About the Series Creators (and how we met)

Go figure!  Cats are what brought us together!  (We believe Gumdrop would be happy to learn of this fact.)

Over a period of years, Liz and her family have adopted not 1, not 2, but 3 cats from Cathy, whose family has rescued and found loving forever homes for more than 200 cats and kittens over a 9-year period.

Cathy Thornton, creator of the Mister Mustache character, writes professionally for a software company (though she originally intended to be a teacher when she “grew up”).  Her adult children say she’s a kid magnet, as she has always loved talking with little ones (and making them laugh) everywhere she goes.  In her spare time, Cathy and her family rescue homeless cats and kittens and find them amazing lifelong homes.

Liz Haskins is a self-taught artist, and book illustrator extraordinaire, with a genuine passion for animals.  She is the creative talent behind Mister Mustache’s iconic appearance.  (And while she was at it, she whipped up a lovable, frisky feline to go along with the blue-haired fellow we now know and love.)  When she’s not drawing or enjoying a spot of antique shopping, Liz is busy with two wonderful kids, the three aforementioned cats, Fifi the hamster, and even a horse named Townes.