A cartoonist is a person who specializes in drawing cartoons. Traditionally much of this work was, and still is, humorous, and is intended primarily for entertainment purposes. Many traditional print cartoons are of the single-panel variety, and are published in print media of various kinds, for example, in magazines such as The New Yorker and Punch.
The term "cartoonist" is also applied to those who create more serious editorial or political car...
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A cartoonist is a person who specializes in drawing cartoons. Traditionally much of this work was, and still is, humorous, and is intended primarily for entertainment purposes. Many traditional print cartoons are of the single-panel variety, and are published in print media of various kinds, for example, in magazines such as The New Yorker and Punch.
The term "cartoonist" is also applied to those who create more serious editorial or political cartoons, as well as those who create comic strips, comic books and graphic novels. Sometimes the term "graphic novelist" is used for cartoonists who produce long works.
The word is sometimes used for those who create animated cartoons including anime, although a person who designs the visual part of animated cartoons is perhaps more commonly referred to as an animator.
A cartoonist traditionally sketches his work out roughly in pencil first, before going over the sketches in black ink, using either a brush or a metal nibbed pen. Cartoonists...
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