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How petty Georgia fans delayed an Auburn grad’s career as a best-selling children’s author by a decade

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So I wrote the cover story for the 2019 winter issue of Auburn Magazine, and it’s about how James Dean, the Auburn engineering grad behind the whole, amazing Pete the Cat thing, doesn’t hate Auburn, despite popular belief in Bulloch County, Georgia.

I mean, would a guy who hated Auburn draw this eagle?

Speaking of, I only just now realized that the story behind the eagle was cut from the story. So here it is…

So go to Auburn, everyone told him.