I am sorry to announce that ArDuffle will be taking an extended break. It is both good and bad. I will miss working on ArDuffle, but it is because a project I have been working on for a few years (unrelated to cartooning) is about to have some really big things happen and it is going to take most of my time to keep up with it.
I do hope to someday be able to come back to ArDuffle and provide you all with the laughter you have been enjoying at the expense of my little green friend. Hopefully it will be sooner than later, but I anticipate it being over a month. Check back after a month to see what is happening.
Thank you all for your continued support, and I hope that when I am able to come back to it, you will all still be around.
We talk a lot about Social Networking on Twitter and Facebook, or even getting out and commenting on other comic sites to get your name out there. But we often forget the biggest tool we have, and it’s right in front of you: where you live!
There’s plenty of speculation online as to who bought it, with the famous Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich apparently being the main candidate. That Raphael should join Fernando Torres in Abramovich’s trophy room I find a little sad, especially considering that the drawing was previously available to the public at Chatsworth where it was part of the Devonshire collection. This is to great a treasure to have disappear from public view, but one can at least hope that whoever acquired it will be generous toward loan requests.