Cartoonists Quotes

Old cartoonists never retire, they just erase away.

— Mort Walker

All cartoonists are geniuses, but Arnold Roth is especially so.

— John Updike

Most cartoonists are failed actors.

— Milton Caniff

E.C. Segar, who created 'Thimble Theatre' and 'Popeye,' is one of my favorite cartoonists.

— Charles Forsman

I've always said that what cartoonists do is create friends for readers.

— Mort Walker

We need more cartoonists to truly retire when they retire, and not run repeats.

— Stephan Pastis

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

'Cartoonists' dirty secret is that we tend to come up with stories that involve things that are really fun to draw.

— Frank Miller

Let's not let cartoonists get involved in a war of any kind, except for a war against stupidity.

— Patrick Chappatte

Alternative cartoonists have to rely on comic book stores to get their stuff in the hands of readers.

— Jim Woodring

Cartoonists are untrained artists, while illustrators are more trained.

— John Kricfalusi

There may be this hidden, hate-filled community of online cartoonists, but if there are, I haven't found it yet. We're all generally…

— Ryan North

One of the perks of being a 'New Yorker' cartoonist is that you get to hang around with interesting people. My fellow…

— Liza Donnelly

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

There is too much illustrating of the news these days. I look at many editorial cartoons and I don't know what the…

— Paul Conrad

As for the cartoonists 'Oily' prints, they are just artists I admire. I am lucky to be friends with most of them…

— Charles Forsman

There are definitely times - and I think this is pretty common among cartoonists - where you spend an entire day trying…

— Randall Munroe

There has always been quite a strong black and white art tradition in Australia, with quite a large contingent of cartoonists, given…

— Pat Oliphant

I've said this before, but I think one of the reason so many of the cartoonists I know have become friends is…

— Ryan North

I'm, like, not overly into labels. I've been referred to that way, but I tend to think of political cartoonists as constantly…

— Barry Blitt

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

Many of the American cartoonists that want to have a job and go so much for the total right without thinking, sometimes…

— Sergio Aragones

I am not one to generalize, but cartoonists, as a group, exhibit a level of social sophistication generally associated with pie fights.…

— Dave Barry

Too often cartoonists just look at other cartoonists and, after a lot of inbreeding, everyone has the same funny look. The challenge…

— Bill Watterson

Religion and political cartoons, as you may have heard, make a difficult couple, ever since that day of 2005, when a bunch…

— Patrick Chappatte

I do worry that beginning cartoonists could feel somewhat strangled by the increasing critical seriousness comics has received of late and feel,…

— Chris Ware

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

I lose faith every time I have to start a new page, and this is no joke. I've occasionally been criticized over…

— Chris Ware

I always idealized the mainstream cartoonists and the packed schedule they worked under.

— Charles Forsman

There's a great myth about cartoonists, writers and people that are on TV.

— Shel Silverstein

When I was a kid, I desperately wanted more background information on especially cartoonists.

— Bryan Lee O'Malley

Well, there are better cartoonists now than there ever have been. I firmly believe that. There's some amazing work being done.

— Chris Ware

I was the founder of the 'Cartoon Bank' in the '90s. I was interested in finding ways for cartoonists to supplement their…

— Robert Mankoff

There's all kinds of theories among the cartoonists: start with funniest, end with funniest.

— Robert Mankoff

I thought how proud I am to be standing up beside my dad. Never did it occur to me that he would…

— George W. Bush

I'm a better editorial cartoonist by default because so many editorial cartoonists out there are so awful.

— Ted Rall

I'd love to see more equal representation of female and male cartoonists on the comics page.

— Cathy Guisewite

The digital realm give cartoons and cartoonists more possibilities for exposure.

— Robert Mankoff

All cartoonists are linked together in the world - it's our language, one we can communicate in.

— Liza Donnelly

If you just write the kinds of stories you think others will want to read, you'll be competing with cartoonists who are…

— Scott McCloud