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What you’ll find here: A new crossword cartoon every Monday (well, there used to be), free puzzles, inside glimpses of new books, a few thoughts, some interesting links, and other amusing tidbits.

About Patrick Merrell: Patrick is a professional puzzlemaker, cartoonist, writer, illustrator, art director, and graphic designer. He packages books and has illustrated, designed, and/or written over 150 books. He’s one of MAD magazine’s “Usual Gang of Idiots.” He creates puzzles for The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, New York Sun, Scientific American, People, Sports Illustrated, MAD, National Wildlife Foundation publications, Crayola, Scholastic, the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, the World Puzzle Championship, and a host of other publications and companies. Two of his crossword puzzles, and an interview, were featured in the 2006 hit documentary, Wordplay, and he’s created custom-made crossword puzzles on commission for individuals and corporations. He’s also produced thousands of illustrations, cartoons, greeting cards, posters, book covers, logo designs, and articles for a myriad of publishers, advertising agencies, national magazines, books, design firms, city agencies, and… well, you get the idea. In his spare time he’s a bicycle road racer and writes animated screenplays (not yet coming to a theater near you). He’s married, with one beautiful daughter.

All content on this site © copyright Patrick Merrell. Please don’t reproduce in any way without first checking with Patrick Merrell and getting written permission. Thanks!

To see more of his work, go to his website HERE. For a list of clients and published books, click HERE.

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