This is true of most strips that last a long time, but it’s interesting how the characters get not heavier, but more solid-looking. I guess as I’ve changed the strip changed, but with no plan to have it change. You do art every day it just grows with you. It’s not like I was trying to draw them differently. Now that I’ve actually been doing it for twenty-two years, my new stuff doesn’t look like my old stuff. With Krazy Kat, Herriman’s early stuff doesn’t look anything like his later stuff. Īs a fan and student of comic strips before I did "Mutts," I was always amazed how strips evolve and have different periods. Patrick McDonnell: I’d have to count, but that sounds about right. McDonnell's latest collection - "Mutts," “Year of Yesh” - was recently released, along with the collection “Mutts: Autumn Diaries” and a new children’s book “Tek: The Modern Cave Boy.” 2017 is going to be busy as well early next year, he has three more books on the way, including a poetry collection by Daniel Ladinsky that McDonnell illustrated, a new children’s book McDonnell wrote, and a paperback edition of “Shelter Stories.” Despite his busy school, McDonnell took some time to talk about the strip and his many other projects with CBR, ambitious plans which include an upcoming musical and an animated “Mutts” movie.ĬBR: "Year of Yesh" just came out - this is your.
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