Jenner – Doc Rat – A daily comic strip by Jenner

Jenner has been an Australian newspaper and magazine cartoonist for over twenty years, drawing professionally and non-professionally in both the Australian and US scene in the small amount of time outside his duties as a full-time doctor. He is currently working in a city general practice, and has adopted the anonymous pen name Jenner as an ethical courtesy. Although a daily strip on the Internet is four years old, his Doc Rat character has been appearing in medical and non-medical magazines for over a decade, including Bush Alert, vicdoc and the Medical Journal of Australia. Jenner currently editorial cartoonist for Australian Doctor Weekly.

Hang in there

May 11, 2026 Jenner Purchase

Hold on tight

April 26, 2026 Jenner Purchase

Okay… Doc Rat will be coming back soon.

April 26, 2026 Jenner

To my devoted rat fans, thank you for your patience.

Personal hardship at home has dragged me down, increasingly over the past year. My wife Julia is in declining health and needs a lot of looking after. In addition to my long hours working as a doctor at my practice, for the rest of the time I’m her full-time personal carer, and of course the house also has to be run. That state of affairs has put the very important job of the writer/illustrator/producer of Doc Rat to the bottom of the queue, and it has just been not possible to work on it. So, without even a “sorry, folks”, I’ve left the main page of Doc Rat stay stuck silently on its last posting.

That’s something I’m of course quite unhappy about, but in a world where I can’t be all things to everybody, Julia’s quality of life is more important to me than anything, and I give it all I can.

However… from now on, with a bit of rearranging and belt-tightening, Julia and I have agreed on a schedule where I can get the story of The Law Of The Jungle moving again. Very soon, in a manner of weeks, if I can possibly manage it.

I thank all of you who’ve stayed with me through this pause. Bless you all.

Jenner