Here are some of my influences, listed with specific works of theirs that have inspired me.
Print (comics, advertising, graphic design, etc.)
- Berkeley Breathed - Bloom County (1980s run), Outland
- Bill Watterson - Calvin and Hobbes
- Walt Kelly - Pogo
- Jim Woodring - Frank
- Gary Larson - The Far Side
- George Herriman - Krazy Kat, illustrations for archy and mehitabel
- Art Spiegelman - Breakdowns, MAUS
- Michael K. Frith - illustrations for The Jim Henson Company
- Bill Mayer - illustrations for The Rippingtons, The New York Times for Kids, misc ad work
- Gary Baseman - Teacher's Pet, misc ad work
- Susumu Matsushita - illustrations for Famitsu, misc ad work
- Akira Toriyama - Dragon Ball
- Fujiko Fujio (aka Motoo Abiko and Hiroshi Fujimoto) - Obake no Q-tarō (both), Doraemon (Fujimoto)
- Monkey Punch (aka Kazuhiko Katō) - Lupin III
Animation
- Otto Messmer - Felix the Cat (print/animated cartoons)
- Ub Iwerks - Flip the Frog
- Bob Clampett - Looney Tunes, Beany and Cecil
- Friz Freleng - Looney Tunes, The Ant and the Aardvark
- Art Davis - Looney Tunes, The Ant and the Aardvark
- Bill Melendez - animation in Clampett and Davis' Warner Bros. units
- Mark Kausler - "It's the Cat"
- Joanna Quinn - The "Beryl" series; "Famous Fred"
- Sally Cruikshank - Face Like a Frog, her Sesame Street shorts
- Dan Haskett - animation for Looney Tunes projects, his Sesame Street shorts
- Joe Murray - Rocko's Modern Life
- Timothy Björklund - storyboards and animation for Rocko's Modern Life, Teacher's Pet
- Bob Jaques - animation for The Ren & Stimpy Show (via Carbunkle Cartoons)
- Kelly Armstrong - animation for The Ren & Stimpy Show (via Carbunkle Cartoons)
- Mitch Schauer - The Angry Beavers
- Michael Q. Ceballos - character design for The Angry Beavers
- Masaaki Iwane - animation for the original Pokémon series (1997-2002)
- Akihiro Tamagawa - animation for the original Pokémon series (1997-2002)
- Tsutomu Shibayama - animation for Doraemon, The Gutsy Frog, Lupin III
- Yasuo Ōtsuka - animation for Panda Kopanda, Lupin III
(There are many more artists I'm still learning about. This page'll be updated as time goes on.)