Famous Comic Book Creators

Kevin Smith was born August 2, 1970, in Red Bank, New Jersey. He is an acclaimed American filmmaker, actor, comedian, public speaker, comic book writer, author, and podcaster. Smith gained fame with his low-budget independent film Clerks, which he directed, co-produced, and acted in. The film achieved major success and critical acclaim, introducing Smith to mainstream cinema. Clerks showed Smith's ability to create relatable characters using pop culture humor. Other notable films include Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, and Jay and Sil.

Stan Lee was born Stanley Martin Lieber on December 28, 1922. He became an iconic writer, editor, and producer who changed the comic book industry with his storytelling. Lee co-created Marvel Comics' most famous superheroes. He transformed comic books from a niche product into a major entertainment industry part. Born in New York City, Lee started his career at Timely Comics, which later became Marvel Comics. Stan Lee created many superhero characters, including Spider-Man and the X-Men.

Joss Whedon was a third-generation television writer. He followed his relatives' footsteps successfully. His success as a series creator, producer, screenwriter, and feature film director impressed even his family. Whedon started writing for the sitcom "Roseanne" (ABC, 1988-1997) and served as a script doctor on many studio films. He later created the cult hit "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (The WB, 1997-2001; UPN, 2001-03), which developed from a campy horror comedy he had written earlier.

Actor Thomas Jane starred in his first movie at age 17. He spent several years struggling to succeed in Hollywood. After small roles in films like "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1992) and "The Crow: City of Angels" (1996), Jane had a breakout performance in Paul Thomas Anderson's "Boogie Nights" (1997). Though he appeared only briefly, the actor was memorable enough for audiences to notice him. He became a prominent face in high-profile features like "Deep Blue Sea" (1998) and "Under Suspicion" (2000).

Charlie Brooker was a British television writer and producer. He is best known for creating the science-fiction anthology series "Black Mirror" (Channel 4/Netflix, 2011-). Born and raised in England, Brooker developed a creative side early. He began writing and drawing comics as a boy. By the late 1980s, he worked as a cartoonist for the British comic book magazine Oink!. Brooker attended the University of Westminster, where he studied Media Studies.

Frank Miller is one of the greatest comic book innovators, especially for his revisionist take on popular characters. As a hard-boiled writer and artist, Miller made his presence known in Hollywood. He gained acclaim by reviving Daredevil for Marvel Comics and creating his own samurai-themed work, Ronin (1983). Miller achieved comic book superstardom through his groundbreaking, post-modern spin on Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (1986). Hollywood then sought him out, leading Miller to write the scripts for "RoboCop 2".

Lana Wachowski is one half of The Wachowskis. She and her sister Lilly were the creative minds behind the "Matrix" trilogy, a highly imaginative and influential film series in Hollywood history. The "Matrix" films mixed martial arts action with literary and cinematic references and various world religious and philosophical ideas. This resulted in a popular trio of films that redefined the action genre and CGI effects for moviegoers.

Richard Donner was a former off-Broadway actor. He began directing commercials and industrial films in the late 1950s. Donner became one of the top directors in the 1970s and 1980s before his career slowed. He directed many episodes for shows like "The Twilight Zone" (CBS, 1959-1964), "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." (NBC, 1964-68), and "Kojak" (CBS, 1973-78). Donner achieved critical success with his horror movie, "The Omen" (1976), which is widely considered the best of its kind. He followed this with the epic "Superman: The Movie" (1978).

Jack Thomas Chick lived from April 13, 1924, to October 23, 2016. He was an American cartoonist and publisher, famous for his evangelical fundamentalist Christian "Chick tracts." Chick used sequential art morality plays to express his views. Many of Chick's ideas caused controversy. He accused Roman Catholics, Freemasons, Muslims, and other groups of murder and conspiracies. Robert Ito described Chick's comics as "equal parts hate literature and fire-and-brimstone sermonizing". Chick spread these views mostly through his tracts.

Edgar John Bergen was an American actor, comedian, and radio performer. He is best known for his ventriloquism and his characters Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd. He was also the father of actress Candice Bergen.

