Scrappy Jack is based on real-life experiences my father told me about over the years, while I was growing up. He lived to be hundred years old and he witness all the major events of the Twentieth century.
Joan Steacy grew up in southern Ontario, and is a graduate of Sheridan College, The Ontario College of Art & Design University, and The University of Victoria. With her husband Ken Steacy she co-created the Comics and Graphic Novels program at Camosun College in Victoria, BC, where she taught from 2012 to 2020. Her first graphic novel AURORA BOREALICE: a Graphic Memoir, was published by Conundrum Press in 2019, and was listed as one of "Ten Canadian Comics to Read Right Now" by the CBC, and won the sequential magazine award for best graphic novel of 2019. Joan also produced the illustrations for a biography of our greatest canadian, titled A boy Named Tommy Douglas which is published by Midtown press as well.
