ABOUT THE AUTHOR
My name is Nick and I've been drawing cartoons since childhood and my art style was influenced by Whatever Happened to Robot Jones, Calvin and Hobbes, Doonesbury, and F is For Family.
The 1960s and 1970s are the decades that influenced the fashions and hairstyles of the characters and setting. I've been an avid rock fan (classic rock and indie rock) and the genre shaped my tastes; this is why Syd, his siblings, his friends, and their friends are in many rock bands that dominate my cartoons.
I am the creator of two comic strips: Syd's World (since 2012) and its spin-off Alfie The Cat (since 2022). Syd's World was created while attending college and Alfie The Cat was inspired by Gary Larsson's The Far Side.
I also have high-functioning autism (diagnosed some 30 some years ago) meaning that I struggle to cope with certain things like how look at someone in the eye and especially dealing with people in stressful situations.
MY STANCE ON SOCIAL MEDIA
In the past, I had a social media presence, but I've chosen to delete my profiles as I view them as time wasters and, according to Matthew Kelly's book, Holy Moments, it's been known to cause people to be depressed and isolated, not to mention the fact that it morally and spiritually corrupted people, especially the younger generations (I'm part of the Millennial generation). I have banned my strips from social media because of that.
My name is Nick and I've been drawing cartoons since childhood and my art style was influenced by Whatever Happened to Robot Jones, Calvin and Hobbes, Doonesbury, and F is For Family.
The 1960s and 1970s are the decades that influenced the fashions and hairstyles of the characters and setting. I've been an avid rock fan (classic rock and indie rock) and the genre shaped my tastes; this is why Syd, his siblings, his friends, and their friends are in many rock bands that dominate my cartoons.
I am the creator of two comic strips: Syd's World (since 2012) and its spin-off Alfie The Cat (since 2022). Syd's World was created while attending college and Alfie The Cat was inspired by Gary Larsson's The Far Side.
I also have high-functioning autism (diagnosed some 30 some years ago) meaning that I struggle to cope with certain things like how look at someone in the eye and especially dealing with people in stressful situations.
MY STANCE ON SOCIAL MEDIA
In the past, I had a social media presence, but I've chosen to delete my profiles as I view them as time wasters and, according to Matthew Kelly's book, Holy Moments, it's been known to cause people to be depressed and isolated, not to mention the fact that it morally and spiritually corrupted people, especially the younger generations (I'm part of the Millennial generation). I have banned my strips from social media because of that.
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