Turtle Creek

In 2002, I sent Turtle Creek (24 strips plus two colour Sundays) to the major syndicates. Only King Features responded without a rejection letter: The late Jay Kennedy asked for more. I burnt the midnight oil to get 24 more strips done within a month and simulate the intense deadlines of creating a dailies. After a delay, I finally received a rejection letter from King.

Slow, cold-blooded and nearly extinct.

When Huxley tries to find other turtles like him, he turns to another homeless resident of Turtle Creek Park, a computer named Wes that has fled its owner. Wes is upset at being forced into such mundane tasks as downloading music, when really all he wants to do is date Pamela Anderson and prove that he is more advanced than such primitive life forms as turtles. Can journalist Pam give Huxley self-esteem, despite him being the last of his kind?

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