When I graduated, I sort of went from school to being a cartoonist, and I couldn't draw. — Ryan North Copy Share Image
The name 'Chuck Jones', according to my uncle, limited my choice of profession to second baseman or cartoonist. — Chuck Jones Copy Share Image
'Cartoonists' dirty secret is that we tend to come up with stories that involve things that are really fun to draw. — Frank Miller Copy Share Image
As a kid, I knew I wanted to be either a cartoonist or an astronaut. The latter was never much of a… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
I see the cartoonist as contributing to the content, being critical, because we do poke holes in some of the dialogue and… — Jonathan Shapiro Copy Share Image
I was unable to sleep and I would stay up and draw these little cartoons. Then a friend showed them around. Before… — Lynda Barry Copy Share Image
My transition from wanting to be a cartoonist to wanting to be a writer may have come about through that friendly opposition,… — John Updike Copy Share Image
I hope some historian will confirm that I was the first cartoonist to use the word 'booger' in a newspaper comic strip. — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
The man who offers an insult writes it in sand, but for the man who receives it, it's chiseled in bronze. — Giovannino Guareschi Copy Share Image
Perspective was always important. There are some cartoonists who can stand at the foot of a building looking straight up and they'll… — Gary Larson Copy Share Image
I've always defined myself not as a cartoonist , but as an entrepreneur. That was true before I tried cartooning. I always… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
In college, I was a cartoonist at 'The Daily Northwestern.' So I draw myself. I was an animator. But basically, I went… — John Musker Copy Share Image
Being a naive 20-something I didn't think that I could just go to the screen cartoonist's union, that I was a member… — Mike Royer Copy Share Image
It was actually an Israeli cartoonist, Nurit Karlin, who made me think that I could draw for 'The New Yorker.' I saw… — Liza Donnelly Copy Share Image
A comic is a way of literally experiencing someone else's vision with a purity that I don't think any other medium offers;… — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
Too often cartoonists just look at other cartoonists and, after a lot of inbreeding, everyone has the same funny look. The challenge… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
Traces of nobility, gentleness and courage persist in all people, do what we will to stamp out the trend. So, too, do… — Walt Kelly Copy Share Image
Today, although as a whole, the industry is still male-dominated, more women are drawing comics than ever before, and there are more… — Trina Robbins Copy Share Image
I have no sense of direction; I never know where I am. When I back up a car, I'm more likely to… — Jules Feiffer Copy Share Image
I wanted to do the comic strip. I tried to get it syndicated, and I sent some examples to a syndication company,… — Brian Regan Copy Share Image
To paraphrase president Kennedy's inaugural, the torch has been passed to a new generation of cartoonists and they are doing really interesting… — Robert Mankoff Copy Share Image
I'm not electronically geared at all; I'm really a 19th century cartoonist. I have a 15-year-old daughter, and what she's attracted to… — Jules Feiffer Copy Share Image
Our visual cortexes are wired to quickly recognize faces and then quickly subtract massive amounts of detail from them, zeroing in on… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
When I am working a book, I go through my library and take a look through some of the great cartoonists of… — Jules Feiffer Copy Share Image
I quit comics because I got completely sick of it. I was drawing comics all the time and didn't have the time… — Julie Doucet Copy Share Image
I'd like to see cartoonists measuring their work by higher standards than how many papers their strips are in and how much… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
In my journey as a cartoonist, I seem to have accidentally stumbled into all sorts of traps, damnations and blacklists. — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
One of the perks of being a 'New Yorker' cartoonist is that you get to hang around with interesting people. My fellow… — Liza Donnelly Copy Share Image
I became a cartoonist because I'd sort of failed at everything else, really. I mean, it was by default. — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
There is a relationship between cartooning and people like Mir? and Picasso which may not be understood by the cartoonist, but it… — Roy Lichtenstein Copy Share Image
I write separately from the inking up. I'm sure this varies from cartoonist to cartoonist; I find that the writing is the… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
In many ways, my entire graphic novel career was a long diversion. Originally, all I wanted to do was to be an… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
Cartoonist was the weirdest name I finally let myself have. I would never say it. When I heard it I silently thought,… — Lynda Barry Copy Share Image
So many cartoonists draw the same year after year. When they find a style, they stick with it. They don't mess with… — Pat Oliphant Copy Share Image
The best thing about being a cartoonist is to walk into a bar or someone's apartment and they don't know you, but… — Ted Rall Copy Share Image
Cartoonist Walt Disney has made the twentieth century's only important contribution to music. Disney has made use of music as language. — Jerome Kern Copy Share Image
Cartooning at its best is a fine art. I'm a cartoonist who works in the medium of animation, which also allows me… — Ralph Bakshi Copy Share Image
I think it's best to know about lots of different things besides comics. I don't think you can become a cartoonist if… — Akira Toriyama Copy Share Image
As a fan, I'm distraught, but as a cartoonist looking at new vacant spaces in 2400 newspapers, well, behind me, my cats… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
