▁also ▁trying ▁to ▁develop ▁a ▁dog ▁character ▁specifically ▁for ▁event ual ▁newspaper ▁synd ic ation ▁[ .... ] ▁you ▁couldn ' t ▁see ▁the ▁eyes ▁of ▁my ▁sh ag gy ▁dogs , ▁so ▁as ▁I ▁thought ▁more ▁about ▁it ▁I ▁decided ▁I ▁wanted ▁a ▁dog ▁where ▁I ▁could ▁have ▁an ▁express ive ▁face ". ▁Anderson , ▁who ▁said ▁that ▁he ▁drew ▁on ▁La ure l ▁and ▁Hard y ▁rout ines ▁for ▁his ▁ideas , ▁received ▁the ▁National ▁Cart oon ists ▁Society ▁New sp aper ▁P anel ▁Cart oon ▁Award ▁for ▁Mar m adu ke ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 8 . ▁ ▁Anderson ▁made ▁appearances ▁on ▁Animal ▁Planet ' s ▁Bre ed ▁All ▁About ▁It ▁and ▁D ogs ▁ 1 0 1 . ▁ ▁Anderson ' s ▁studio ▁was ▁re - created ▁for ▁the ▁National ▁Com edy ▁Center ▁in ▁Jam est own , ▁New ▁York , ▁which ▁opened ▁on ▁August ▁ 1 , ▁ 2 0 1 8 . ▁The ▁don ated ▁studio ▁includes ▁Anderson ' s ▁original ▁drawing ▁board ▁and ▁materials . ▁ ▁Personal ▁life ▁Anderson ▁was ▁married ▁and ▁had ▁one ▁daughter , ▁Christ ine , ▁and ▁three ▁sons , ▁Craig , ▁Paul ▁and ▁Mark ▁with ▁his ▁wife ▁Barbara . ▁Anderson ▁died ▁on ▁August ▁ 3 0 , ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁at ▁The ▁Wood lands , ▁Texas ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 9 1 . ▁No ▁cause ▁was ▁given . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Str ick ler , ▁Dave . ▁Sy nd ic ated ▁Com ic ▁St ri ps ▁and ▁Art