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
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
 
Amos Hokum 
Arline
Bootsie (or Bootsy)
Breezy
Bucky
Bud Billiken
Bungleton Green
Candy
Chisholm Kid
Cutie
Don Powers
Elmer
Ginger
Guy Fortune
Hamm and Beans
Henry and Mandy
Hoiman
Home Boy
Jack Davis
Jim Steel
Jive Gray
Kandy
Krazy Jess
Krazy Kat
Little Mose
Luther
Mark Hunt
Mr. Jim Crow
Neil Knight
Ol' Hot
Patty Jo
Pee Wee
Prof. Doodle
Quincy
Ric Roberts
Sambo Sims
Scoopie
Sergeant Joe
Speed Jaxon 
Sunny Boy Sam
Susabelle
Tommy Traveler
Torchy Brown
Woody Woodenhead
 
 
 
 
Visit the Pioneer Cartoon Gallery & experience the cartoon strips of early African American cartoonists.
(Click on name to view.)
Copyright Notice !
Pioneering Cartoonists of Color is a publication of Creative License Studio Inc. Copyright © 1998 by Tim Jackson. (Updated 2007 All rights reserved worldwide. Original cartoons used in cartoonist's biographies are copyright © of the featured artists.