This is a rare chance to have you pet drawn by award-winning MUTTS cartoonist and children's book author, Patrick McDonnell. He will create a one-of -a-kind specialty piece of your fur family member along with Earl and Mooch, the stars of the comic strip MUTTS. MUTTS can be seen daily in over 700 newspapers worldwide. Patrick is a life-long animal advocate and his MUTTS comic strip promotes animal welfare and pet adoption. This is a unique opportunity to support HSUS in their lifesaving rescue work and take home a custom MUTTS original at the same time.

Patrick McDonnell has won numerous awards for both his artistry and for his activism in animal welfare. Peanuts creator Charles Schulz called Mutts "one of the best comic strips of all time." McDonnell has collaborated with author Eckhart Tolle to create Guardians of Being, a philosophical book about nature and the present moment. McDonnell's children's book, Me...Jane, based on the childhood of Jane Goodall, was awarded the Caldecott Honor. It later was staged as a children's musical for the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

The Mutts characters appear on the New Jersey Animal Friendly license plates, which fund state pet population programs. The Art of Nothing, a 25th anniversary monograph, has recently been published by Abrams.

Patrick was a member of the Board of Directors of the Humane Society of the United States for 18 years. He currently serves on the boards of The Fund for Animals, The Charles M. Schulz Museum and D&R Greenway Land Trust. He resides in New Jersey with his wife Karen, their rescue dog and formerly feral cat. His website, mutts.com, donates a portion of all sales to the HSUS Animal Rescue Team.