A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons or comics. Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comics illustrators/artists in that they produce both the lite
Cartoonist Jack Elrod at work on a Sunday page of the Mark Trail comic strip
Sir John Tenniel, chief cartoonist for Punch (from 1864) and the illustrator of Alice in Wonderland, was the first cartoonist to be knighted
Benjamin Franklin's Join, or Die (May 9, 1754), credited as the first cartoon published in an American newspaper
An illustration is a decoration, interpretation, or visual explanation of a text, concept, or process, designed for integration in print and digitally published media, such as posters, flyers, magazin
Illustration by Jessie Willcox Smith (1863–1935)
"Illustration beats explanation" Western Engraving & Colortype Co. (1916)
Oberon, Titania and Puck with Fairies Dancing by William Blake (1786)
An engraving by Georgius Agricola or Georg Bauer (1494–1555), illustrating the mining practice of fire-setting