Sylvia Nickerson is a comics artist, writer, and illustrator who lives in Hamilton, Canada. Her focus is storytelling in community arts and writing comics examining gentrification, parenthood, gender identity, social class and religion. Her illustrations have appeared in The Globe and Mail, The National Post, The Boston Globe and The Washington Post. In 2020 Nickerson was awarded a Nipper – the Doug Wright Award for emerging talent – for her comic “Creation”.