| Home and Away | |
|---|---|
 The Szwyks from Home and Away. | |
| Author(s) | Steve Sicula |
| Current status/schedule | concluded, daily |
| Launch date | 2003 |
| End date | August 2015 |
| Syndicate(s) | The Washington Post Writers Group |
| Genre(s) | Humor Family |
Home and Away was a comic strip written and drawn by Steve Sicula. [1] It was syndicated nationally by the Washington Post Writers Group from 2003 to 2015.
Sicula created Home and Away around age 40, after four or five of his other comic strips were rejected by publishers. [2] The comic strip began in 2003 and ceased publication in August 2015. [3] [4]
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