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Mutts #3
More Shtuff
Mutts centers on the day-to-day adventures of two companion a dog named Earl and a cat named Mooch. Earl and Mooch interact with each other, their human guardians and a large cast of neighborhood animals. Mutts explores the special bond between animals and their guardians, and the endearing friendship of Earl, the dog, and Mooch, the cat. It strikes a delicate balance between joy, fun and responsible social commentary. Mutts has been recognized for its distinctive style, heartwarming humor and compassionate advocacy for animal issues.
128 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1997
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About the author
Patrick McDonnell
181 books389 followersPatrick McDonnell’s comic strip, MUTTS, is celebrating its 30th anniversary, having appeared in over 700 newspapers across 20 countries. MUTTS has received numerous awards for its artistry and its animal and environmental themes. These include the NCS Reuben for Cartoonist of the Year, seven Harveys and the Eisner Humanitarian Award. Charles Schulz called MUTTS “One of the best comics strips of all time.”
BREAKING THE CHAIN: THE GUARD DOG STORY, a collection of his newsworthy story centered freeing MUTTS chained dog, Guard Dog, will be published in fall 2024.
McDonnell’s latest book is THE SUPER HERO’S JOURNEY, a graphic novel love letter to Marvel Comics and Jack Kirby. It was on 11 ‘best of’ lists for 2023.
THE ART OF NOTHING, an oeuvre of McDonnell’s work, comprehensively celebrates Patrick’s comic strip career. McDonnell is also the author of New York Times bestselling picture books, including THE GIFT OF NOTHING and the Caldecott Honor winning ME...JANE (a childhood biography of Dr. Jane Goodall). Both have been adapted as musicals for the Kennedy Center stage. In addition, he has collaborated with spiritual teacher Eckhart Tolle on GUARDIANS OF BEING and with poet Daniel Ladinsky on DARLING I LOVE YOU. HEART TO HEART: A CONVERSATION ON LOVE AND HOPE FOR OUR PRECIOUS PLANET is a collaboration with His Holiness the Dalai Lama. His Holiness has said “It is my hope that this book will open the eyes, minds and hearts of all people.”
In 2021, Ohio State University hosted Side Effects, a major exhibition of his large scale canvases. There will be a year-long retrospective of McDonnell’s comic strips, book illustrations and paintings at the San Diego Comic-Con Museum opening in January 2025.
McDonnell was a member of the Board of Directors of The Humane Society of the United States for 18 years as well as The Fund for Animals, and continues to serve as a director for The Charles M. Schulz Museum and D&R Greenway Land Trust.
You can sign up for the MUTTS daily email at mutts.com.
BREAKING THE CHAIN: THE GUARD DOG STORY, a collection of his newsworthy story centered freeing MUTTS chained dog, Guard Dog, will be published in fall 2024.
McDonnell’s latest book is THE SUPER HERO’S JOURNEY, a graphic novel love letter to Marvel Comics and Jack Kirby. It was on 11 ‘best of’ lists for 2023.
THE ART OF NOTHING, an oeuvre of McDonnell’s work, comprehensively celebrates Patrick’s comic strip career. McDonnell is also the author of New York Times bestselling picture books, including THE GIFT OF NOTHING and the Caldecott Honor winning ME...JANE (a childhood biography of Dr. Jane Goodall). Both have been adapted as musicals for the Kennedy Center stage. In addition, he has collaborated with spiritual teacher Eckhart Tolle on GUARDIANS OF BEING and with poet Daniel Ladinsky on DARLING I LOVE YOU. HEART TO HEART: A CONVERSATION ON LOVE AND HOPE FOR OUR PRECIOUS PLANET is a collaboration with His Holiness the Dalai Lama. His Holiness has said “It is my hope that this book will open the eyes, minds and hearts of all people.”
In 2021, Ohio State University hosted Side Effects, a major exhibition of his large scale canvases. There will be a year-long retrospective of McDonnell’s comic strips, book illustrations and paintings at the San Diego Comic-Con Museum opening in January 2025.
McDonnell was a member of the Board of Directors of The Humane Society of the United States for 18 years as well as The Fund for Animals, and continues to serve as a director for The Charles M. Schulz Museum and D&R Greenway Land Trust.
You can sign up for the MUTTS daily email at mutts.com.
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September 4, 2022
Using this weekend to catch up a little on some short reads, while waiting for a certain book to arrive. (When it does, I will start a six volume series so I don't want to be involved in much of anything just now. I am preparing myself for immersion. lol)
Now. That's out of my system, so I can start with the review of More Shtuff MUTTS III. Anyone keeping track of my reviews knows how I have rediscovered MUTTS this year and have built myself a little collection of the books. I chose the Sunday collections and the first five regular strip collections. I liked the early years the best, you see.
So here in number three we get more familiar with the gang while they have their usual adventures with the squirrels, the bear, and the man at the deli. Here we also go to the farm for the first time, when Mooch rides along with Earl and Ozzie to visit Ozzie's uncle.
My favorite panel from this book is one I remember clipping from the newspaper. Two scenes: the first is Ozzie on the phone to Millie, telling her not to worry, "Your kitty will be just fine on the farm. It'll be fun ~ heck ~ It'll be educational!"
The next scene shows Earl and Mooch watching Uncle milking the cow. And Mooch says; "Ha! Ha! Yeah, right! And butter comes out his nose."
