Sort of comic artist is funny (8)
I believe the answer is:
satirist
'sort of comic' is the definition.
'satirist' can be an answer for 'comic' (thesaurus). I'm not certain of the 'sort of' bit.
'artist is funny' is the wordplay.
'funny' indicates anagramming the letters.
'artist'+'is'='artistis'
'artistis' is an anagram of 'SATIRIST'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for satirist that I've seen before include "Pope perhaps" , "as Hogarth was" , "eg Orwell, Swift" , "One who uses ridicule or irony in writings" , "Biting comic" .)