, IA on October 28, 1951. In 1978, after a tour of duty in the ...

Mark Evan Walker (born 1956; Texas, USA)This Texas-born artist was a stage designer and scenic artist before becoming an illustrator in the late eight...

Ivy Lilian Wallace (7 October 1915 - 13 March 2006; Grimsby, UK)British artist, actress and authoress, best known for writing the Pookie series of ill...

Leslie Waller (known to be active 1960s)The artist Leslie Waller is known for his work on the Captain Condor comic strip that appeared in Lion comic i...

Reed Waller (born 3 August 1949; USA)Reed Waller is an American comic book artist best known for his work on Omaha the Cat Dancer, together with Kate ...

William Dudley Burnett Ward Jr. (1879 - 1935; born in Graveley Bank, Staffordshire, England)Dudley Ward was an English-Canadian illustrator, cartoonis...

Richard Ward (1916 - 1993)Richard Ward mostly painted in watercolour, his subjects included windmills, steam locomotives, kachina dolls, wildlife and ...

William Albert Ward (5 February 1889 - ?1958; fl. 1930s - 1950s; born Clerkenwell, London, UK)William Ward was a British animator and comic book artis...

Franklin Christenson Ware (born 28 December 1967; Omaha, Nebraska, USA)Chris Ware is an American comic book artist and cartoonist, notable for his Acm...

Dudley Dexter Watkins (27 February 1907 - 20 August 1969; born Prestwich, Lancashire, England)Dudley Watkins was an English cartoonist and illustrator...

Charles Clixby Watson (1906 - 1964; Brixton, London, UK)Born in Brixton, London, Charles Clixby Watson (often known as Clixby Watson) studied art at S...

Donald Watson (28 June 1918 - 7 November 2005; born Cranleigh, Surrey, UK)Donald Watson is well known for his lovely bird studies.Donald Watson was bo...

James Watson (21 July 1932 - 6 December 2017; Cellardyke, Fife, Scotland, UK)British comic artist Jim Watson began working for advertising agencies in...

John Watson (born 1970s; Blackpool, England)John Watson was born in the 1970s in Blackpool, England. He is one of the few remaining comic book artists...

Keith Watson (1 February 1935 – 9 April 1994; Ormesby, Yorkshire, UK)Keith Watson was a British comics artist most famous for his work on Dan Dare and...

Robert Barnard Way (16 July 1890 - 18 September 1958; London, UK)R. Barnard Way's work spanned more than forty years and ranged from illustrating chil...

Tony Weare (1 January 1912 - 2 December 1994; Wincanton, Somerset, UK)Tony Weare was a British comics artist best known for drawing Matt Marriott, a d...

Victor Weisz (25 April 1913 - 23 February 1966; born Berlin, Germany)Victor Weisz was a German-British political cartoonist, drawing under the name of...

Michael Welply (born 1948; London, UK)Michael Welply was born in London in 1948 and moved to Winnipeg, Canada in 1950.Having studied art first in Winn...

Claire Wendling (born 6 December 1967; Montpellier, France)Claire Wendling is a French artist whose graphic novels, illustrations and prints have prov...

Mike Western (4 February 1925 - 13 May 2008; born Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK)Mike Western was a British comics artist. He had no formal art ...

Dorothy Muriel Wheeler (1891 - 1966; born Plumstead, Kent, UK)Dorothy M. Wheeler was an English illustrator. She studied at the Blackheath School of A...

Hugh Brian White (4 April 1902 - November 1984; Luton, UK)Brian White was a British artist and film animator, working with Sid Griffiths, the Welsh an...

Doris E White (born c. 1908, active 1950s to 1970s)Doris White was a significant comic book writer and illustrator for Sooty, Pinky and Perky and Toby...

Fred WhiteFred White drew a number of Gulliver Guinea-Pig strips in Playhour, along with fellow star artists Gordon Hutchings, Philip Mendoza, Ron Emb...

Michael White (flourished 1960s-2000s; died February 2012)Mike White had a career in comics that lasted almost forty years. Interested in drawing comi...

George Whitelaw (22 June 1887 - 19 September 1957; Kirkintilloch, Scotland)George Whitelaw, the son of Dr. William Whitelaw, Medical Officer of Health...

Ogden Whitney (1 May 1919 - 13 August 1975; Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA)Ogden Whitney was a comic artist from the Golden Age of American comics. His...

Geoffrey William Whittam (16 December 1916 - 1983; Woolston, Southampton, UK)Geoffrey Whittam was a British artist, painter, illustrator, and writer, ...

Michael Whittlesea (born 6 June 1938; London, UK)Born in London on 6 June 1938, Michael Whittlesea was educated at Harrow School of art before beginni...

Henry Ross Wiggs (28 December 1895 - 16 March 1986; Québec City, Canada)Henry Ross Wiggs was a Canadian artist who was born in Québec City, Canada. Wi...

Kent Robert Williams (born 1962; New Bern, North Carolina, USA)Kent Williams is an American painter and graphic novel artist. Born in North Carolina, ...

Matthew Williams; UKMatthew Williams lives and works in the UK, and has been a practicing illustrator since leaving Falmouth College Of Arts in 1995.D...

Peter George Williams (born 27 January 1937; Liverpool, UK)Pete Williams is one of a seemingly thriving group of cartoonists from Merseyside who have ...

Robert L Williams (born 2 March 1943; Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA)Robert Williams is recognized as a fine artist, despite the terminology he and othe...

Alfonso Williamson (21 March 1931 - 12 June 2010; born Manhattan, New York, USA)Al Williamson was an American cartoonist, comic book artist and illust...

Alan Willow (flourished 1960s - 1970s)Alan Willow was a British comics artist and illustrator known primarily for his work on UK comic magazines such ...

Andrew J Wilson (flourished 1960s - 1970s)Andrew J. Wilson is a British comic book artist, whose work has mainly appeared in Fleetway's weekly comics ...

Colin Wilson (born 31 October 1949; Christchurch, New Zealand & UK)Although primarily known in the UK as a 2000AD artist, it would be fair to say that...

Gahan Wilson (born 18 February 1930 - 21 November 2019; Evanston, USA)Gahan Wilson was an American cartoonist, best known for his work in Playboy and ...

Maurice Charles John Wilson (15 March 1914 - November 1987; London, UK)Born in London on 15 March 1914, Maurice Wilson was best known as a wildlife ar...

Steve Clay Wilson (25 July 1941 - 7 February 2021; Lincoln, Nebraska, USA)S. Clay Wilson was an American underground cartoonist and central figure in ...

Bruce Carrington Windo (20 March 1920 - 2006; Kent, UK)Bruce Windo was born in Kent on 20 March 1920, his birth registered in Strood, although he was ...

Gerry Wood (1938 - May 2025; UK)Although his name is recognised amongst British comic fans, little is known about British artist Gerry Wood. He is pro...

Kenneth J Wood (1936 - 1992)Kenneth J. Wood was a popular nature artist who was especially know for his detailed paintings of birds.Little seems to ha...

Clarence Lawson Wood (23 August 1878 - 26 October 1957)Lawson Wood, sometimes Clarence Lawson Wood, was an English painter, illustrator and designer k...