"It would be fun to see Snoopy have a cat friend," he wrote. At 5 or 6 years of age he recalls writing a letter to dog lover Charles Schulz in which he advised him to add a cat to the strip. McDonnell was a big fan of "Peanuts" when he was growing up. And this original idea of dog meets cat and they become chums is the real soul of the strip. "Mutts" has a man-and-his-dog premise which emphasizes the human-canine bond between Earl, a Jack Russell terrier and his owner also known as "his Ozzie." However, the strip also includes Earl's cat pal, Mooch (the next-door neighbor's cat) and a garden-variety of other critters. She was a very affectionate cat." These unforgettable cat connections ignited McDonnell's cat fancy, which I often find in the "Mutts" comic strip. She lived for almost 20 years," the 45-year-old "Mutts" cartoonist told me. Kitty, another small, homeless cat followed McDonnell and his sister home from school one day and nudged her way into the kids' hearts. And this was the first cat that tickled McDonnell's mind, body and spirit. A native of New Jersey, this genuine cat lover fondly recalls that when he was 5-years-old a neighborhood stray sauntered into his childhood. Patrick McDonnell, the creator of "Mutts" the popular cartoon strip, is not just a dog person.
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