Salute to 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.

When I first created this Web site in 1997, It was in response to the celebration of 100 years of cartooning art. In much of the material presented, there was a failure to include African American artists. It is unknown if this was because their work was unknown, or purposely omitted. As a result, the excuse has always been that they could not find information about Black artists.

Fortunately there is web publishing, where anybody with a keyboard can add to the information pool. My goal with this page is to gather & publish bios & art of pioneering Black cartoonists as I am able to find it. This will be a jumping off place to begin research into the Pioneering Cartoonists of Color.

Featured Pioneer Cartoonists

By Cartoonist Name

By Cartoon Title

By Character Name

Douglas Akins

Charles Allen

Charles H. Alston

Matt Baker

Brumsic Brandon Jr.

Buck Brown

Henry Brown

E. Simms Campbell

Walt Carr

Bill Chase

Chester Commodore

Charles C. Dawson

Elton C. Fax

Tom Feelings

Ollie Harrington

George Herriman

Al Hollingsworth

Wilbert Holloway

Jay Jackson

Samuel Joyner

Renny Lee

Samuel Milai

Calvin Massey

Ralph Matthews

Tap Melvin

George Mercer

Jackie Ormes

David Orro

Clovis Parker

Stann Pat

Roger Powell

Ric Roberts

Leslie Rogers

Hardy B. Ruffin

Ted Shearer

Jerry Stewart

Elmer C. Stoner

Tom Swaja

Melvin Tapley

Herbert Temple

Morrie Turner

Clifford Van Buren

Jim B. Watson

Ted Watson

LeRoy Winbush

Eugene Winslow

Francis Yancy

After the Honeymoon

Aggrevatin' Papa

Amos Hokum

Arline's Career

Around Harlem

As Others See Us

Breezy

Bucky

Bud Billiken

Bungleton Green

Bungleton Green and the Mystic Commandos

Candy

Chisholm Kid

Cuties

Dark Laugher

Dinky Fellas

Don Powers

Do's and Don'ts

Elmer

Girligags

Guy Fortune

Hamm and Beans

Henry and Mandy

Hoiman

Home Boy

Home Folks

Jack Davis

Jim Steel

Jive Gray

Kandy

Krazy Jess

Krazy Kat

Little Mose

Luther

Mark Hunt

Mr. Jim Crow

Neil Knight

Next Door

Ol' Hot

On Pass

Patty Jo ‘N Ginger

Pee Wee

Pee Wee's Off-Jive

Prof. Doodle

Quincy

Ravings of Prof. Doodle

Sambo Sims

Scoopie

Sergeant Joe

Smiles

So What ?

Speed Jaxon

Spoofin'

Sunny Boy Sam

Susabelle

Tan Topics

The Brown Family

The Sparks

Tommy Traveler in the World of Negro History

Torchy Brown From Dixie to Harlem

Torchy Brown in Heartbeats

Wee Pals

Woody Woodenhead