Naked Cartoonists

Charles Monroe "Sparky" Schulz (November 26, 1922 – February 12, 2000) was an American cartoonist and creator of the comic strip Peanuts (which featured the characters Charlie Brown and Snoopy, among many others). He is widely regarded as one of the most influential cartoonists of all time, cited by cartoonists including Jim Davis, Bill Watterson, Matt Groening, and Dav Pilkey. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on November 26, 1922, Schulz was the only child of Dena and Carl Schulz. From bir...

Frank Stack is an artist and writer with a wide range, from the humor of Foolbert Funnies to the macabre in Forgotten Horrors Vol. 9. He's also known for his art collections like Naked Glory and his literary work, Pope and Horace.

Gary Groth is a co-founder of Fantagraphics Books and a central figure in the world of alternative comics. He edited The Best Comics of the Decade and has spent his career publishing and critiquing graphic literature. His work focuses on the history and artistic development of the comic medium.

American comic artist and comics historian

Will Eisner (1917–2005) was an American cartoonist and writer regarded as one of the pioneers of American comic book art and a driving force behind the graphic novel format. He created the newspaper insert series The Spirit (1940–1952), a crime drama noted for its film-noir influenced style and unconventional visual storytelling, and later wrote A Contract with God, and Other Tenement Stories (1978), drawn from his own childhood in a New York tenement and widely credited with popularizing the te...