A Comic Strip Mirrors the Ravages of Climate Change
Readers will see the drawings diminish to nothing by Friday as a snow bunny muses,
“Climate change will lead to habitat loss and the extinction of many species.”
Miss Hallatt created the strips to observe the arrival of the documentary “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power,” in theaters on Friday.
People see it as a partisan issue, but it is a science issue.”
Miss Hallatt, 46, said she never intended “Arctic Circle” to be an environmental strip,
but she has been concerned about climate issues since childhood.
By GEORGE GENE GUSTINESJULY 23, 2017
The newspaper comic strip “Arctic Circle,” by the environmentally minded cartoonist Alex
Hallatt, is about talking penguins and their fellow creatures living in the north.
Since it began, “Arctic Circle,” which has been syndicated by King Features since 2007,
has covered topics like marine pollution, bird conservation and disappearing bees.
We shouldn’t even be discussing this.”
Tackling environmental issues is nothing new for Miss Hallatt, a former biochemist.