The younger half of the writing-directing-producing team known as The Wachowskis, Lilly Wachowski emerged alongside older sister Lana from the comic book world to direct "The Matrix" (1999), one of the most successful and influential film franchises of all time. Prior to "The Matrix," Wachowski entered Hollywood by way of co-writing "Assassins" (1995) for Richard Donner before co-directing the steamy neo-noir "Bound" (1995). That film paved the way for "The Matrix," which blended religion, philosophy, martial arts and science fiction into a highly popular film that had a considerable effect on

Nelson Alexander Ross (born January 22, 1970) is an American comic book writer/artist known primarily for his painted interiors, covers, and design work. He first became known with the 1994 miniseries Marvels, on which he collaborated with writer Kurt Busiek for Marvel Comics. He has since done a variety of projects for both Marvel and DC Comics, such as the 1996 miniseries Kingdom Come, which Ross co-wrote. Since then he has done covers and character designs for Busiek's series Astro City, and various projects for Dynamite Entertainment. His feature film work includes concept and narrative ar

Anant Pai (17 September 1929 – 24 February 2011), popularly known as Uncle Pai, was an Indian educationalist and a pioneer in Indian comics. He is most famous as the creator of two comic book series viz. Amar Chitra Katha, which retold traditional Indian folk tales, mythological stories, and biographies of historical characters; and Tinkle, a children's anthology.

Gosho Aoyama (青山 剛昌, Aoyama Gōshō, born June 21, 1963) is a Japanese manga artist best known as the creator of the manga series Detective Conan (known in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom as Case Closed). As of 2017, his various manga series have a combined 200 million copies in print worldwide.

Aurelio Voltaire Hernández (born January 25, 1967), professionally known as Aurelio Voltaire or by the mononym Voltaire, is a Cuban-born American singer, songwriter, and musician. His professional name is his given middle name. Voltaire is also an experienced animator and comic artist, and is a professor at the School of Visual Arts in New York City.

Douglas S. Wildey (May 2, 1922 – October 5, 1994) was a cartoonist and comic book artist best known for creating a 1964 animated television series, Jonny Quest, for Hanna-Barbera Productions.

Cliff Chiang is an American comic book artist. Formerly an assistant editor at DC Comics, he is now an illustrator, known for his work on Human Target, Beware the Creeper and Crisis Aftermath: The Spectre, Green Arrow/Black Canary, Wonder Woman and Paper Girls.

Jhonen C. Vasquez (/'d͡ʒoʊ.nɛn 'væs.kɛz/) (born September 1, 1974) is an American comic book writer, cartoonist, and music video director. He is best known for creating the comic book Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, its spin-off comics Squee! and I Feel Sick, and the Nickelodeon animated series Invader Zim.

Daniel Knauf, sometimes credited under the pseudonyms Wilfred Schmidt and Chris Neal, is an American television screenwriter and producer, as well as comic book writer, best known for his creation of the 2003 HBO series Carnivàle.

Robert Christopher Schrab (born November 12, 1969) is an American comic book creator, actor, comedian, writer, and film and television producer. He is the creator of the comic book Scud: The Disposable Assassin, co-writer of the feature film Monster House, co-creator of the competitive film festival Channel 101, and the co-creator of Comedy Central's The Sarah Silverman Program. He is a graduate of the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. He has directed three seasons of The Sarah Silverman Program and episodes of Childrens Hospital, Blue Mountain State, Community, Parks and Recreation, The

Christopher S. Claremont (; born November 25, 1950) is a British-born American comic book writer and novelist, known for his 1975–1991 stint on Uncanny X-Men, far longer than that of any other writer, during which he is credited with developing strong female characters as well as introducing complex literary themes into superhero narratives, turning the once underachieving comic into one of Marvel's most popular series.During his tenure at Marvel, Claremont co-created numerous X-Men characters, such as Rogue, Psylocke, Kitty Pryde, Phoenix, The Brood, Lockheed, Shi'ar, Shi'ar Imperial Guard, M

David Kirk (born in Ohio, 1955) is the creator of the Miss Spider series of children's books published by Scholastic.The Miss Spider books have been adapted to a children's television show called Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends. David created several toy companies, Ovicular Toyworks, Hoobert Toys, and the Sunny Patch line of toys, marketed by Target stores from 2003 to 2010, and thereafter by Melissa and Doug toys.

Though he may come from a prominent family of authors, with his father Stephen King standing out as the most prominent member of the brood, writer Joe Hill entered the world of fiction determined to succeed on his own merits. Seeking to avoid both the favoritism and criticism that he may attract based on his family name, Hill created his pen name in part based on a shortened version of his given name, Joseph Hillstrom King, and partly as an homage to famous labor rights activist Joe Hill, for whom the writer was named. After attending Vassar College to attain a degree in English, Hill started

Dave McKean is an English writer, director, and producer who is known for writing "Luna," and "Mirrormask."

