Wardell "War" Brown is an American cartoonist and comic book artist working out of southern California since 1998. Known mostly for his neo-retro styled vector cartoons, Wardell’s art demonstrates a wide range of styles and influences particularly 1960’s advertising animation.

Greatly influenced by Tex Avery, Chuck Jones, and Hanna-Barbera cartoons, Wardell spent most of his formative years cartooning and creating various comic strips and comic books. His high school years were spent studying art history and taking cartooning classes with cartoonist Bebe Williams. While attending college at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Wardell was a founding member of the Sequential Art Guild; a group of students who worked together to produce a comic book called Tiger Tales. Upon graduating with a BFA in Illustration, Wardell moved to San Diego, California. In 2001 he studied character design at the Animation Academy with Charles Zembillas.

For the past 12 years Wardell has worked on a weekly online comic strip called Spifficated, published 7 books of his art, and had a wall mural at the San Diego International Airport. Wardell currently works as a freelance artist using both traditional and electronic media to create art for magazines, video games, and animation.