AKRON, OHIO, October 07, 2026 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Polly Leonard Keener, a freelance illustrator, has been selected for a cover feature in the Twenty-fourth Edition of Marquis Millennium Magazine. Released quarterly, Millennium Magazine features the narrative biographies of the world's most esteemed and accomplished professionals. The publication is available exclusively to Marquis listees, and inclusion is by invitation only.

For more than 50 years, Mrs. Keener has been a leading figure in the illustration industry, working as a freelance illustrator since 1969. She is the creative force behind the cartoon strip "Hamster Alley" and the puzzle/cartoon features "Mystery Mosaic" and "Sudoku Happi," all of which were nationally syndicated to approximately 450 newspapers.

Mrs. Keener wrote the book "Cartooning" in 1992, with a foreword by "Garfield" creator Jim Davis. She also created "Toon Appetit: Recipes and Cartoons," a cookbook produced by the Great Lakes chapter of the National Cartoonists Society, and has illustrated various books by other authors.

To read more about Mrs. Keener in Millennium Magazine, please visit the Twenty-fourth Edition online:
https://marquismillennium.com/24th_Ed/polly-keener
https://marquismillennium.com/24th_Ed/polly-keener/18

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