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Title
NeverNever
Description
NeverNever was created c. 1996, when I was looking for ideas for a comic strip to sell to the big newspaper syndicates. I had enjoyed some success with my college paper strip, "Whistling in the Dark," but I didn't think that one would get real far. The way I remember it, the big announcement had just been made that "Calvin and Hobbes" was being retired, and I was disappointed about it, which probably was a major influence on the earliest strips. I know it definitely influenced the very first strip, shown at the top of this page, which was a deliberate homage to the first strip of "Calvin and Hobbes."
My basic idea was a simple one ... faeries, elves, and whatnot are generally assumed to be immortal, or at least very long-lived ... so where the heck are they? Well, the answer is obvious: they're right there where they've always been, we just don't notice.
Well, I figured, if we just don't notice them, then they must be pretty ticked at us, building housing developments in their meadows, paving roads over their houses, knocking dragons out of the sky with our transcontinental jets, and so forth. If I were the leader of the various magical creatures, I'd want to do something to get humanity's attention -- heck, I might even declare war!
