The Cat in the Hat book's title character in the tradition of con artists in American art, including the title characters from Meredith Willson's "The Music Man" and L. Frank Baum's "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz". Nel also contends that Geisel identified with the Cat, pointing to a self portrait of Geisel in which he appears as the Cat, which was published alongside a profile about him in "The Saturday Evening Post" on July 6, 1957. Michael K. Frith, who worked as Geisel's editor, concurs, arguing that "The Cat in the Hat and Ted Geisel were inseparable and the same. I think there's no question
Don Simpson (cartoonist) Delusive Art," in "Streetwise: Autobiographical Stories by Professionals", foreword by Will Eisner, (Raleigh NC: TwoMorrows Publishing). 1995: Cartoonist (writer-artist), "Bizarre Heroes: The Apocalypse Affiliation" (Pittsburgh PA:Fiasco Comics Inc.). 1994: Cartoonist (writer-artist) [under the pseudonym Anton Drek], " Anton's Collected Drek featuring Wendy Whitebread", second expanded edition (Seattle WA: ErosComix/Fantagraphics Books). 1990: Cartoonist (writer-artist), "Megaton Man: Volume I" (Princeton WI: Kitchen Sink Press). Don Simpson (cartoonist) Donald Edward Simpson (born 1961) is an American comic book cartoonist and freelance illustrator, most noted as the creator of the series "Megaton Man", "Border Worlds", and "Bizarre Heroes", as well as the official comic