Arctic Circle is a daily cartoon strip
about three penguins, Oscar, Ed and Gordo, who have emigrated
from Antarctica to the Arctic. They join a small community
that includes a polar bear, a lemming, a snow rabbit and
an Arctic tern. The comic has an underlying environmental
theme and regularly sees the humour in trying to live
a more eco-friendly life in a 21st century world.
The strip was created in 1992, but didn't
appear in newspapers until 2005, when it had a guest spot
in the Australian Rural Press. Syndicate submissions followed
and King Features signed Arctic Circle up in 2006. It
was launched on 27th August 2007.
The Creator
Alex Hallatt got her first newspaper cartoonist position in
1999, working on a topical cartoon panel and then a strip
for Brighton's daily paper, The Argus, in the UK. She emigrated
to New Zealand in 2003 and Arctic Circle was syndicated by
King Features in 2007. In 2008, Alex crossed the ditch to
live in Elwood, Melbourne.
For more information
on Alex Hallatt, you can go to moontoon.com
