Thank you for your patient, my readers. I have some bright news for you. Read on.
Yes, this family issue has been a major consumption of my life in these past few years. It began when Julia was diagnosed with a terminal lung condition, which had been creeping up undiagnosed for years. Progressively, she relied upon me to be her personal carer, and I gladly spent more and more time with her. Unfortunately, it became impossible to keep up my cartooning schedule, and time spent with her became more important than anything else.
After Julia died on 14th July 2026, then of course there was not only a period of mourning but also an immense amount of financial and administrative business – tidying up, closing accounts, applying for her savings and such – and most of that could only be done in business hours for one day a week, that being my cartooning day. It took a long time.
Well, that phase of the aftermath is now under control. I’m moving onto the next phase of the aftermath, and that too is coming under some kind of grudging control. And, there were logistic issues, such as buying a new computer, fixing the Internet and fixing my drawing graphics (turns out I only needed to buy a new pen).
Life will never be peaceful, carefree or abundant in leisure time, but I am heading toward stability of a sort. Now, I have started, or am in the process of resuming, the writing and scripting of the final ten percent of the Doc Rat story. Heads up: I’m extremely happy with it, and you readers will all have your minds blown.
When will strips start to appear on the site again? Maybe a month. I want to build up a small buffer, first. Especially, I want to get well ahead with the writing. That’s where I am, at this point in time.
I wish you all the best, and please hang in there.

Jenner