Editing Patrick McDonnell (section)

==Career==
At SVA, McDonnell met a group of [[Underground comix|underground]] cartoonists, such as [[Peter Bagge]] and [[Kazimieras G. Prapuolenis]] (Kaz). Moving to [[Hoboken, New Jersey]], shortly after graduating, McDonnell had some of his earliest professional drawings published in ''[[The Village Voice]]'', and as "Jerseyana" in ''[[New Jersey Monthly]]'' magazine.<ref name=Conte /> His first high-profile ongoing freelance work was providing illustrations for the [[Russell Baker]] ''Observer'' column for ''[[The New York Times Sunday Magazine]]'' from 1978 to 1993. His work on the ''Observer'' column got McDonnell interested in the idea of eventually doing a comic strip.<ref name=NYTimes />

McDonnell created a monthly comic strip, ''Bad Baby'', for ''[[Parents Magazine]]'', which ran for ten years. The ''Bad Baby'' strips were collected and published by [[Ballantine Books]] in 1988.<ref>Fiore, R. "Funnybook Roulette," ''The Comics Journal'' #129 (May 1989), pp. 45-48.</ref> ''Bad Baby'' was adapted into an animated TV movie in 1997.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://halcyonstudios.tv/titles/bad-baby|title = Bad Baby|date = 1997|access-date=May 19, 2022}}</ref> During that time he also was a regular contributor to ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'', ''[[Reader's Digest]]'', ''[[Forbes]]'', ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', and many other national magazines. McDonnell's illustrations for magazines, books, and [[greeting cards]] earned him two [[National Cartoonists Society Awards]] in 1991.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/reubensum.php|title=National Cartoonists Society Awards|date=2006|access-date=May 19, 2022}}</ref>

''[[Mutts (comic strip)|Mutts]]'' became syndicated, distributed by [[King Features Syndicate]], starting in 1994. It won the [[Harvey Award]] for Best Comic Strip in 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, and 2003. ''[[Peanuts]]'' creator [[Charles M. Schulz]] said of ''Mutts'', "To me, MUTTS is exactly what a comic strip should be."<ref>{{cite book|title=The Best of MUTTS|date=2007-09-01|author=Patrick McDonnell}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://mutts.com/pages/our-story|title=Our Story: All About the MUTTS Comic Strip|website=Mutts.com|accessdate=May 19, 2022}}</ref> A book of McDonnell's life and work, ''Mutts: The Comic Art of Patrick McDonnell'', was published in 2003 by [[Abrams Books]].

In 2005, McDonnell curated an exhibition — ''"Top Dogs: Comic Canines Before and After [[Snoopy]]"'' — at the [[Charles M. Schulz Museum]] in [[Santa Rosa, California]].<ref>Weidenbaum, Marc. "Exhibition Reviews," ''International Journal of Comic Art'' vol. 7, no. 2 (Fall 2005), pp. 405-407.</ref><ref name=NYTimes /> 

In 2006, the ''Mutts'' characters were featured in the [[United States Marines]]' [[Toys for Tots]] holiday poster, and in 2007 were part of the [[American Library Association]]'s "Read!" poster. The 2007-2008 [[Mazdaspeed]] Team featured ''Mutts''-themed vehicles promoting pet adoption and the work of the [[Humane Society of the United States]]. He also created a set of "humane postage stamps" for the Humane Society.<ref name=NYTimes /> 

In 2009 McDonnell collaborated with author [[Eckhart Tolle]] to create ''[[Guardians of Being]]'', a philosophical book about nature and the present moment.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=MacQueen, Ken|date=October 22, 2009|title=Eckhart Tolle vs. God|magazine=Maclean's}}</ref> In 2011, McDonnell's children's book ''Me... Jane'' was published. It is a story about naturalist [[Jane Goodall]] growing up and her awakening curiosity about the lives of animals around her. A sequence of ''Mutts'' strips led to Goodall's interest in working with McDonnell on the book.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Heintjes|first=Tom|title=Reigning Cat and Dog: An Interview with MUTTS Creator Patrick McDonnell|url=https://www.hoganmag.com/blog/reigning-cat-and-dog-an-interview-with-mutts-creator-patrick-mcdonnell|website=Hogan's Alley: the magazine of the cartoon arts|date=1994|access-date=May 19, 2022}}</ref> ''Me... Jane'' won a [[Caldecott Medal|Caldecott Honor]] in 2012. In 2010, the ''Mutts'' comic strip was appearing in more than 700 newspapers across 20 countries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/52347-pw-talks-with-patrick-mcdonnell.html|title=PW Talks with Patrick McDonnell|last=Lodge|first=Sally|date=2010-06-05|website=PublishersWeekly.com|access-date=May 19, 2022}}</ref>