Ms. Baxter's Art Research and Presentation Assignment

Selected Web Information Sources for Ms. Baxter's Cartoonist Research/Presentation Assignment
September/October 2006

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Movie Cartoonists
& Artists

Editorial Cartoonists
& Comic Strip Artists

Comic Book
Cartoonists & Artists

General Information Sites for Illustrator/Artist Research

FindArticles - News, Magazines, Reference

This is a search engine for magazine articles. You can use it to search for background information on your cartoonist/illustrator.
Illustrators in Artcyclopedia: The Fine Art Search Engine: This site lists the artists and links to examples of their work, and also links to articles and information about them and their creations. It is focused on the best of the best, so will not have many of the cartoonists/illustrators on Ms. Baxter's assignment list.

WittyWorld: International Who is Who in Cartooning: "The information for our Who is Who was originally compiled by WittyWorld between 1987 and 1995. Please excuse us for its current incompleteness, while we are continuously updating and adding to the information that is currently available. Please send updates in our standard form." Their information on the cartoonists is fairly brief, and covers mostly international artists.
Toonpedia: A very thorough reference source about cartoons and comics!: "Welcome to the world's first hypertext encyclopedia of toons — which will soon, I hope, come to be regarded as the Internet's most comprehensive source of information about the U.S. toon scene. So, what's a toon? A toon is a cartoon or cartoon character — "cartoon" referring not just to the animated kind, but also to such "still cartoons" as comic books, newspaper strips, magazine cartoons, etc. Here at Don Markstein's Toonopedia™, we take a very broad view of what constitutes a toon. The basic idea is to cover the entire spectrum of American cartoonery."; These are extended biographies of the most famous cartoonists. Here is another page with more listings, with brief information on more cartoonists: Name listings -Short Biography List.; This is an organization of cartoonists, and it offers biographical and other information about its members. It also shows some of their cartoon art.
Pioneering Cartoonists of Color: "Welcome to my salute to Cartoonists who paved the way for others like me in the cartooning industry. Their contribution was, & still is in being the early pioneers of Color who created & drew comics & cartoons during the 1920s, 30s, 40s, 50s & 60s. (70s on, see contemporary cartoonists)."
The Grand Comic-Book Database: This site's goal is to offer a simple database that will be easy to use and understand, easy to add to, and easy for people to contribute to. It has thousands of comic book cover and page images. They include information on creator credits, story details, and other information useful to the comic book reader and fan. Their search engine is at the top of the main page.
The Museum of Black Superheroes: Offers a huge collection of images from comics that feature heroes that are Black. Be sure to check out the gallery and the Superhero Exhibits sections.

Movie Cartoonists/Artists

Big Cartoon DataBase- A List of Cartoon Classics (plus other comics/cartoons)
This site may require that you take a few minutes to register, which is free.: Lists links to the studios that created and produced the cartoons for movies and comic strips.; This is part of the large cartoon website, Toonpedia, which lists comic strips by their title, and The People Behind the Toons, their artists and illustrators.
Animated Films (An Illustrated History): This is a full overview of the origins and development of animation in films, with lots of information on the classic animated movie cartoons.