After issue 8, however, it went on a long hiatus, in part due to K-9 moving at the other side of the country from the rest of the creative team. It started in 2000 with a special 'Issue 0' preview, and it was intended to last 13 issues. Circles is a gay-themed slice-of-life comic created by Steve Domanski, Andrew French, and Scott Fabianek (a.k.a.