Randy Glasbergen (February 20, 1957 – August 11, 2015) was an American cartoonist and humorous illustrator best known for three decades of newspaper syndication as well as a freelance career.
Randy Glasbergen began his professional cartooning career at age 15. While still in high school, his cartoons were published regularly in many major magazines, including Saturday Review, The Wall Street Journal, Kiplinger’s Changing Times, Saturday Evening Post, Cosmopolitan, Weight Watchers, Reader's Digest and New Woman. After two semesters of journalism studies at Utica College of Syracuse University, he left school to pursue a full-time career as a freelance cartoonist in 1976.
Glasbergen was an American cartoonist widely and frequently published cartoonist, appearing in magazines, newspapers, greeting cards, calendars, social media, websites, textbooks, video screens and advertising worldwide. Thousands of Glasbergen's cartoons and comic illustrations have been used by clients including The Wall Street Journal, Reader's Digest, The Economic Times of India, China Daily, Good Housekeeping, Microsoft, Barron's Magazine, PC Connection, Dow Jones, Standard & Poor's, Toastmasters International, Time Warner Cable, American College of Sports Medicine, Harvard Business Review, Physician's Weekly, Curves, Planet Fitness, eDiets.com, Funny Times, Trends Magazine, Medical Economics, Woman's World, Classmates.com, Anthony Robbins, Jack Canfield, Jeffrey Gitomer, American Greetings, Hallmark Cards, Recycled Paper Products, America Online, and many others around the globe. In addition to cartooning, Randy Glasbergen has written text for hundreds of greeting cards for Hallmark Cards, American Greetings, and others.