A special journal

This probably doesn't concern any of you. But it concerns me significantly, so here we go~

August 1997, I had just moved house, I was starting a new school in September, so it was all change for me. During that month of having no friends, not knowing the area where I was. I drew a 2 page comic story starring a certain Comet Squirrel, and his friend "Cyber" the Bee, who battled a rather nasty crocodile named Grimby.

Now, I'd drew a lot of comic strips before, some fan-comics, others more original, but this was different, something about this squirrel really stuck...and stick they did. For other the next ten years, I continued drawing Comet Squirrel in many different forms, with lots of different friends, lots of different enemies, and of course, a fish who was hellbent on anarchy and the destruction of pretty much everything. Many of them have come and gone, but the core character Comet Squirrel and his friend Bramble the Bee, and the core idea of the universe always persevered. Now in 2007, Comet Squirrel has been starring in his own webcomic for three years now, along with his friends Bramble, Tex, Nick, kacey and Rick (he's not so friendly but whatever), I've worked on creating many new characters and universes over those ten years, but Comet Squirrel has always come back somehow.

I searched through my archive folders earlier, and managed to find the original comic I drew for Comet Squirrel (no, I'm not uploading it), obviously it wouldn't make much sense to anyone but me (I can barely read it myself), but it's in good shape for a 10 year old peice of paper, and I'm glad I kept it, as the Comet Squirrel universe is special to me, and seeing where it all started when I was nine years old is something special, and I hope I can continue creating new and exciting stories and characters for the Comet Squirrel universe for another ten years and more.

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Right, now that's over, we are indeed celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Comet Squirrel universe, and to celebrate, you'll hopefully be seeing lots of deviations over the coming August dedicated to the characters and world of Comet Squirrel over it's 10 years, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. (though I doubt anyone could enjoy it as me).