Smuzz has been an illustrator and comic book artist since 1987. He started work as Sms, but is now known as Smuzz to avoid confusion with mobile phone services. He has won two "British Science Fiction Awards" and been regularly voted best artist for the UK SF magazine "Interzone". Smuzz is currently working on 'Crucible', a comic strip for 12 year olds which he is creating with John Freeman. 'Crucible' will out in 2013. The strip has no actual dogs but lots of strange animals.