Alan Nolan was born in Dublin, studied at the National College of Art and Design and became a graphic designer. Between 2004 and 2008 he published, through 20,000 Leagues, five issues of Sancho, a series about a Mexican ex-priest and paranormal investigator, co-created with Ian Whelan. In 2009 he created The Big Break Detectives, a strip about three schoolchildren who investigate mysteries during their lunch break, for the Irish language comic Rí-Rá. In May 2010 he began an association with The Irish Times, drawing a single-page comic strip for its Aviva Stadium Supplement. In June he created Ag Imirt Pelé, a two-page strip about the Brazilian football legend for the paper's World Cup Magazine, and beginning in November 2010, he has been drawing Prof Butterknut and Kronk, a monthly strip a