That has always made me think of all the children who think milk comes in plastic jugs and chicken comes in plastic wrapped trays. Which of course reminds me of an embarrassing little story about the first time I walked through the indoor mercado in Tlaxcala Mexico with Marco. You can get anything and everything you might need there, from foodstuff to pots to cook in and more.
It was quite overwhelming at first; so many things to see and marvel at, and so much activity! A real community space. We passed one stall that sold chickens. They were hung by their feet, heads and necks still attached and dripping blood. No feathers, just yellow skin showing. Wait, yellow skin?
"Marco, what's wrong with the chickens?"
He looked and of course saw nothing new to his eyes. "Nothing, why?"
"But their skin is yellow!"
I had never seen a chicken carcass except in the grocery store, all white, in pieces, and encased in plastic. How was I to know that chickens had yellow skin? (That also explained why all those rubber chicken toys were yellow. It was a bizarre but very big AH-HA moment in my life. lol)
He tells that story on me every chance he gets even now, twelve years later. Sigh.
Now. That's out of my system, so I can start with the review of More Shtuff MUTTS III. Anyone keeping track of my reviews knows how I have rediscovered MUTTS this year and have built myself a little collection of the books. I chose the Sunday collections and the first five regular strip collections. I liked the early years the best, you see.
So here in number three we get more familiar with the gang while they have their usual adventures with the squirrels, the bear, and the man at the deli. Here we also go to the farm for the first time, when Mooch rides along with Earl and Ozzie to visit Ozzie's uncle.
My favorite panel from this book is one I remember clipping from the newspaper. Two scenes: the first is Ozzie on the phone to Millie, telling her not to worry, "Your kitty will be just fine on the farm. It'll be fun ~ heck ~ It'll be educational!"
The next scene shows Earl and Mooch watching Uncle milking the cow. And Mooch says; "Ha! Ha! Yeah, right! And butter comes out his nose."
That has always made me think of all the children who think milk comes in plastic jugs and chicken comes in plastic wrapped trays. Which of course reminds me of an embarrassing little story about the first time I walked through the indoor mercado in Tlaxcala Mexico with Marco. You can get anything and everything you might need there, from foodstuff to pots to cook in and more.
It was quite overwhelming at first; so many things to see and marvel at, and so much activity! A real community space. We passed one stall that sold chickens. They were hung by their feet, heads and necks still attached and dripping blood. No feathers, just yellow skin showing. Wait, yellow skin?
"Marco, what's wrong with the chickens?"
He looked and of course saw nothing new to his eyes. "Nothing, why?"
"But their skin is yellow!"
I had never seen a chicken carcass except in the grocery store, all white, in pieces, and encased in plastic. How was I to know that chickens had yellow skin? (That also explained why all those rubber chicken toys were yellow. It was a bizarre but very big AH-HA moment in my life. lol)
He tells that story on me every chance he gets even now, twelve years later. Sigh.
September 21, 2014
love them
April 15, 2019
I need more of this cute humour in my life.
The drawings are so raw, seemingly made with such few hasty lines. Yet it speaks to many, including me (obviously).
I adore these two goofballs and McDonnell's sense of humour.
The drawings are so raw, seemingly made with such few hasty lines. Yet it speaks to many, including me (obviously).
I adore these two goofballs and McDonnell's sense of humour.
July 20, 2021
Este terceiro volume é o melhor até agora.
Tiras cómicas mas com a sua crítica afiada sempre à espreita.
Adorei.
Tiras cómicas mas com a sua crítica afiada sempre à espreita.
Adorei.
March 13, 2025
Beautiful work and funny as heck.
August 27, 2015
Já tinha saudades de ler banda desenhada. Foi preciso um namorado e uma biblioteca para me voltar a apaixonar pelas histórias e pelas tiras de BD - que desde o Tio Patinhas tinham ficado guardadinhas numa gaveta mental na minha infância longínqua. Foram os Mutts a fazê-lo - claro, com um gato super engraçado e amoroso no elenco principal das aventuras.
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March 23, 2011
After having enjoyed the 1st compilation so much, I decided to go through book 3 sooner rather than later to see if the "magic" still held. The art is definitely cleaner and the relationship between Earl and Mooch deeper, but this collection wasn't as funny as the first. Still a lot of giggles, though, which makes it worth owning.
September 23, 2015
Read some more of Mooch and Earl's adventures.
More Shtuff features a sequence where Earl and Mooch ate each other's food and acted wacky; a trip to the farm; the story of the ugly duckling, the romance of a wild and a caged bird, and a number of one-shots.
More Shtuff features a sequence where Earl and Mooch ate each other's food and acted wacky; a trip to the farm; the story of the ugly duckling, the romance of a wild and a caged bird, and a number of one-shots.
January 18, 2014
Más entregada a la sátira y con las (al parecer) inevitables referencias a la cultura Pop, le tercera recopilación de Mutts por fortuna no destiñe de las anteriores. Mucho mérito hay en la simpatía de los protagonistas, cuyas andanzas siempre es atractivo seguir. Bien por Patrick McDonnell.
July 9, 2009
Absolutely wonderful. Mutts at its best.
February 9, 2013
book 3
January 22, 2016
Nice series, newspaper comic strip compilation
January 30, 2016
More amusing strips by McDonnell. As the world that Earl, the dog, and Mooch, the cat inhabit grows larger, we meet more people and animals, and watch the artist's technique develop.
October 6, 2012
Funny & adorable
April 7, 2015
More fabulous cartoons with Earl and Mooch by the fabulous Patrick McDonnell!
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