Bradley Jay Anderson (May 14, 1924 – August 30, 2015) was an American cartoonist and creator of the comic strip Marmaduke.

[3] Brad Anderson is best known for creating the comic strip Marmaduke in 1954, which he continued to draw until his death.

[6] Anderson, who said that he drew on Laurel and Hardy routines for his ideas,[7] received the National Cartoonists Society Newspaper Panel Cartoon Award for Marmaduke in 1978.

Anderson's studio was re-created for the National Comedy Center in Jamestown, New York, which opened on August 1, 2018.

[8] Anderson was married and had one daughter, Christine, and three sons, Craig, Paul and Mark with his wife Barbara.