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Hey all! Thanks for coming by to join me in the re-launching of my cartoon strip Anubis Rising. I can't tell you how great it is to be working on this strip again after a six year hiatus!! I decided to bring it back mainly because I think feel it has potential more than any project I've worked on. Plus Anubis is like an old friend to me. I've been working on the story since I started it back in 2000 after coming home from a trip to Egypt to ring in the new millennium! (Read my blog here for the whole story)

I have a few things planned for Anubis' return, including an e-mail subscription list depending on how popular the comic is becomes. If I hear back from enough readers then yeah, I'll put a sign up bar on my site. The layout of this page will inevitably change as I release more strips. I'll install a better viewer above so you can peruse the archives.

If you have Flash installed on your computer you should see Cartoon Strip Viewer below. Just ignore the text in red under the title and the blue text at the end. It no longer applies. Unfortunately I've misplaced the disc that stored the final 24 strips before I put Anubis on the shelf. Yes, I have the original artwork but I don't have the time to, nor do I feel like, scanning them all in again. The viewer is rudimentary but it'll have to do for now. Those 24 strips will give you a little bit of a feel for the characters and how they interact with one another. I have another 24 strips plus a few sunday editions but I've chosen not to post them. The characters not only look different from the way they are today (see bottom pic) but the humor... well, it sucks! I'll most likely release them in the future if/when a collection of strips come out in a book. The new strips, however, will not only show an improvement, hopefully, in my artistic skills but the they're also in glorious color, something I chose against in the past.

Anyhoo, thanks again for stopping by. I'll try to update the strip at least once a week or as best I can. Please feel free to check in from time to time. You can also follow me on Facebook and Twitter!

- K. Douglas MacRae

 
Jake Sandison
Nikki Sandison
Dianne Sandison
Anubis
Horus
Apis

The story in a nutshell? Frustrated with the rising costs of "living" in the afterlife, three gods return to the Earth to live among the people of ancient Egypt.

In Egyptian Mythology Anubis (ah-new-biss) was the benevolent god of mummification. He guided the spirit with a caring hand into the next life. He is often seen in hieroglyphs preparing a mummy. In my comic strip Anubis owns a quaint little shop called "Anubis' Mummification and Sandal Repair". He's also quite a brilliant scientist and inventor having devised such creations as his famous deep-mummifrier, proven very useful in preparing a mummy is under 3 minutes. It also makes amazing French fries.

Anubis is widely respected and loved by all Egyptians and is sought out for his wisdom and advice. He's very friendly and highly intelligent and, obliviously to him, is the love interest of the Pharaoh's daughter, Princess Reyna.

Horus (Hor-us) is the son of the god Osiris and the goddess Isis. In Egyptian Mythology: To avenge his father's death, Horus fought a great battle against his Uncle Seth and lost his left eye. In my comic strip: Horus’ eye has since been replaced by an ill-fitted glass eye, which often pops out when he coughs or sneezes. He is the surly best friend of Anubis. He's over a thousand years old and still living at home with his mom. Horus is currently unemployed and collecting unemployment insurance. It rains in the Sahara more often than Horus cracks a smile.

Apis (A-pis, like "ape") is the sacred bull of Memphis... Egypt not Tennessee! He's a chubby child at heart and as dim as a 10 watt light bulb. Apis suffers from a weakness for snack treats or food of any kind really. He is the tubby friend of Anubis and Horus and despite his dimwittedness he makes a decent living selling souvenir idols of himself to tourists..
 

 
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