POLIWKO Nik
Nick was a Sheridan College graduate who teamed up with Tom Nesbitt to produce the comic strip “Bob and Doug” and the booklet Strange Brew. He also partnered with Tom to produce stories for Andromeda and Collector’s Dream periodicals. He cartooned stories for Vortex and illustrated a variety of titles in the Canadian Children’s Annual.
Later he has contributed to Creeps Magazine, worked on “Epoch: The Rune Relics” featured in The Sunday Comics a monthly newspaper of cartoons, and several online cartoon strips. He also contributed to Jungle Tales of Tarzan published by Dark Horse and “Little Nemo in Slumberland” which appeared in the Eisner Award winning Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream.
WORK:
CARTOONIST:
PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content story:
Vortex 1-2, March 1983: “Crisis What Crisis? Pt 1”: 25-32.
Vortex 1-3, May 1983: “The Magus”: 4-12.
“Crisis What Crisis? Pt. 2”: 26-30.
ILLUSTRATOR:
BOOK TEXT & GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
All published by Potlatch Publications, Editor Robert F. Neilson. Art Director Mary Tach.
Content
Information:
Canadian Children’s Annual, 1980, 1979: “Ranger Bob’s Nature Note Pad” Writ., Theobalds: 55, 80,
140.
Story text:
Canadian Children’s Annual, 1979, 1978: Medicine Song.” Writ., Rosalee van Stelten: 23-26.
Canadian Children’s Annual, 1980.1979: “Malabeam.” Writ., Norma J. Paul: 48-49.
“The Path.” Writ., Sarah Coles: 50-54.
CO-CARTOONIST:
PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
Content story:
Andromeda, 2-2, June 1978: “Dark Side of the Moon.” Co-car., Tom Nesbitt.
CO-ILLUSTRATOR:
PERIODICAL TEXT:
Content:
Collector’s Dream, 1-5, Summer,1978: “Comic Collecting Is A Small Time Hobby: Part II.” Writ.,
George Olshevsky: Co-illus., Tom Nesbitt: 10.