Pete S. Mueller is an American

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ist and

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. His cartoons have appeared in the ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' Funny Times'', among other publications. Mueller is noted for his work with the news satire organization,

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, which he began his association with around 1989. In 1999, he began writing material and providing the voice for The Onion Radio News' fictional newsreader, Doyle Redland. Mueller also provided narration for the audiobook version of ''

'' book, '' Our Dumb Century'' (). The photograph of Doyle Redland featured in ''The Onion'' publications is not of Mueller. Mueller was laid off from The Onion in 2010. According to Mueller, while ''The Onion Radio News'' has remained popular, "The Onion, Inc. was unable to sell ads to maintain it through pring 2009 and at the end of 2009, Mr. Redland was folded up and saved for later." In 2004, Mueller published a collection of his cartoons, ''Your Belief System Is Shot: Cartoons and Stuff'' (). He lives in the

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area.

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The Onion Radio NewsAn interview with P.S. Mueller, on NPR's ''Talk of the Nation''
Living people American cartoonists American male voice actors The New Yorker people Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-voice-actor-stub