Alma Maters of Cartoonists

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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)

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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)

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Hank Ketcham (Dennis the Menace) : University of Washington, Seattle (Seattle, WA)
Jeff Smith (Bone): Ohio State University — Columbus (Columbus, OH)

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Jim Davis (Garfield) : Ball State University (Muncie, IN)
Jim Toomey (Sherman's Lagoon) : Duke University (Durham, NC)

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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)

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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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