Awful Quote by Lynda Barry

What I regret most after becoming a cartoonist is having used my real name. At first, I figured there was no way I'd sell…

— Akira Toriyama

I hate ridiculous names; my weird name has haunted me all my life.

— Peaches Geldof

I've never met a cartoonist who isn't quirky or weird in some ways.

— Jules Feiffer

I didn't feel that my identity was caught up in being a cartoonist, and that if it stopped I'd stop.

— Gary Larson

When I was in first grade, everyone made fun of my name, of course. I think it's kind of a big name to hold…

— River Phoenix

I didn't always spell my name Bil. My parents named me Bill, but when I started drawing cartoons on the wall, they knocked the…

— Bil Keane

The best thing about being a cartoonist is to walk into a bar or someone's apartment and they don't know you, but they've taped…

— Ted Rall

It was a hard name having growing up as a child. Some kids would call me names like "Birbiglebug" and "Birbibliography" and "Faggot". Some…

— Mike Birbiglia

I think I became a gay comedian out of necessity, because what else am I gonna do with that name? And it has worked…

— Randy Rainbow

I never wanted to give up my given name. I'm proud of it, but the only problem was that no one remembered it. It…

— Warren Kole

“What I’ve noticed in a lot of other cartoonists is a sullen resentfulness about their lack of attention and tiny checking accounts. I vowed…

— Matt Groening

Sweetheart, I'm the biggest ripped-off cartoonist in the history of the world, and that's all I'm going to say.

— Ralph Bakshi