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I never had any art training, just a limited attention
span, a love of comics and a tendency to doodle in lectures
at college.
My first comic strip was for the Uni newspaper (KRED). It
was about a student who was half man, half mosquito and
I think he got fly-swatted in the end.
After getting my degree (Biochemistry), I ended up working
as a waitress in New Jersey, USA for 6 months, whilst working
on a new strip, Polar Circle (which later became
Arctic Circle). I liked the cartooning, but hated
the waitressing and brain-numbing daytime TV, so I thought
I better go home and get a proper job. 7 years of working
in clinical research later and I realised I didn't like
that much either and if I didn't really try to make it as
a cartoonist, I never would.
I started cartooning full-time in 1999 and was lucky as
I got a job as the cartoonist for Brighton's daily newspaper
almost straight away (after I sent a cheeky fax to the editor).
Things have been picking up steadily ever since. You can
see some of the work I have done on this site.
In 2003, I emigrated to New Zealand and enjoyed the stunning
scenery, friendly surfing and awesome tramps (walks) for
about 5 years. Fancying a cultural sabbatical (winter is
tough in NZ when you aren't much of a skier/snowboarder/lover
of rugby), I hopped over the ditch to Australia, where I
live in the leafy bayside suburb of Elwood, Melbourne. I
have clients in the UK, New Zealand and Australia and now
work with a marvellous American syndicate (King Features),
who distribute my comic strip, Arctic
Circle.
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I try and keep a traditional working week and still get
excited about Fridays, but as a friend of mine once said
to me, "Alex, to you, every day is Friday".
If that hasn't answered your burning questions, then get
in touch.
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