 a cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in drawing cartoons. this work is often created for entertainment, political commentary or advertising. cartoonists may work in many formats, such as animation, booklets, comic strips, comic books, editorial cartoons, graphic novels, manuals, gag cartoons, graphic design, illustrations, storyboards, posters, shirts, books, advertisements, greeting cards, magazines newspapers or video game packaging. ==history== ===in the west=== the english satirist and editorial cartoonist william hogarth, who emerged in the 18th century, has been credited with pioneering western sequential art. his work ranged from realistic portraiture to comic strip-like series of pictures called "modern moral subjects". much of his work poked fun at contemporary politics and customs; illustrations in such style are often referred to as "hogarthian".the british museum. beer street, william hogarth - fine art print retrieved 11 april 2010. while never a professional cartoonist, benjamin franklin is credited with having the first cartoon published in an american newspaper. in the 19th century, professional cartoonists such as thomas nast introduced other familiar american political symbols, such as the republican elephant.   during the 20th century, numerous magazines carried single-panel gag cartoons by such freelance cartoonists as charles addams, irwin caplan, chon day, clyde lamb and john norment. these were almost always published in black and white, although collier's often carried cartoons in color. the debut of playboy introduced full-page color cartoons by jack cole, eldon dedini and others. single-panel cartoonists syndicated to newspapers included dave breger, hank ketcham, george lichty, fred neher, irving phillips and [[j. r. williams (car
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