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Arctic Circle Cartoon - Phone a Friend During Mental Health Awareness Week (NZ)

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It's Mental Health Awareness Week in New Zealand

The subject of mental health is important to me. A severe but acute period of depression (more on that in the link below) was what lead me to leave the pharmaceutical industry and become a professional cartoonist. That was 20 years ago and I haven’t had another depressive episode since. 

One of the things I remember vividly from that time was how my friends divided into those who were there and those who disappeared. The ones who were there for me were the ones who kept me going, even if it was “only” through phone calls. Something that is particularly important now if people need to maintain social distance.

If there is someone who you have been thinking about, now could be a good time to call.

My experience of depression

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Arctic Circle Cartoons - Going Back to the Future in an Electric Car

The Arctic Circle penguins go back to 1967

The Arctic Circle penguins go back to 1967

I love time travel stories like Back to the Future. I used to subscribe to 2000AD, the classic British comic from the 1970s onwards. I wish I'd kept the first few issues! The time travelling storylines were a major draw and now I create a comic for kids with the same theme: Jack and Joni and the Time-Travelling Shed. So it was fun to dip into it for a short Arctic Circle storyline

The penguins are back in 2020 next week. Is it better than 1967?

There certainly is a lot more plastic.

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