Sydney Leon Miller b. 1901

Also known as Sydney Miller, Syd Miller, Noel, Muller
  • Artist (Screen Artist),
  • Designer (Graphic Designer),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Mid 20th century Sydney and Melbourne cartoonist, animator and caricaturist. Creator of logo/comic strip character Chesty Bond

Citations

  • Rainbow, Brenda (1998), 'Golden Years of Cartooning, 1920 to 1940 – Featuring the works of Stan Cross & more than twenty cartoonists of the same era’, Bunker Cartoon Gallery, Coffs Harbour, NSW, pages 43-45, exhibition of original Smith’s Weekly cartoons with 5 by Miller owned by Sue Cross.

  • Blaikie, George (1966), 'Remember Smith’s weekly? – a biography of an uninhibited national Australian newspaper, born: 1 March 1919, died: 28 October 1950’, Rigby, Adelaide, SA, pages 79-80.

  • Caban, Geoffrey (1983), 'A fine line – a history of Australian commercial art’, Hale & Iremonger, Sydney, NSW, pages 40, 49, 52-66, 70, 146, 149.

  • Lindesay, Vane (1994), 'Drawing from life – a history of the Australian Black and White Artists’ Club’, State Library of New South Wales Press, Sydney, NSW, pages 93.

  • Miller, Syd (1982), 'How Chesty Bond was born [letter to editor]’, Sydney Morning Herald (quoted Shiell & Unger, 26), December, 29, Sydney, NSW.

  • Rafty, Tony with Mack, Brodie (1964), 'Fifty Years of Australian Cartooning’, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney, NSW.

  • Ryan, John (1979), 'Panel by panel – a history of Australian comics’, Cassell Australia, Stanmore, NSW.

  • (1998), 'Bonzer – Australian comics 1900s-1990s’, Shiell, Annette ed, Elgua Media, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Shiell, Annette and Unger, Ingrid (1994), 'Ace Biographical Portraits… 1930s-1990s’, National Centre for Australian Studies, Monash University, Clayton, Vic.

  • Gooding, Janda (1997), 'AGWA cartoon printout [Information from]’, Art Gallery of Western Australia, June, Perth, WA.

  • Angeloro, David, Information from.

See also

  • 'Smith's Artists On Parade 30 July 1932, 7', He is also included in the line-up of self-portraits captioned Seeing's Believing - "Smith's" Artists On Parade 30 July 1932, 7, with description: 'SYD MILLER seems to be worried. If you knew his wife, you'd know why. Anyhow, it's his turn with the office.
  • 'Smith's Artists' Merry Xmas, 8 December 1923, 25', Self-portrait as part of full page Smith's Artists' Merry Xmas drawn by all of them 8 December 1923, 25.
  • 'Smith's 15 April 1933, 3', excellent dour self-portrait caricature with golf-stick, Smith's 15 April 1933, 3, captioned by Kenneth Slessor: 'Miller, Syd, brilliantly catches his own infectious smile'.
  • 'self-portrait head ill. Walter Stone 1973, 11'.

Initial data sources

  • Black and white artists