May 5th is National Cartoonist Day !

 Yes, it's National Cartoonist Day and probably the best way to acknowledge that is with B. Kliban's now-iconic cartoon:

Here's a salute to ink slingers of days gone by:

Milton Halladay

One of America's greatest cartoonists, Art Young

British cartoonist Harry Furniss

19th Century political cartoonist Bernhard Gillam

Abe Savrann

Charles Dana Gibson

Kate Carew

And Kate's brother Gluyas Williams

Ernest Peixotto as drawn by Jimmy Swinnerton

The great British cartoonist David Low

Bill Mauldin as drawn by caricaturist, Irma Selz

Golden Age comic book pioneer, Lillie Renee and husband gag cartoonist Eric Peters

Harry Lambert, gag cartoonist and Golden Age comic book artist

Jon Cornin + Zena Kavin = Corka

The amazing and multi-faceted F. G. Cooper

Caricaturist Aline Fruhauf

Magazine cartoonist Mary Gibson

Tony Sarg

Magazine cartoonist Dorothy McKay

New Yorker cartoonist, Richard Taylor

Humorous illustrator, Arnold Roth

Editorial cartoonist, Etta Hulme

Mel Tubby Millar

Disney gagster, Roy Williams

Don Martin, in a class by himself

EC comic book legend, John Severin

Fellow EC artist, Johnny Craig drawn by Marie Severin

Comic book veteran Kurt Schaffenberger

I always like to include this self-portrait by Superman artist, Curt Swan

Underground comix pioneer, Joel Beck

Peggy Bacon as drawn by Aline Fruhauf

Victor 'Vicky' Weisz

The legendary Herblock by Aline Fruhauf

and Al Johns

It's tough times now to be a cartoonist.

A salute to all who struggle on to ply the trade.