Biographies of Animated Characters and their Creators

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Animated Characters

• Fat Albert, animated character
• Ariel, animated character
• Batman, fictional superhero
• Betty Boop, animated character
• Charlie Brown, comic strip character
• Bugs Bunny, animated character
• Beavis & Butthead, cartoon characters
• Scooby Doo, animated character
• Pillsbury Doughboy, animated character, corporate icon
• Fred Flintstone, animated character
• Aeon Flux, animated character
• Michigan J. Frog, animated character
• Gorillaz, animated characters
• The Incredible Hulk, fictional superhero
• Jasmine, animated character
• Josie, animated character
• The Yellow Kid, comic strip character
• Hello Kitty, cartoon character
• Sailor Moon, animated character
• Mickey Mouse, animated character
• Alfred E. Neuman, cartoon character
• Olive Oyl, comic strip character
• The Pink Panther, animated character
• Pinocchio, fictional puppet
• Jonny Quest, animated character
• Jessica Rabbit, animated character
• The California Raisins, animated characters
• Popeye the Sailor, comic strip character
• Scrappy-Doo, animated character
• The Simpsons, animated characters
• Snoopy, comic strip character
• Spider-Man, fictional superhero
• SpongeBob SquarePants, animated character
• Brenda Starr, comic strip character
• Superman, fictional superhero
• Snow White, fictional character

Cartoonists and Animators

• Scott Adams, cartoonist
• Tex Avery, animator
• Joseph Barbera, animator, producer,
• Wilhelm Busch, German cartoonist, painter, and poet
• Milton Caniff, cartoonist
• Al Capp, cartoonist
• Jack Chick, cartoonist
• Daniel Clowes, cartoonist
• R. Crumb, cartoonist
• Walt Disney, animator, business personality
• Will Eisner, cartoonist, writer, illustrator
• Jules Feiffer, cartoonist and writer,
• Friz Freleng, animator
• Matt Groening, cartoonist, writer
• William Hanna, cartoonist
• Johnny Hart, cartoonist
• Helen Hokinson, cartoonist
• Lynn Johnston, cartoonist
• Chuck Jones, animator
• Jack Kamen, cartoonist
• Hank Ketcham, cartoonist
• Winsor McCay, animator, cartoonist
• Aaron McGruder, cartoonist
• Dale Messick, cartoonist
• Thomas Nast, cartoonist
• Willis O'Brien, animator
• Frederick Burr Opper, American cartoonist and illustrator
• R.F. Outcault, cartoonist, illustrator
• Robert L. Ripley, cartoonist, adventurer
• Charles Schulz, cartoonist
• Shel Silverstein, cartoonist, poet, songwriter
• Tom Toles, cartoonist
• Gary Trudeau, cartoonist
• Will Vinton, animator, filmmaker
• Bill Watterson, cartoonist