{"id":48505,"date":"2023-10-10T19:46:49","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T17:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/light-in-a-dark-world-20231009\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T21:34:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T19:34:49","slug":"light-in-a-dark-world-20231009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/light-in-a-dark-world-20231009\/","title":{"rendered":"Illustrator brings comic artwork to life in Fish Hoek exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A comic strip born on the pages of the <span><em>People\u2019s Post<\/em><\/span> newspaper in 2005 is celebrating 18 years with a special exhibition launch at the Peak Cafe in Fish Hoek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Treknet<\/em>, <span>a comic strip created by local writer Dave Gomersall and illustrator Gavin Thomson, has been featured in daily and weekly newspapers since its inception.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span><span>The comic strip is inspired by everyday life and relationships in Cape Town, says Thomson.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And it all began by chance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span><span>\u201cOn one of those chance meetings in 2003, I bumped into Dave and we just started chatting about comics and how we loved comics. <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe had developed a comic character called Ivan Wannabe who is about a guy who takes a yacht and sails around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Agreeing to work together, the duo later in 2005 met up with then editor Annelien Dean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOn a Thursday we went to the office of <span><em>People\u2019s Post<\/em><\/span> that used to be situated in Recreation Road. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe editor took the time to sit with us and listen to our idea. 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