Syd Miller (cartoonist)

Syd Miller
Syd Miller (photographed in 1942).
Born	Sydney Leon Miller (1901-12-24)24 December 1901 Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia
Died	31 December 1983(1983-12-31) (aged 82) Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia
Pen name	'Syd. M.'; 'Noël'
Occupation	Cartoonist, illustrator, caricaturist, animator
Nationality	Australian
Period	1917–1964
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Sydney Leon Miller (24 December 1901 – 31 December 1983) was a prolific Australian artist celebrated for his black-and-white work as a cartoonist, illustrator, caricaturist and comic-book author. Known professionally as Syd Miller, he was employed as a staff-artist for Smith's Weekly from late-1922 until 1935, when he left to pursue a diversity of freelance work. Miller created a number of comic-strips during his career, most notably the iconic 'Chesty Bond' character as a marketing campaign for the Australian clothing company Bonds. He also wrote and illustrated the Rod Craig comic-strip which was serialised from 1946 to 1955 and syndicated across Australia and internationally.