I never had any art training, just a limited attention span, a love of comics and a tendency to doodle in lectures at college. My first comic strip was for the Uni newspaper (KRED). It was about a student who was half man, half mosquito and I think he got fly-swatted in the end.

After getting my degree (Biochemistry), I ended up working as a waitress in New Jersey, USA for 6 months, whilst working on a new strip, Polar Circle (which later became Arctic Circle). I liked the cartooning, but hated the waitressing and brain-numbing daytime TV, so I thought I better go home and get a proper job. 7 years of working in clinical research later and I realised I didn't like that much either and if I didn't really try to make it as a cartoonist, I never would.

I started cartooning full-time in 1999 and was lucky as I got a job as the cartoonist for Brighton's daily newspaper almost straight away (after I sent a cheeky fax to the editor). Things have been picking up steadily ever since. You can see some of the work I have done on this site.

In 2003, I emigrated to New Zealand and enjoyed the stunning scenery, friendly surfing and awesome tramps (walks) for about 5 years. Fancying a cultural sabbatical (winter is tough in NZ when you aren't much of a skier/snowboarder/lover of rugby), I hopped over the ditch to Australia, where I live in the leafy bayside suburb of Elwood, Melbourne. I have clients in the UK, New Zealand and Australia and now work with a marvellous American syndicate (King Features), who distribute my comic strip, Arctic Circle.

I try and keep a traditional working week and still get excited about Fridays, but as a friend of mine once said to me, "Alex, to you, every day is Friday".

If that hasn't answered your burning questions, then get in touch.