Maurilio Manara (; born September 12, 1945), known professionally as Milo Manara, is an Italian comic book writer and artist.

Miguelanxo Prado (Galician pronunciation: [miɣeˈlanʃʊ ˈpɾaðʊ]) is a Galician comic book creator. He was born in A Coruña, Spain in 1958.

Marjorie M. Liu (born 1979) is an American New York Times best-selling author and comic book writer. She is acclaimed for her horror fantasy comic Monstress which is an international favorite and of great critical acclaim. Her paranormal romance and urban fantasy novels include most notable The Hunter Kiss and Tiger Eye series. Her work for Marvel Comics include NYX, X-23, Dark Wolverine, and Astonishing X-Men. In 2015 Image Comics debuted her creator-owned series Monstress, for which she was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best New Series. In 2017 she won a Hugo Award for the first trade pa

Mitsuteru Yokoyama (横山 光輝, Yokoyama Mitsuteru, June 18, 1934 – April 15, 2004) was a Japanese manga artist born in Suma Ward of Kobe City in Hyōgo Prefecture. His personal name was originally spelled Mitsuteru (光照), with the same pronunciation. His works include Tetsujin 28-go, Giant Robo, Akakage, Babel II, Sally the Witch, Princess Comet, and adaptations of the Chinese classics Water Margin and Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Chester William David Brown (born 16 May 1960) is a Canadian cartoonist. Brown has gone through several stylistic and thematic periods. He gained notice in alternative comics circles in the 1980s for the surreal, scatological Ed the Happy Clown serial. After bringing Ed to an abrupt end, he delved into confessional autobiographical comics in the early 1990s and was strongly associated with fellow Toronto-based cartoonists Seth and Joe Matt, and the contemporary autobiographical comics trend. Two graphic novels came from this period: The Playboy (1992) and I Never Liked You (1994). Surprise mai

Lee Kohse was born on 20 March 1974. He is an American portrait artist known for his work in the entertainment industry. Kohse worked as an artist for Lucasfilm on Star Wars projects and streamed content as a Partnered Creative Twitch.tv Streamer. He also worked as a comic book writer and artist.

Chandra Free (born December 25, 1981) is an American illustrator and creator/writer of the comic book The God Machine, published by Archaia Entertainment. Her work in comics includes Mice Templar, Graphic Canon vol 3 and vol 4 , Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock volume 2 for Archaia Entertainment, Sullengrey and the illustrated novel, Conspiracy of the Planet of the Apes. She has done non-comics work as well: storyboards for 321 Launch, cinematic storyboards for the movie The Monkey King, and character designs for an animated pilot HG Chicken and the Chronological Order for Project Meatball.

Tony DeZuniga (November 8, 1932 – May 11, 2012) was a Filipino comics artist and illustrator best known for his works for DC Comics. He co-created the fictional characters Jonah Hex and Black Orchid. DeZuniga was the first Filipino comic book artist whose work was accepted by American publishers, paving the way for many other Filipino artists to enter the international comic book industry.

Geoff Johns is an American producer, writer, and director who is known for producing "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" and "Suicide Squad." Johns was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in 2011 for "Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III."

Lawrence D. Lieber (; born October 26, 1931) is an American comic book artist and writer best known as co-creator of the Marvel Comics superheroes Iron Man, Thor, and Ant-Man; for his long stint both writing and drawing the Marvel Western Rawhide Kid; and for illustrating the newspaper comic strip The Amazing Spider-Man from 1986 to September 2018. From 1974 to 1975, he was editor of Atlas/Seaboard Comics. Lieber is the younger brother of Marvel Comics' writer, editor, and publisher Stan Lee.

Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson (January 7, 1890 – 1965) was an American pulp magazine writer and entrepreneur who pioneered the American comic book, publishing the first such periodical consisting solely of original material rather than reprints of newspaper comic strips. Long after his departure from the comic book company he founded, Wheeler-Nicholson's National Allied Publications would evolve into DC Comics, one of the U.S.'s two largest comic book publishers along with rival Marvel Comics. He was a 2008 Judges' Choice inductee into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame.

Usamaru Furuya (古屋 兎丸, Furuya Usamaru, born January 25, 1968 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist. He graduated from Tama Art University, where he majored in oil painting and developed an interest in sculpting and Butoh dance.

