I’ve returned from the US this Christmas, refreshed and ready to start the new year, and with a script book full of ideas that have been written up till the end of April.

Last year proved to be as ridiculous as I expected, but towards the end of the year there has been a slow acceptance of reality by the people that caused Brexit and Trump to happen, and we’re now busy limiting the damage as much as possible.

As far as Smith is concerned, next year will see a few changes. Comics Sherpa may be returned to its former glory by GoComics or it might not. They keep saying they have great plans for the future but there doesn’t seem to be any urgency in pushing them through, so it looks like Tapas.io is going to be Smith’s main portal for the forseeable future. The reruns of Smith on Tapas will catch up with the new strips on ComicsSherpa on Sunday April 22nd, and from that date onwards Smith will be posted on both platforms, plus this blog, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, whether GoComics is ready or not.

Have a happy new year everyone. See you in 2018!