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Patrick McDonnell is the creator of theMuttscomic strip, which is about to celebrate its fifteenth anniversary. He has illustrated for theNew York Times,Sports Illustrated,Reader's Digest,Time,Parents, and other journals, done CD covers for the Greatest Hits classical music series, and created a license plate for his home state of New Jersey. Hailed as "the next Charles Schulz," Patrick sits on the board of directors of the Humane Society of the United States, and has won numerous awards for bothMuttsand his animal welfare work. He is the author ofThe Gift of Nothing,Art,Just Like Heaven,Hug Time,andSouth,and the co-author ofKrazy Kat: The Comic Art of George Herriman.