The Cat in the Hat been adapted for various media, including theater, television, and film. The animated musical TV special premiered in 1971 and starred Allan Sherman as the Cat. In 2003, a live-action film adaptation was released, starring Mike Myers as the Cat. Boxoffice.com reports that the film grossed $133,960,541 worldwide on an estimated $109 million budget. In 2012, following the financial success of "The Lorax", the animated film adaptation of the Dr. Seuss book of the same name, Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment announced plans to produce a CGI adaptation of "The Cat in the Hat". Rob Lieber was set to write the
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