As Fetch fans already know, I have been on a break from cartooning while I manage my mother’s estate. She passed away last Fall without leaving a will, so I am going through the probate process and slowly working out her affairs. Complicating matters is that I live 3,000 miles away from her house; I am fortunate to have the help of her friends who keep an eye on the place and clear things out. I wouldn’t be able to manage that without them. Nonetheless, even with their help, managing the estate while raising kids, a grandchild, and holding down two jobs has been a real challenge. So I took a break from Fetch and other cartooning until I get these matters resolved.

That said, man, I miss drawing. I plan to get back to it soon. I have a project in the works that I hope to finish this year, including having it published to this site, and self-published as a minicomic. And I still plan to pick up Fetch again — it’s hard to stay away from the bizarre political situations we find ourselves in. (Hence all of my tweeting that I try to keep from being a kneejerk reaction. But it’s Twitter. Hard to avoid.)

Anyway, I’m dropping a line to assure old fans and new that I have not abandoned this site and I will take up cartooning in the near future. I wish I could be more specific than that. Until that unspecified date, take care of yourselves. Don’t let the bullshit bring you down, as Sly Stone once sang.

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