Percy Carey (born 11 June 1970), also known by the stage names MF Grimm, Grimm Reaper, GM Grimm and originally Build and Destroy, is an American underground rapper, music producer, CEO, and Eisner Award-nominated comic book writer from New York City. Grimm has released five solo albums, five collaborative albums and two compilation albums.

Ola Fogelberg was a comic book creator and comics artist.

Gardner Francis Cooper Fox (May 20, 1911 – December 24, 1986) was an American writer known best for creating numerous comic book characters for DC Comics. Comic book historians estimate that he wrote more than 4,000 comics stories, including 1,500 for DC Comics. Fox was also a science fiction author and wrote many novels and short stories. Fox is known as the co-creator of DC Comics heroes the Flash, Hawkman, Doctor Fate, Zatanna and the original Sandman, and was the writer who first teamed those and other heroes as the Justice Society of America and later recreated the team as the Justice Lea

Anthony Louis "Tony" DiPreta (July 9, 1921 – June 2, 2010) was an American comic book and comic strip artist active from the 1940s Golden Age of comic books. He was the longtime successor artist of the comic strip Joe Palooka (1959–84) and drew the Rex Morgan, M.D. daily strip from 1983 until DiPreta's retirement in 2000.

Kaare Andrews is a comic book writer, artist and filmmaker from Saskatoon, Canada. His work includes Spider-Man, Iron Fist, Renato Jones, and Incredible Hulk. Andrews has a diverse drawing style, which ranges from hyper realistic to more cartoonesque. He was the first recipient of the Shuster Award for Outstanding Artist for his work on Spider-Man: Doctor Octopus.

Jesse Blaze Snider (born September 19, 1982) is an American comic book writer, voice-over actor, TV/radio host, and rock musician. He is the eldest son of Twisted Sister frontman and vocalist Dee Snider.

Bryan Lee Johnson (born December 7, 1967) is an American comic book writer, podcaster, actor and television personality associated with filmmaker Kevin Smith and the View Askewniverse. He is best known by his local fame in New Jersey and appearances in Smith's New Jersey films as comic book store owner Steve-Dave Pulasti. He was also the basis for the Clerks character Randal Graves. Through his friendship with Smith, he was often involved in his productions until Smith moved to Los Angeles. He wrote and directed one film, Vulgar (2000), for View Askew. He worked briefly at the Los Angeles bran

Ralf König (born 8 August 1960) is one of the best known and most commercially successful German comic book creators. His books have been translated into many languages. He has resided in Soest, Dortmund and Berlin and now lives in Cologne.

Fujiko Fujio (藤子 不二雄, Fujiko Fujio) was a pen name of a manga writing duo formed by two Japanese manga artists. Their real names are Hiroshi Fujimoto (藤本 弘, Fujimoto Hiroshi, 1933–96) and Motoo Abiko (安孫子 素雄, Abiko Motoo, 1934–). They formed their partnership in 1951, and used the Fujiko Fujio name from 1954 until dissolution of the partnership in 1987. From the outset they adopted a collaborative style where both worked simultaneously on the story and artwork, but as they diverged creatively they started releasing individual works under different names, Abiko as Fujiko A. Fujio (藤子不二雄Ⓐ, Fujik

Dexter Vines is an American comic book artist and inker, known for his collaborations with pencilers such as Steve McNiven and Ed McGuiness, the latter of whom he is credited with as "eDex" team.

William W. "Bill" White, Jr. (July 15, 1961 – October 27, 2012) was an American animator, and a comic book writer, penciller, and inker.White studied animation under former Disney animator Milt Neil at The Kubert School. He contributed artwork and stories to many comic book publishers, including DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Archie Comics, Harvey Comics, Spotlight Comics, and Walt Disney Publishing. He illustrated the adventures of many famous characters including Donald Duck, Roger Rabbit, The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Scooby-Doo, Richie Rich, Casper the Friendly Ghost, and others. He also had a

Zachary Adam "Zack" Whedon (born August 14, 1979) is an American screenwriter, film director, and comic book writer.

Allan "Al" Hubbard (May 26, 1913 - May 1984) was an American animator and comic book writer. He is best known for his work on the Donald Duck stories, and was the cocreator (with Dick Kinney) of the character Fethry Duck Al

Michael Dalton Allred is an American comic book artist and writer most famous for his independent comics creation, Madman. His style is often compared to pop art, as well as commercial and comic art of the 1950s and 1960s.