Editing Patrick McDonnell (section)

==Early life==
Patrick Luigi McDonnell was born in [[Elizabeth, New Jersey]], the son of an Irish father and an Italian-American mother.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fumettologica.it/2014/09/20-anni-di-mutts-intervista-a-patrick-mcdonnell/2/|last=Fiamma|first=Andrea|title=20 anni di Mutts. Intervista a Patrick McDonnell|publisher=[[Fumettologica]]|date=September 5, 2014|access-date=May 19, 2022}}</ref> Early artistic influences were [[Charles M. Schulz]], [[George Herriman]], and [[E. C. Segar]].<ref name=NYTimes /> McDonnell was raised in [[Edison, New Jersey]] and, after graduating from [[Edison High School (New Jersey)|Edison High School]] in 1974,<ref name=HNT2003/> he attended the [[School of Visual Arts]] in New York on scholarship,<ref name=Conte>{{cite web|author=Conte, Annemarie|url=https://njmonthly.com/articles/jersey-living/his-name-is-earl/|title=His Name is Earl|website=[[New Jersey Monthly]]|date=February 6, 2008|access-date=May 19, 2022}} McDonnell was born in Elizabeth and grew up in Edison.... After graduating from New York's School of Visual Arts in the early 1980s, McDonnell moved to Hoboken, where there was a community of underground cartoonists."</ref> graduating in 1978.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1987/09/28/from-the-publisher|author=Donald J. Barr|title=From the Publisher|magazine=Sports Illustrated|date=1987-09-28|access-date=May 19, 2022}}</ref>