Pete S. Mueller is an American cartoonist and voice actor. His cartoons have appeared in the New Yorker , Chicago Reader , Reader's Digest , and Funny Times , among other publications.
Mueller is noted for his work with the news satire organization, The Onion, which he began his association with around 1989. [1] In 1999, he began writing material and providing the voice for The Onion Radio News' fictional newsreader, Doyle Redland. [1] Mueller also provided narration for the audiobook version of The Onion book, Our Dumb Century ( ISBN 978-0-694-52199-9). The photograph of Doyle Redland featured in The Onion publications is not of Mueller. [2]
Mueller was laid off from The Onion in 2010. [1] According to Mueller, while The Onion Radio News has remained popular, "The Onion, Inc. was unable to sell ads to maintain it through [spring 2009], and at the end of 2009, Mr. Redland was folded up and saved for later." [1]
In 2004, Mueller published a collection of his cartoons, Your Belief System Is Shot: Cartoons and Stuff ( ISBN 978-0-9721217-7-4). He lives in the Madison, Wisconsin area.