Lists and Rankings

Alma Maters of Cartoonists

Whether your style is "Family Circus" or "Futurama," aspiring cartoonists and illustrators can follow in the footsteps of the greats at the schools below.

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• Aaron McGruder (The Boondocks): University of Maryland, College Park (College Park, MD)
• Art Spiegelman (Maus: A Survivor's Tale) : SUNY — Binghamton (Binghamton, NY)
• Berke Breathed (Bloom County, Outland, Opus): The University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX)
• Bill Amend (Foxtrot): Amherst College (Amherst, MA)
• Bill Watterson (Calvin and Hobbes) : Kenyon College (Gambier, OH)
• Brad Guigar (Evil, Inc.): Alma College (Alma, MI)
• Cathy Guisewite (Cathy): University of Michigan — Ann Arbor (Ann Arbor, MI)
• Charles Addams (The Addams Family) : University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)
• Chris Onstad (Achewood) : Stanford University (Stanford, CA)
• Dan Piraro (Bizarro): Washington University in St. Louis (St. Louis, MO)
• Dave Kellett (Sheldon): University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, IN)
• Garry Trudeau (Doonesbury): Yale University (New Haven, CT)
• Gary Larson (Far Side): Washington State University (Pullman, WA)
• Hank Ketcham (Dennis the Menace) : University of Washington, Seattle (Seattle, WA)
• Jeff Smith (Bone): Ohio State University — Columbus (Columbus, OH)
• Jim Davis (Garfield) : Ball State University (Muncie, IN)
• Jim Toomey (Sherman's Lagoon) : Duke University (Durham, NC)
• Kristopher Straub (Starslip Crisis, Chainsawsuit) : University of California — Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
• Lynn Johnston (For Better or Worse): Emily Carr University (Vancouver, British Columbia, CN)
• Matt Groening (Life in Hell, The Simpsons, Futurama): The Evergreen State College (Olympia, WA)
• Mike Peters (Mother Goose and Grimm): Washington University in St. Louis (St. Louis, MO)
• Scott Adams (Dilbert) : Hartwick College (Oneonta, NY)
• Scott Kurtz (PVP): University of North Texas (Denton, TX)
• Scott McCloud (Zot!): Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY)