ABOUT ME

NICK BIALES
CORINTH, NY, UNITED STATES
I began creating my own books not long after I was old enough to hold a pencil. I began working the dealer’s room on the convention circuit—and in the Artist’s Alley. On the first weekend of February 2002, at age 14, I began creating and selling my own mini-comics at conventions–Yojimbo (a science fiction adventure with Japanese elements) and Slice of Life (a romance comic–big in the 1950s but rare today). One of the most difficult parts of having my business has been being taken seriously. When people visited my table at the Artist’s Alley, many of them often assumed that the person sitting next to me at the table was the artist, and for some reason he or she had been stuck with babysitting! . As a homeschooler, I’ve had the opportunity to learn at my own pace and work with many professionals in the comics field. Ive mentored with Sid Couchey, best known for his work as an artist for Harvey Comics (Little Lotta, Little Dot or Richie Rich,) and Stan Burdick (a political cartoonist and curator of the Ticonderoga Cartoon Museum), Joe St. Pierre, a commercial illustrator who was eager to share his experience. I am also providing the illustrations for Jumping the Creek,