Nicholas J Ripley is the frontman of the punk rock band Futilitarian Librarians as well as the author and primary visual artist of everything related to Project Suncloud. Born in Las Vegas to a pair of dancers, "Uncle Nick" has been professionally involved in the arts since the young age of nine years old, when he got his first professional acting and modeling gig. Besides playing with his band and working on Project Suncloud, Nick also writes as a film critic for FilmSnob Reviews. When he is not doing anything artistic, he enjoys watching horror movies, playing old video games, and spending time with his cat/co-author Arya Stark.