Pat Brady (cartoonist)
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Pat Brady is an American
United States
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 cartoonist
Cartoonist
A cartoonist is a person who specializes in drawing cartoons. This work is usually humorous, mainly created for entertainment, political commentary or advertising...

 and creator of the comic strip
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 Rose Is Rose
Rose Is Rose
Rose Is Rose is a syndicated comic strip, written by Pat Brady since its creation in 1984, and drawn since March 2004 by Don Wimmer. The strip revolves around Rose and Jimbo Gumbo, their son Pasquale, and the family cat Peekaboo...

, syndicated by United Feature Syndicate since 1983.

Brady started cartooning at the age of five, drawing cartoons during Roman Catholic
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 mass. He was nicknamed "Pasquale" by the priest
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. Brady graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison
University of Wisconsin–Madison
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 in 1969. He won the Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year for 2004.

Prior to Rose Is Rose, Brady created a comic strip named Dreamer, but it was rejected by every publisher who saw it.

Brady was described by Pearls Before Swine
Pearls Before Swine (comic strip)
Pearls Before Swine is an American comic strip written and illustrated by Stephan Pastis, who was formerly a lawyer in San Francisco, California. It chronicles the daily lives of four anthropomorphic animals, Pig, Rat, Zebra, and Goat, as well as a number of supporting characters...

cartoonist Stephan Pastis
Stephan Pastis
Stephan Thomas Pastis is an American cartoonist and the creator of the comic strip Pearls Before Swine.-Background:...

as "the nicest guy in cartooning".

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