I missed the news when it was first announced, but caught it on ComixTalk last week: Barry Smith is sporting a return to webcomics in the form of InkTank.

Back when I was first covering webcomics back in the 1998-2002 timeframe, I was good friends with a number of cartoonists that have since fallen off the public radar and moved into different areas. Barry Smith was one such cartoonist. I was always a big fan of Angst Technology (my online persona “Doctor Setebos” even had a brief cameo in the fifth panel of this Halloween comic). Seeing Barry return to doing webcomics is a bit of a blast from the past for me (and a tiny reminder of how old I am), but it is definitely a welcome blast, if there can be such a thing.

Barry says that his new InkTank comic is going to be slightly auto-biographical. A nice movement for him. I’m eager to see how it turns out. Great to have you back, Barry!