Jenner has been an Australian newspaper and magazine cartoonist for over twenty years, drawing professionally and non-professionally in both the Australian and US scene in the small amount of time outside his duties as a full-time doctor. He is currently working in a city general practice, and has adopted the anonymous pen name Jenner as an ethical courtesy. Although a daily strip on the Internet is four years old, his Doc Rat character has been appearing in medical and non-medical magazines for over a decade, including Bush Alert, vicdoc and the Medical Journal of Australia. Jenner currently editorial cartoonist for Australian Doctor Weekly.

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September 14, 2016 Jenner

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September 13, 2016 Jenner

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September 12, 2016 Jenner

Jenner will be at FurWAG, Perth, Western Australia. Sep 30th – Oct 12th, 2016.

September 11, 2016 Jenner

FurWAG 2016, Sep 30th - Oct 2nd — FurWAG 2016, Sep 30th – Oct 2nd

Yes, I will be attending FurWAG, the Australian furry convention of the west side of the country. Given that WA is the state where I grew up, graduated from medical school, learned art, made my cartoons and writings available to the international SF&F fannish community and jumped on board for the beginning of furry fandom, it’s only appropriate I return to Perth to join in the fun of these annual weekends. This will be my fourth, and I haven’t missed a single one.

The guest this year is the fabulous artist Silverfox! Go to the web site for details.

Caption Competition Sep-Oct 2016

Doc Rat Caption Competition September-October 2016

Here is the latest competition picture. Please send in your entries for your most side-splitting captions. I don’t yet have a winner for the July-August picture, but I should be able to announce that soon!

We have a new Caption Competition winner: Dermot McAreavy!

Jul/Aug 2016 Doc Rat caption competition winner — Dermot McAreavy caption winner

Priceless Jenner original artwork found.

While moving house recently, a friend who had been involved in Aussiecon 2, the 1985 World Science Fiction Convention, found a single sheet of paper that he recognised as a piece of artwork I had created in 1984. It was one of the pieces I had submitted to the art show and hadn’t sold. So he returned it to me. A lot of my fannish art back then had used anthropomorphic animals, so in a sense my cartoons were known through the world SF fanzine community for their anthropomorphic animal characters at precisely the same time that (unbeknownst to me) furry fandom was in the process of being conceived by American fans with parallel likes and tastes.

Long-lost original Jenner artwork from 1984 — What no weapons policy?

Aussiecon 2 (1985) art show bidding sheet for original Jenner artwork — What no weapons policy? Bidding sheet

This was a cartoon that was published in one of the Australian ‘zines of the time, taking a humorous look at the debated topic of the “no weapons policy” for costumes. I used my favourite personal characters – sort of commando sewer rats – as the ones to debate the point with a staff member. That was in 1984. A year later, I hopefully took it and a few others with me to the big convention Aussiecon 2, aiming to sell them all for big money in some enthusiastic bidding wars.

You’ll see from the attached bidding slip that the reserve price was $10. It didn’t sell.

Ink and Letratone on A4 paper, some damage and staining. Of vast historic value. It’s now back in my collection, and it is no longer for sale. As far as I’m concerned, it’s worth much more. I hope the potential buyers who held back are kicking themselves today.