Cartoonist and writer Matt Groening tells of listening to Trout Mask Replica at the age of 15 and thinking " that it was the worst thing I'd ever heard.

* Ahsan Habib, Cartoonist and writer,

Cartoonist Mell Lazarus, creator of Miss Peach and Momma, wrote a comic novel in 1963 titled The Boss Is Crazy, Too which was partly inspired by his apprenticeship days working with Capp and his brother Elliot at Toby.

* Richard F. Outcault, Cartoonist and creator of " Yellow Kid " and " Buster Brown "; who is known as the " Father of the American Comic Strip "

Cartoonist, illustrator Ola Fogelberg, creator of Pekka Puupää-cartoon, was even nicknamed " Fågeli från Ågeli ".

* Jolly Blackburn, Cartoonist, Writer, creator of Knights of the Dinner Table

NASCAR driver, Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., as well as Cartoonist Charles Boyce, creator of Compu-toon, the syndicated comic panel, were born in Olive Branch.

Cartoonist Garry Trudeau, creator of the Doonesbury comic strip, released The 1990 Doonesbury Stamp Album through Penguin in 1990 ; this album contained a large number of perforated, gummed stamps featuring characters and settings from Doonesbury.

is a third-generation Japanese American Cartoonist comic book creator.

Doran was featured in The Cartoonist, a 2009 documentary film on the life and work of Jeff Smith, creator of Bone.

* Cartoonist Mell Lazarus, creator of Miss Peach and Momma, began his apprenticeship drawing Shmoo Comics at Toby Press in the late 1940s.

In 2009, McCloud was featured in The Cartoonist, a documentary film on the life and work of Jeff Smith, creator of Bone.

On one occasion, Triangle confronted this issue of creator vs. creation by beginning his own comic strip, " Dot and Other Dot ", but the characters soon escaped his control, and began their own comic, " Cartoonist Guy "-who, in turn, created his own strip, " The Beforings ", which may or may not have led to the Beforings creating the universe of pudding in which Triangle and Robert currently live.

Cartoonist Darby Conley, creator of Get Fuzzy, helped teach Pastis the technical aspects of cartooning.

* Cartoonist and creator of Mr. Squiggle, Norman Hetherington, grew up at 35 Meryla Street, Burwood.

By the 1950s, the Record had established the " Cartoonist of the Year " award, which brought people like Walt Kelly, the creator of Pogo, to New Haven to dine and swap stories with the staff.

In 1980 and 1981, Simmonds was named Cartoonist of the Year.

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre writer / creator Kim Henkel cited " A Modest Proposal " as an influence in scripting his 2011 horror film " Boneboys ," directed by Duane Graves and Justin Meeks.

* Amy Sherman-Palladino, creator and former executive producer and writer on the television show Gilmore Girls

* 1958 – Carlo J. Caparas, Filipino comic strip creator / writer

* 1880 – Johnny Gruelle, American cartoonist, children's book writer and creator of Raggedy Ann ( d. 1939 )

Other luminaries include Keith Johnstone, the British teacher and writer – author of Impro, who founded the Theatre Machine and whose teachings form the foundation of the popular shortform Theatresports format, Dick Chudnow, founder of ComedySportz which evolved its family-friendly show format from Johnstone's Theatersports, Stan Wells, creator of the " Clap-In " longform style and founder of The Empty Stage Comedy Theatre in Los Angeles, and Bill Johnson, creator / director of The Magic Meathands, who pioneered the concept of " Commun-edy Outreach " by tailoring performances to non-traditional audiences, such as the homeless and foster children.

* Nigel Kneale, writer and creator of the Quatermass serials

* Ronald D. Moore, creator of the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica ; producer and writer for Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Roswell

Sergio Aragonés Domenech ( born 6 September 1937, Sant Mateu, Castellón, Spain ) is a cartoonist and writer best known for his contributions to Mad Magazine and creator of the comic book Groo the Wanderer.

** Bob Kane, American comic book artist / writer, creator of Batman ( d. 1998 )

* February 1 – Philip Francis Nowlan, science fiction writer, creator of Buck Rogers ( b. 1888 )

* Philip Francis Nowlan, science fiction writer, creator of the Buck Rogers character ( d. 1940 )

** Vince Gilligan, American writer, director and producer ( creator of Breaking Bad )

* John Lloyd ( writer, creator of ' spitting image ', ' QI ' etc.

* Maid Marian and her Merry Men ( 1989 – 1994 ) – Sheriff of Nottingham & creator / writer

Developed by Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski and executive produced by Straczynski and Sam Egan, the series is loosely based on Belgian writer Hermann Huppen's comic book series, Jeremiah.

* Paul Smith ( writer ), creator of television series and television writer

* Paul Smith ( blogger ), writer and creator of the Twitchhiker Project

The project was led by Day of the Tentacle creator Tim Schafer, who was also its writer and designer.

His biographer Gordon A. Craig observes that this work gave few indications of his promise as a gifted writer: " Although the theme of incest, which was to occupy Fontane on later occasions, is touched upon here, the mawkishness of the tale ... is equaled by the lameness of its plot and the inertness of the style in which it is told, and characters Clärchen and her brother are both so colorless that no one could have guessed that their creator had a future as a writer.

* David Nobbs, Comedy writer and the creator of the successful 1970s sitcom The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

* Norman Hunter — writer and creator of Professor Branestawm

Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels was a Laugh-In writer early in his career.

According to Jewish feminist writer Tamara Cohen, the practice of filling a cup with water to symbolize Miriam ’ s inclusion in the seder originated at a Rosh Chodesh group in Boston in 1989.

* TCM Remembers 2006: Marian Marsh, Elizabeth Allen, Jack Warden, Anthony Franciosa, Tamara Dobson, cinematographer Sven Nykvist, Red Buttons, Alida Valli, Mickey Spillane, director Gordon Parks, director Gillo Pontecorvo, Robert Donner, Darren McGavin, Mako Iwamatsu, Robert O. Cornthwaite, Richard Bright, producer Joseph Stefano, Barnard Hughes, Adrienne Shelly, Chris Penn, Vincent Schiavelli, Arthur Hill, art director Henry Bumstead, Jane Wyatt, Jack Wild, Paul Gleason, composer Malcolm Arnold, songwriter Betty Comden, director Vincent Sherman, Fayard Nicholas, Moira Shearer, Ken Richmond, writer Peter Benchley, Robert Earl Jones, Dennis Weaver, director Richard Fleischer, Don Knotts, Jack Palance, Peter Boyle, Maureen Stapleton, Bruno Kirby, director Robert Altman, June Allyson, Glenn Ford and Shelley Winters

" An Elephant Makes Love to a Pig " was seen by the writer of The Baltimore Sun Tamara Ikenberg, as both a parody of genetic engineering and a statement against its potential evils, particularly through in its portrayal of the giant mutant Stan wreaking havoc on South Park.

In 1992 and 1993, Lisa stood up to her friends, lawyer Jessica Griffin ( Tamara Tunie ) and writer Duncan McKechnie ( Michael Swan ), when she voiced her opinion that she believed the black Jessica and white Duncan should not be married or have children ( an opinion that flew in the face of Fulton's actual beliefs ).