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- Patrick McDonnell is the creator of the daily comic strip Mutts. In 1994 McDonnell created the comic strip MUTTS which now appears in over 700 newspapers and 20 countries. MUTTS has been described by Peanuts creator Charles Schulz as "one of the best comic strips of all time. " McDonnell has received numerous awards for this strip, including the National Cartoonists Society’s highest honor, The Reuben, for Cartoonist of the Year, five Harvey Awards for Best Comic Strip, Germany’s Max and Moritz Award for Best International Comic Strip, and the Swedish Academy of Comic Art’s Adamson Statuette. MUTTS has also won awards for its environmental and animal advocacy: two Genesis Awards from The Ark Trust, The HSUS Hollywood Genesis Award for Ongoing Commitment, the PETA Humanitarian Award, and a Sierra Club award. The MUTTS cartoons have been published in eighteen compilation books in the U.S. and in numerous collections throughout the world. In 2003, fine art publisher Harry N. Abrams, Inc. , published MUTTS: The Comic Art of Patrick McDonnell, a monograph on McDonnell’s career. In 2007, The Best of MUTTS, was released containing a decade of McDonnell’s favorite strips along with insightful commentary. Available in 2008, Shelter Stories: Love. Guaranteed. will feature his popular animal shelter-themed strips accompanied by real-life pet adoption stories submitted by readers worldwide. In 2005, McDonnell embarked on a children's book career. His first children’s book, which featured the MUTTS characters, The Gift of Nothing, quickly became a New York Times bestseller. Art (2006), his second release, told the story of a boy named Art who makes art. His next release, Just Like Heaven (2006), heralding the joys of simple blessings, was hailed in a starred review by Kirkus as 'a meditation on the true nature of miracles'. In 2007. McDonnell again returned to the New York Times bestseller list with Hug Time, featuring a kitten named Jules who goes around the world hugging endangered species. His fifth children’s book, South, about the unlikely friendship between a cat and bird, was released in the Fall of 2008. McDonnell is involved with many animal and environmental charities, and is a member of the Board of Directors for both The Humane Society of the United States and the Fund for Animals. His characters have been enlisted by the US Marines (2006 Toys for Tots holiday poster), the American Library Association (2007 ‘Read!’ poster), and by The HSUS (humane postage stamps). The MUTTS characters appear on the New Jersey Animal Friendly license plates which fund state pet population programs. The 2007-2008 MAZDASPEED Team featured MUTTS-themed vehicles promoting pet adoption and the work of The Humane Society of the United States. Prior to creating MUTTS, McDonnell had a successful career as a freelance illustrator, drawing the Russell Baker Observer column for the New York Times Sunday Magazine from 1978-1993. He also created Bad Baby, a monthly comic strip for Parents Magazine, which ran for 10 years. During that time he also was a regular contributor to Sports Illustrated, Reader’s Digest, Forbes, Time and many other national magazines. His work has been animated for television commercials, most notably a PSA for the NY Philharmonic. He is coauthor of Krazy Kat: The Comic Art of George Herriman, published in 1986 by Abrams. McDonnell’s website, muttscomics. com, promotes his animal and earth friendly philosophy. Consistent with McDonnell’s concern for the environment, all of the MUTTS books are printed on recycled paper. He and his wife Karen O’Connell are vegetarian and happily reside with their formerly feral cat MeeMow.
- Patrick McDonnell on amerikkalainen New Jerseyssä syntynyt sarjakuvantekijä. Hän opiskeli New Yorkissa The School of Visual Artsissa, josta valmistui 1978. Valmistumisen jälkeen McDonnell aloitti uransa freelance kuvittajana, piirtämällä mm. vakituisesti The New York Timesiin 1978-1993. Tämän lisäksi hänen kuvituksiaan julkaistiin esimerkiksi Sports Illustrated, Valitut palat, Forbes ja Time lehdissä. Alkupään sarjakuvista tunnetuimpia on Bad Baby, joka ilmestyi Parents Magazine-lehdessä 10 vuotta. Vuonna 1994 McDonnell loi tunnetuimman sarjakuvansa Kamut (Mutts). King Features Syndicate levittää sitä nykyään yli 700 sanomalehteen yli 20 maassa. Kamujen suosion myötä McDonnell on kunnostautunut myös eläintensuojelussa ja Kamut käsittelevät usein siihen liittyviä asioita. Hän on kampanjoinut erityisesti huostaanotettujen eläinten olojen puolesta. Hänen piirrostyylissään on vaikutteita George Herrimanin Krazy Katista, Charles M. Schulzin Tenavista ja E. C. Segarin Kippari Kallesta.
- Patrick McDonnell é o criador da tira diária Mutts. Ele tem também ilustrado a coluna do Sunday Observer de Russell Baker na revista New York Times e criou a banda desenhada mensal Bad Baby para a revista Parents. Ele contribuiu para a Sports Illustrated, Reader's Digest, Forbes, Timee muitas outras, e é co-autor do livro Krazy Kat: a Arte Cômica de George Herriman.
- Patrick McDonnell, amerikansk serieskapare född 17 mars 1956. Han har skapat dagspresserien Morrgan och Klös (Mutts) och den månatliga Bad Baby. Han bor i New Jersey tillsammans med sin fru Karen och deras hund Earl och katt MeeMow.
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- Patrick McDonnell is the creator of the daily comic strip Mutts. In 1994 McDonnell created the comic strip MUTTS which now appears in over 700 newspapers and 20 countries. MUTTS has been described by Peanuts creator Charles Schulz as "one of the best comic strips of all time.
- Patrick McDonnell on amerikkalainen New Jerseyssä syntynyt sarjakuvantekijä. Hän opiskeli New Yorkissa The School of Visual Artsissa, josta valmistui 1978. Valmistumisen jälkeen McDonnell aloitti uransa freelance kuvittajana, piirtämällä mm. vakituisesti The New York Timesiin 1978-1993. Tämän lisäksi hänen kuvituksiaan julkaistiin esimerkiksi Sports Illustrated, Valitut palat, Forbes ja Time lehdissä.
- Patrick McDonnell é o criador da tira diária Mutts. Ele tem também ilustrado a coluna do Sunday Observer de Russell Baker na revista New York Times e criou a banda desenhada mensal Bad Baby para a revista Parents. Ele contribuiu para a Sports Illustrated, Reader's Digest, Forbes, Timee muitas outras, e é co-autor do livro Krazy Kat: a Arte Cômica de George Herriman.
- Patrick McDonnell, amerikansk serieskapare född 17 mars 1956. Han har skapat dagspresserien Morrgan och Klös (Mutts) och den månatliga Bad Baby. Han bor i New Jersey tillsammans med sin fru Karen och deras hund Earl och katt MeeMow.
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