Sid the Sexist in a fight. He is also in denial: despite the misfortunes that befall him he continues to display a blind faith in his crude attitude towards women and, when rejected, often tries to pass the blame for his failures on to the woman in question or somebody else. His exploits have also unintentionally led to several homosexual encounters. Sid seems under-educated and knows little of the world outside Newcastle. It is even claimed at one point that he is unable to read. It is not clear what his job is, if indeed he has one at all, although he has
Sid Couchey from the Art Career School and the Cartoonists and Illustrators School (which later became the School of Visual Arts), both located in New York City. For his first job after art school, Couchey assisted John Lehti on the comic strips "Tommy of the Big Top" and "Tales from the Great Book". In his home, Sid displayed an original piece from "Tales from the Great Book", in which he appears as the census taker and scribe for the Pharaoh. In the early 1950s, Couchey worked on backgrounds for the "Lassie", "Big Town" and "Howdy Doody" TV tie-in books. His first complete