Patrick McDonnell

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Patrick McDonnell (born March 17, 1956) is the creator of the daily comic strip Mutts. He has also illustrated Russell Baker's Sunday Observer column in the New York Times magazine and created the monthly comic strip Bad Baby for Parents magazine. He has contributed to Sports Illustrated, Reader's Digest, Forbes, Time and many others, and has co-authored the book Krazy Kat: the Comic Art of George Herriman.

A book of his life and work, Mutts: The Comic Art of Patrick McDonnell, was published in 2003 by Abrams Publishing.

McDonnell is also member of the Board of Directors of The Humane Society of the United States.

McDonnell and his wife Karen reside in New Jersey, with their dogs, Earl and Peanut, and their cat, MeeMow.

Contents 1 Awards & Recognition (for Mutts) 2 Awards & Recognition (other) 3 Books 3.1 Mutts Strip collections 3.2 Mutts Sunday Collections (large format, in color) 3.3 Other 4 External links

[edit] Awards & Recognition (for Mutts)

• National Cartoonist Society’s Reuben for Cartoonist of the Year 1999
• National Cartoonist Society’s Award for Comic Strip of the Year 1996
• National Cartoonist Society's Reuben Award (nominee) 1997 and 1998
• Germany’s Max and Moritz Award for Best International Comic Strip 1998
• Swedish Academy of Comic Art’s Adamson Statuette 1997
• Harvey Award for Best Comic Strip 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003
• Ark Trust Genesis Award 1997, 1999
• PETA Humanitarian Award 2001

[edit] Awards & Recognition (other)

• National Cartoonist Society Award for Greeting Cards 1991
• National Cartoonist Society Award for Magazine and Book Illustration 1991

[edit] Books

[edit] Mutts Strip collections

1. Mutts (1996)
2. Cats & Dogs (1997)
3. More Shtuff (1998)
4. Yesh! (1999)
5. Our Mutts (2000)
6. A Little Look-See (2001)
7. What Now (2002)
8. I Want To Be The Kitty! (2003)
9. Dog-Eared (2004)
10. Who Let The Cat Out? (2005)
11. Everyday Mutts (2006)

[edit] Mutts Sunday Collections (large format, in color)

• Mutts Sundays (1999)
• Sunday Mornings (2001)
• Sunday Afternoons (2004)
• Sunday Evenings (2005)

[edit] Other

• Bad Baby (1988) (collection of Bad Baby strips from Parent Magazine)
• Mutts Little Big Book (1998)
• Mutts: The Comic Art of Patrick McDonnell (2003) (retrospective)
• The Gift of Nothing (2005) (original Mutts book)
• Art (2006)
• Just Like Heaven (2006) (original Mutts book)

[edit] External links

• Patrick's page @ Mutts website
• NCS Awards