Journalist, writer, cartoonist, set designer Avelli Artis-Gener started journalism in 1928, at the age of 16. He devoted himself to creating cartoons, which he handed under the door of the editorial office of the weekly “Papitu”, which began to publish them. A year later, using the same method, he began to write articles that were […]

Painter, cartoonist, illustrator, graphic designer, photographer Karl Maximilian Arnold, born into the family of Bavarian entrepreneur and politician Max Oskar Arnold, was the fourth of nine children. After receiving secondary education, he studies drawing and modeling at an industrial and craft school in his hometown. In the autumn of 1901, he came to Munich and […]

Cartoonist Curtis Arnoux Peters Jr. (known professionally as Peter Arnault). He published cartoons and 101 covers for The New Yorker from 1925, the first year of the magazine’s existence, until 1968, the year of his death. In 2015, a New Yorker employee, Roger Angell, called him “the magazine’s first genius.” Arnaud was born on January […]

Cartoonist, comic artist, animator Oscar Emil “O.A.” Andersson ― started working as a teenager at the Royal Mint. When he realized that his passion was connected with drawing, he entered a Technology school and graduated with honors. However, he was not interested in the design. His teacher, Caleb Altin, encouraged him to take up caricature. […]

1854 – 1932 Painter, cartoonist, illustrator Martin Anderson was born in Leuchars, Fife, in 1854. After his mother, Margaret Martin, separated from his father, she moved with her children to Cambuslang, Glasgow. Anderson studied at Glasgow School of Art under Robert Greenlees, in Ingram Street Glasgow. On leaving he worked as a designer at a […]

Cartoonist, writer, illustrator Francesco Tullio-Altan studied architecture in Venice, but his professional life changed when his daughter Kika was born.  When Kika was three years old, he started writing short stories, and has not stopped since. In addition to children’s books, he writes and draws an animated story for adults and is a well-known Italian […]

Cartoonist, comic artist He has been doing cartoons since he was a student at Brocton Central High School (Brocton, New York), from which he graduated in 1943. After completing his studies, he served in the US Army until 1946, during which time he continued to paint. Initially aspiring to become an industrial designer, he enrolled […]

1870 – 1930 Cartoonist T.S. Allen was an American cartoonist born in Fayette County, Kentucky, around 1870. He attended the James Kane Allen’s school and graduated in classical languages from the Transylvania University in Lexington. In the 1890s, he moved to New York to work as a clerc in his father’s law office. Around same […]

Cartoonist, illustrator, comics artist, editor Alho’s most famous cartoon was Kieku ja Kaiku, which he drew until his death in Cotiliete. The Kieku ja Kaiku comic began appearing in 1931, starting with a trial issue in Oma Koti magazine. The events took place on the farm of two cockerels, where the Pig later moved to […]

Cartoonist, animator, illustrator Born on April 18, 1901 in the Russian Empire, he lived and worked mainly in Paris. He and his second wife, Claire Parker (1906-1981), are credited with inventing an animation technique called pin-screen. Alekseev was born in Kazan. He spent his early childhood in Istanbul, where his father, Alexey Alekseev, was a […]