Pat Sullivan b. 7 February 1887

Also known as Patrick O'Sullivan, Patrick Sullivan, Pat O'Sullivan, Pos
  • Artist (Graphic Designer),
  • Artist (Screen Artist),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Successful and influential Sydney born American cartoonist and animator, creator (or, with Otto Messmer, co-creator) of Felix the cat.

Citations

  • Nelson, Judy (May 2005), 'Reclaiming Felix the Cat’, Sydney, NSW : State Library of New South Wales, .

  • Canemaker, John (1991), 'Felix : the twisted tale of the world’s most famous cat’, New York, NY, USA : Pantheon Books (Da Capo Press paperback, 1996).

  • Gibbney, H. J.; & Smith, Ann G. (eds.) (1987), 'A Biographical register 1788-1939 : notes from the name index of the Australian dictionary of biography’, Canberra, ACT : Australian Dictionary of Biography.

  • Lindesay, Vane (1979), 'The inked-in image : a social and historical survey of Australian comic art’, Richmond, Vic : Hutchinson of Australia (new edition), pp 52-53.

  • Moore, William (1934), 'Story of Australian Art’, Sydney, NSW : Angus & Robertson (facsimile 1980).

  • Rafty, Tony; with Mack, Brodie (1964), 'Fifty Years of Australian Cartooning’, Sydney, NSW : Blaxland Gallery.

  • Rolfe, Patricia (1979), 'The journalistic javelin : an illustrated history of the Bulletin’, Sydney, NSW : Wildcat Press ; Gladesville, NSW : distributed by Golden Press, p 269.

  • Ryan, John (1979), 'Panel by panel : a history of Australian comics’, Stanmore, NSW : Cassell Australia.

  • Stone, Mick (1900), 'Checklist’, in Shiell Annette (ed.), Bonzer : Australian comics 1900-1990s, Redhill South, Vic : Elgua Media, 1998.

  • (1 January 1926), '“Felix” the cat : A world famous cartoon creation by an Australian’, Sydney, NSW : Home, p 74.

  • (2 April 1988), Sydney, NSW : Sydney Morning Herald, pp 30-34.

  • (19 August 1997), Sydney, NSW : Sydney Morning Herald : Good Weekend, p 24.

  • (5 July 1924), Melbourne, Vic : Australasian, p 48.

  • (3 December 1925), Sydney, NSW : Freeman’s Journal, p 18.

  • (19 August 1905), Worker, p.6.

  • (22 February 1933), '[obituary]’, Worker.

  • Zinn, Christopher; & Reisinger, Daniel; & Hall, Alan (31 October 2004), 'Felix the Cat’, ABC Television, Rewind.

  • (1994), Inkspot 24, (Summer), p.13.

Initial data sources

  • Black and white artists