Career
McDonnell began a career as a magazine illustrator and would frequently include a dog in the background of his illustrations. Moving to Hoboken, New Jersey, he met a group of underground cartoonists such as Peter Bagge and Kazimieras G. Prapuolenis (Kaz), and had some of his earliest drawings appearing as Jerseyana in New Jersey Monthly magazine.
A book of his life and work, Mutts: The Comic Art of Patrick McDonnell, was published in 2003 by Abrams Publishing.
McDonnell is also a member of the Board of Directors of The Humane Society of the United States.
In 2009 collaborated with author Eckhart Tolle to create Guardians of Being, a philosophical picture book.
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.
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