Key West museum features Mike Peter’s art

The Key West Art and Historical Society opened an exhibit of editorial cartoonist and Mother Goose and Grimm creator Mike Peters last week. It’s the first show that featured both his editorial cartoons and comic strip.

“This exhibit is a self-portrait of the artist,” said Claudia Pennington, executive director of the society. “It looks into the genius of Mike Peters through his early work to the present day.”

talents. As so eloquently phrased by a colleague – “Mike is the Peter Pan of the cartooning world; he’s boyishly charming, good with a rapier and doesn’t spend a lot of time on the ground. And he doesn’t seem to want to grow up”.

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