Career
After working as a Mechanic and drawing as a hobby he was encouraged by coworkers into furthering his artistic nature. He gave up his job in 1963 and became a freelance cartoonist with some of his early work being published The Weekly News under the Pseudonym Swab. In 1970 Sid began working for drawing a number of strips including for Whoopee!, for Knockout and for Buster (comics).
Sid Burgon began to draw for in 1989 drawing a revival of Biffo the Bear in The Beano and (which was recently reprinted in The Beano as Olaff the Madlander).
Sid stopped drawing for in the late 90s/early 2000s and is currently retired.
