Alex Hallatt 7/31/19 Alex Hallatt 7/31/19

Forget Kids – Get a Dog #2

Forget Kids– Get a Dog, appears on GoComics.com . A book of these cartoons will be published in August. Probably.

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Forget kids– get a dog is coming soon to bookstores

Alex Hallatt 7/29/19 Alex Hallatt 7/29/19

Forget Kids – Get a Dog #1

My new series, Forget Kids– Get a Dog, starts on GoComics.com today. I am working on a book of these cartoons, which I hope to have out before the middle of August, which is when we lost our Jack Russell last year.

I recently had an x-ray and was asked if there was any chance I might be pregnant. The very idea was horrific. I am definitely too old to be pregnant!

Alex Hallatt 7/26/19 Alex Hallatt 7/26/19

FAB 3 - The Big Match - Cover Reveal

I've written the third and final in my children's book series about bullying. So far, only my 10 year old niece and 8 year old nephew have read it (it passed!) and it heads to my editor in September.

After it is edited, I will be sending out the illustrated chapters to my advance reading team. Let me know if you want to be a part of that.

Alex Hallatt 7/22/19 Alex Hallatt 7/22/19

Arctic Circle Cartoon - Plastic Free (ish) July Update

I am trying and failing to have a single-use-plastic-free July. As I mentioned before I have found some positive alternatives, like compostable crisp bags and making my own oat milk. But I have inadvertently bought plastic wrapping as well. I bought merino wool tops online and they arrived in plastic bags in a plastic envelope. And I was excited to buy lilies to plant in the garden, only to realise after the purchase that they were in little plastic bags. And I haven't been buying salted peanuts, but I have been eating the peanuts that the boyfriend bought.

Although I haven't succeeded in being plastic free, I have reduced the amount of plastic I buy and it has made me a lot more aware of where the plastic comes from that ends up in my recycling bin or landfill. But really it highlights how even the most motivated consumers cannot provide the solution to our huge plastic waste problem. We have to incentivise producers, particularly food producers, to use plastic free alternatives in their packaging.