In 2017 BBC Radio 4 broadcast a short programme on the author/merchant/spy Daniel Defoe, and before long the subject  got onto his most famous creation, Robinson Crusoe. One of the guest speakers was, I think, a newspaper publisher who mentioned they get sent at least four 'desert island' cartoons a week, and this got me thinking - exactly how many variations on this well-trodden theme could you do?

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I decided to try a quick doodle of my own - a solitary dude on a desert island with a punchline very much in the general consciousness at the time (no matter where you are, how far removed you are from civilisation, you will still be asked if you're due compensation for PPI). Anyway, long story short, he was simple and fun to draw, so I drew another, and another...

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I've done over 600 now and most of them can be found on Twitter (yes Twitter) at @IslandDudeToon.

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Here's the collection (to date), the first, and my own personal favourite.