'Mother Goose and Grimm'.
Mike Peters was born in 1943 as Michael Bartley Peters in St. Louis, Missouri. He studied Fine Arts at Washington University where he graduated in 1965. He got a job at the art staff of The Chicago Daily News, cut short by his army service in Vietnam. After serving as an artist for the Seventh Psychological Operations Group in Okinowa, his mentor Bill Mauldin helped him to get a job as an editorial cartoonist at the Dayton Daily News in 1969. By 1981, Peters received a Pulitzer Prize for Journalism.
'Mother Goose & Grimm'.
In 1984, Peters created his popular newspaper comic strip 'Mother Goose & Grimm'. It has appeared in several book collections, and is syndicated by King Features to over 800 newspapers and has also been adapted into a weekly animated TV show by CBS called 'Grimmy' in 1991. 'Mother Goose and Grimm' is also an attraction in Toon Lagoon at the Universal Studios Islands of Adventure theme park.
'Mother Goose & Grimm', referencing the TV series 'Lassie'.
Mike Peters is additionally active as a political cartoonist and lecturer, and is a regular guest on television programs like Good Morning America, The Today Show, MSNBC and CNNfn. He has also made the storyboards for animation projects like 'Night of the Living Fred' by Steven Spielberg's Dreamworks team in 1998.
Mike Peters was an influence on Chad Carpenter, Jos Collignon, Bob Englehart, Ted Rall, John R. Rose, Bob Scott and Zapiro.
'Mother Goose & Grimm'.