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June 8, 2026

Somehow, Crashlander Returned

Believe it or not, Crashlander was one of the first comic strips on the web way (I mean waaaay) back in 1997 (going by the name Pet Alien). It had a loud and probably annoying Flash site with a looping sample ripped shamelessly from a De La Soul track. It was a different time. Then the characters appeared in a series of e-greeting cards for which I actually got paid for (the one where Spork farted in space was egreetings.com most sent card one month. Art.) Next, the strip got reprinted in Japan in a magazine called SOTOKOTO. I stopped uploading new strips until 2005 when I contributed full page Crashlander strips to a game fanzine called Blessed in the UK. That got me a gig supplying a Sunday-style strip in Edge magazine, which I did for five years. Then when I moved from the UK to the US I was able to get Crashlander set up as an animated show at Amazon Studios. My luck was turning around! Naturally they pivoted to adult animation right when I was getting developed, so thanks a bunch Invincible.

Now it's 2026 and we're all lucky to be alive, frankly. I thought - what with website visits a thing of the past and internet traffic at its all-time lowest point - now would be the perfect time to bring back my webcomic. I predict absolutely nothing can go wrong. So in the parlance of our times, get "locked in", sit forward at a ninety degree angle, and get ready from some new strips. *dramatic lightning strike*

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