What have I been up to? Well too much and not enough. Christmas saw the decision to stop Cactus Island from print media. The strip has been in newspapers around the country for nearly six years. In recent times the rise of Sudoku puzzles and other like tripe has seen editors choose puzzles over comics for their papers. The growing loss of support to australian comic strips in papers has been felt by many though. After six years with no break it was time to come to a decision and it was thought best to leave on a high than wait around for the ups and downs of current times with content in papers. There will be a monthly strip drawn in the meantime however, in case the syndicate strike a major deal with a newspaper group. If you'd like to see more of the strip in your paper, be sure to write the editor!
Meantime, strangely enough I've started the idea on another strip. This I hope to have time to play around and experiment with a few characters that I'm sure will ruffle a few feathers. I don't see the current drought of aussie content continuing. I think the whole Sudoku thing will pass like most fads and people's interest will wane. Here's hoping. Here is a work in progress for promotional art on the new strip ....
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