Definition

Noun: A person who creates cartoons, especially as a profession. This typically refers to someone who draws humorous or satirical illustrations, comic strips, or animated characters.

Usage

A "cartoonist" is a professional or amateur artist whose primary work is drawing cartoons. Their work can appear in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, or animated films. The term specifies the creator of the cartoon itself.

Examples

• The newspaper hired a new cartoonist to draw a daily political comic strip.
• She is a famous cartoonist known for her witty illustrations about modern life.
• Many aspiring cartoonists publish their work online.

Advanced Usage

• Political cartoonist: A cartoonist who specializes in creating satirical drawings about current events and politicians.
  • The political cartoonist received an award for his sharp commentary on the election.
• The term can also encompass the lead artist or creator behind an animated series or film, though "animator" is more specific for the technical process of creating movement.

Variants and Related Words

• Cartoon (noun): The drawing or series of drawings created by a cartoonist.
• Caricaturist (noun): An artist who specializes in exaggerated portraits (caricatures), which is a related but sometimes distinct profession from a general cartoonist.
• Animator (noun): An artist who creates the illusion of movement in a sequence of drawings (animation).

Synonyms

• Comic artist
• Comic strip artist
• Illustrator (in a specific context)

Related Phrases/Idioms

• To have a cartoonist's eye: To have a perceptive and humorous way of observing and depicting the world.
  • With his sharp wit, he has a cartoonist's eye for the absurdities of office life.

Noun

1. a person who draws cartoons