John Proctor (26 May 1836 – 10 August 1914) was a British artist, cartoonist and illustrator, well known in his day for political cartoons in magazines such as Judy and Moonshine, rivals to Punch.

His career began as a graphic journalist for the Illustrated London News and was a special artist in St Petersburg, Russia in 1874 covering the royal wedding of Prince Alfred and Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna.

Quiz's Giant-land, the Wonderful Adventures of Tim Pippin, illustrated by Proctor, were later published in book form and was a significant late nineteenth century[vague] and remained in print until the 1940s.

Proctor responded saying he was too busy and ultimately Tenniel decided to do the illustrations.Proctor told his family the reason, in addition to his schedule, for his rejection of the project was Carroll’s reputation of being very difficult to work with.

[6] Proctor was in high demand during the late nineteenth century, illustrating many books and at one point producing two to three major cartoons a week for periodicals.