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Iconic Newspaper Cartoonists

Name: Iconic Newspaper Cartoonists
Creator: Community curated

Schulz, Watterson, Larson, Trudeau — who is the true comic-strip legend?

Iconic Newspaper Cartoonists is a structured people dataset with 20 entries. Its fields include Cartoonist, Years, Signature Strip. The source values are preserved as a structured reference table.

Every row is shown below and is also available as CSV, JSON, or Excel.

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Source:Community curated

Updated:4/9/2026

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Dataset details

Table scope: All 20 rows
Fields: 5 columns
Source: Community curated
Data updated: Apr 9, 2026

Included fields: Cartoonist, Years, Signature Strip, Strip Ran, Known For.

The table contains every record in this dataset; the same records are available in each download format.

Preview observations

Years span: 1869 to 1974; Across 20 preview rows

Useful for

Comparing Cartoonist, Years, and Signature Strip across people entries
Building reference tables, charts, or analyses from 20 downloadable records

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Cartoonist↕	Years↕	Signature Strip↕	Strip Ran↕	Known For↕
Charles M. Schulz	1922-2000	Peanuts	1950-2000	Drew every Peanuts strip himself (17,897 strips), Snoopy, Charlie Brown, Christmas special
Bill Watterson	1958-	Calvin and Hobbes	1985-1995	Quit at peak, refused merchandising, Sunday full-page art, philosophical depth for kids
Gary Larson	1950-	The Far Side	1980-1995	Single-panel absurdist humor, cows, scientists, retired early, website revival 2020
Garry Trudeau	1948-	Doonesbury	1970-present	First comic strip to win Pulitzer for Editorial Cartooning, political satire, Yale origins
Jim Davis	1945-	Garfield	1978-present	Lazy lasagna-loving cat, massive merchandising empire, Paws Inc studio
Walt Kelly	1913-1973	Pogo	1948-1975	Okefenokee Swamp animals, political satire, We have met the enemy and he is us
George Herriman	1880-1944	Krazy Kat	1913-1944	Surreal love triangle of cat-mouse-dog, modernist masterpiece, e.e. cummings fan
Winsor McCay	1869-1934	Little Nemo in Slumberland	1905-1914	Art Nouveau dream sequences, pioneering animator, Gertie the Dinosaur
Milton Caniff	1907-1988	Terry and the Pirates / Steve Canyon	1934-1988	Cinematic action comic, wartime propaganda, chiaroscuro brushwork, adventure genre king
Al Capp	1909-1979	Li'l Abner	1934-1977	Dogpatch satire, Sadie Hawkins Day, shmoos, political satire with hillbilly humor
Chic Young	1901-1973	Blondie	1930-present	Dagwood sandwich, longest-running domestic comedy, passed to son after death
Mort Walker	1923-2018	Beetle Bailey	1950-present	Army life satire, Hi and Lois co-creator, drew strip until 94
Cathy Guisewite	1950-	Cathy	1976-2010	Working woman humor, Ack!, four basic guilts (food, love, mother, career)
Berkeley Breathed	1957-	Bloom County	1980-1989 / 2015-present	Opus the penguin, Bill the Cat, Pulitzer 1987, Facebook revival
Scott Adams	1957-	Dilbert	1989-2023	Cubicle office satire, pointy-haired boss, dropped by syndicates in 2023 over comments
Lynn Johnston	1947-	For Better or For Worse	1979-2008	Canadian family strip, real-time aging characters, first woman Reuben Award winner
Aaron McGruder	1974-	The Boondocks	1996-2006	Black political satire, Huey and Riley Freeman, Adult Swim animated series
Patrick McDonnell	1956-	Mutts	1994-present	Gentle Schulz-inspired animal strip, animal welfare advocacy, Caldecott Honor books
Richard Thompson	1957-2016	Cul de Sac	2004-2012	Watterson-praised kid humor, Parkinson's forced retirement, Reuben Award winner
Stephan Pastis	1968-	Pearls Before Swine	2002-present	Dark absurdist humor, Rat and Pig, groan-worthy puns, lawyer turned cartoonist