I was so sad to hear about Gene Wilder last night after I finished this drawing. This Illustration Friday topic is a couple of weeks old, bu...

All kitties start off as tiny fuzzballs, even these ones. (Illustration Friday: August 5, 2016)

Polly is often surrounded by the Kitties, but only one of them has the guts to trap her. (Illustration Friday: July 22, 2016)

Hi everyone, Debbie Reynolds with Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain Last Christmas, my sister surprised me with the book, Make ...

The Kitties and I are ready. (Illustration Friday: July 10, 2016)

This drawing started as an homage to  Al Hirschfeld  after I watched a great documentary about him called  The Line King  last weekend. (Net...

Hi everyone, The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles is one of my dad's favorite books. He gave me a hard-cover copy once ...

The Kitties refuse to believe me when I tell them that yarn is not a toy. You try to tell them to stop playing with it! (Illustration Fr...

I tried to assure Lily that Dorothy claims this mode of travel to be perfectly safe. She only warned, "Watch the landing." I may h...

One should always take time to smell the roses.... (Illustration Friday: June 3, 2016)

The Melissa's Kitties Tribe takes all kinds and includes one honorary member, Polly, who at least acts like a cat sometimes. Stay stro...

Of all The Kitties, everyone knows that Simon is the King of Wheels. (Illustration Friday: May 20, 2016)

I can't remember exactly when I started drawing The Kitties, but The Mother Kitty and Gordon were my first inspirations back in the ...

When Ashes first moved into Comet's house, he was more than skeptical. But he came around quickly because no one can resist her charms o...

That ball is smoked! (Illustration Friday: April 29, 2016)

Hi everyone, Let's celebrate Ashes, the grande dame of the Connolly household in Columbus, Ohio, who passed away earlier this month....

Like no one else, Prince made me dance. I first saw him on MTV, of course, where his music videos played on regular rotation. Then, when his...

Lately, I've been thinking about how Lily's world is the confines of my small apartment. Who knows what happened during the first se...

Norman always finds ways to get a meal. (Illustration Friday: April 8, 2016)

Hi everyone, When I saw last year that Elvis Costello was on a book tour in support his new memoir Unfaithful Music & Disappearing I...